Highlights and images for 20 May 2016

Germany

Summary



On Friday, the Bonn Climate Change Conference continued with several informal consultations meeting on issues under the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) and Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI). Three events convened throughout the day: the fifth meeting of the Durban Forum on capacity-building; the facilitative sharing of views (FSV) under the international consultation and analysis (ICA) process; and the Technical Expert Meeting (TEM) on mitigation (social and economic value of carbon).
In the afternoon, the SBI and Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) held plenaries to discuss their agendas, and the SBSTA plenary convened to hear views on emissions from international aviation and maritime transport. A SBSTA contact group on modalities for the accounting of financial resources provided and mobilized through public interventions in accordance with Article 9.7 (accounting modalities) of the Paris Agreement also met in the afternoon.

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SBI/SBSTA Technical Expert Meeting on Mitigation

View of the dais during the SBI/SBSTA Technical Expert Meeting on Mitigation

Laurence Tubiana,
COP 21/CMP 11 Presidency

SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize

Alfredo Sirkis,
Brazil Climate Center

Rebekah Riley, Friends of Fossil
Fuel Subsidy Reform

Simon Buckle, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Kate Shouse, US Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA)

SBI Fifth Meeting of the Durban Forum on Capacity-Building

Panelists during the SBI Fifth Meeting of the Durban Forum on capacity-building

Co-Facilitator Michael Gillenwater,
Greenhouse Gas Management Institute (GGMI)

Co-Facilitator Lorena Aguilar,
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Dechen Tsering, UNFCCC Secretariat

Klaus Wenzel, Deutsche Gesellschaft für
Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

Participants discuss matters in breakout groups

SBI Facilitative Sharing of Views under the International Consultation and Analysis Process In-Session Workshop

L-R: Richard Kinley, UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary; SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland; and SBI Coordinator Katia Simeonova

Richard Kinley, UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary

SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland

Bariz Mehdiyev, Azerbaijan

Christo Artusio, US

Delegates during the workshop

SBSTA In-Session Workshop on Agriculture: Identification of Adaptation Measures

Panelists during the workshop

Mark Howden, IPCC Working Group II Vice-Chair

Workshop Co-Chair Emmanuel Dumisani Dlamini, Swaziland

Herwig Ranner, EU

Buddhisrilal Bandara Marambe, Sri Lanka

Huy Pham Quang, Viet Nam

Delegates during the workshop

SBSTA Plenary

View of the dais during the SBSTA plenary

SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize

 Ong Heng Yap, Singapore

Orlando Ernesto Rey Santos, Cuba

Yoshimune Sakimitsu, Japan

Farhan Akhtar, US

APA Plenary

View of the dais during the APA plenary

APA Co-Chair Jo Tyndall, New Zealand

APA Co-Chair Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia

Aziz Mekouar, Incoming
COP 22/CMP 12 Presidency

Azimuddin Bahari, Malaysia, speaking on behalf of the Like-Minded Developing Countries (LMDCs)

Amjad Abdulla, Maldives

Manasvi Srisodapol, Thailand, speaking on
behalf of the G-77/China

Sandea de Wet, South Africa

Jacob Werksman, EU

Franz Perrez, Switzerland, speaking on behalf of the Environmental
Integrity Group (EIG)

Henrik Eriksen, Norway

SBI Plenary

View of the dais during the SBI plenary

Hesham Shoier, Egypt

SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland

Erwin Rose, US

Oleg Shamanov, Russian Federation

Around the Venue

Alejandro Rivera Becerra, Mexico, and
Kishan Kumarsingh, Trinidad and Tobago

Stefan Schwager, Switzerland, and Richard Sherman, South Africa

Delegates meet informally

A delegate reads the International Institue for Sustainable
Development Reporting Services (IISD RS) website

Laurence Tubiana, COP 21/CMP 11 Presidency

Members of YOUNGO call for delegates to support the growth of Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE)
through enhanced implementation of the Doha work programme

Participants