IISD RS @ Warsaw Climate Change Conference - November 2013, 20 November 2013, Warsaw, Poland

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Warsaw Climate Change Conference - November 2013

11-22 November 2013 | Warsaw, Poland

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16 November - 18 November - 19 November - 20 November

21 November - 22 November

Highlights for Wednesday, 20 November 2013

On Wednesday, the high-level ministerial dialogue on climate finance took place in the morning and afternoon. Throughout the day, contact groups, informal consultations and other meetings were held under the COP, CMP and ADP. These included ADP open-ended consultations on both workstreams, and COP open-ended informal consultations on decision-making in the UNFCCC process. The COP/CMP President’s informal stocktaking plenary was held in the evening.

Ghanaian international music star and humanitarian Rocky Dawuni performing at the Momentum for
Change: 2013 Lighthouse Activities Showcase Event

HIGH-LEVEL MINISTERIAL DIALOGUE ON CLIMATE FINANCE

L-R: Dais during the high-level ministerial dialogue on climate finance with Hela Cheikhrouhou, Executive Director, Green
Climate Fund; Martin Lidegaard, Minister for Climate Energy and Building, Denmark; Jakaya Kikwete, President of the
United Republic of Tanzania; COP 19/CMP 9 President Marcin Korolec; UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; Maria
Kiwanuka, Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Uganda; Naoko Ishii, CEO and Chairperson, the
Global Environment Facility (GEF); and UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, delivering his keynote address to the high-level ministerial dialogue

COP 19/CMP 9 President Marcin Korolec

Jakaya Kikwete, President of the United Republic of
Tanzania

L-R: Hela Cheikhrouhou, Executive Director, Green Climate Fund; Maria Kiwanuka, Minister of Finance, Planning and
Economic Development, Uganda; Martin Lidegaard, Minister for Climate Energy and Building, Denmark; and Naoko
Ishii, CEO and Chairperson, the GEF

L-R: High-level Dialogue on Climate Finance Co-Chairs Maria Kiwanuka, Minister of Finance,
Planning and Economic Development, Uganda, and Martin Lidegaard, Minister for Climate Energy
and Building, Denmark

Dalila Boudjemaa, Minister of National Planning and
Environment, Algeria

Lisel Del Socorro Alamilla, Minister of Forestry, Fisheries
and Sustainable Development, Belize

Peter Altmeier, Minister of Environment, Germany

Todd D. Stern, Special Envoy for Climate Change, US

Hakima El Haite, Minister of Environment,
Morocco

Zhenhua Xie, Minister, Vice-Chairman,
National Development and Reform
Commission, China

Connie Hedegaard, Commissioner for
Climate Action, European Commission

COP 19/CMP 9 HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT

L-R: Dan Bondi Ogolla, UNFCCC Secretariat; Marina Shvangiradze, Georgia; and Katia Simeonova, UNFCCC Secretariat

Mary Ann Lucille Sering, Vice-Chairperson and Executive Director of
the Climate Change Commission, the Philippines

Alexander Bedritsky, Advisor to the President, Special
Envoy for Climate, the Russian Federation

Izabella Teixeira, Minister of Environment, Brazil

Laila Rashed Iskander, Minister of Environment, Egypt

View of the COP 19/CMP 9 high-level segment plenary

ADP

Participants from civil society waiting in line to enter the ADP negotiations

CMP CONTACT GROUP ON THE CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM (CDM)

View of the Contact Group on the CDM

L-R: Motoharu Yamazaki, UNFCCC Secretariat; Andrew Howard, UNFCCC Secretariat; Contact Group Co-Chairs on the CDM
Marko Berglund, Finland, and Giza Martins, Angola; and Kay Merce, UNFCCC Secretariat

SNAPSHOTS AROUND COP 19

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the Momentum for Change: 2013 Lighthouse Activities Showcase Event

Winners of the Momentum for Change: Women for Results

Winners of the Momentum for Change: Financing for Climate Friendly Investments

Winners of the Momentum for Change: Urban Poor

Delegates from Uruguay

L-R: Brazil, India, China and South Africa (BASIC) press conference with Raphael Azeredo, Brazil; Amb. José Marcondes de
Carvalho, Brazil; Zhenhua Xie, Minister, Vice-Chairman, National Development and Reform Commission, China; Jayanthi
Natarajan, Minister for Environment and Forests, India, and Alf Wills, South Africa

Martin Kaiser, Greenpeace, being interviewed by the press