Summary
On Thursday, the Bonn Climate Change Conference concluded. The Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) held closing plenaries in the morning and evening. A special joint plenary was held to thank UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres for her service, with all present congratulating her, including in song, for her leadership culminating in the Paris Agreement. In response, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Figueres thanked everyone, saying that she has “had the enormous privilege to be at your side as you made history.” In the afternoon and evening, the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) held their closing plenaries.
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SBSTA Closing Plenary
View of the dais during the SBSTA closing plenary
SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize
Wanna Tanunchaiwatana, SBSTA Coordinator
Manasvi Srisodapol, Thailand, speaking on behalf of the G-77/China
Aishath Aileen Niyaz, Maldives, speaking on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)
Norbert Bärlocher, Switzerland, speaking on behalf of the Environmental Integrity Group (EIG)
Michel Rentenaar, EU
Andrea Faulkner, Australia, speaking on
behalf of the Umbrella Group
Eddy Pérez, Climate Action Network (CAN)
Shalia Shahid, Women and Gender
Victor Kabengele wa Kadilu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
APA Consultations
Delegates during the APA consultations
APA Co-Chair Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia
Zhihua Chen, China
Delegates read the revised APA draft conclusions
Members of the Secretariat distribute the text
Joint Meeting of the SBI, SBSTA and APA: Farewell to Christiana Figueres
View of the dais during the joint meeting
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres
Incoming UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa
Laurence Tubiana, COP 21/CMP 11 Presidency
Aziz Mekouar, Incoming COP 22/CMP 12 Presidency
Members of civil society sing 'Climate Queen,' a farewell song dedicated to UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres
APA Co-Chair Jo Tyndall, New Zealand, SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland, and Incoming UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa bid farewell
Delegates give UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres a standing ovation in recognition
of her important contribution to tackling climate change over the years
SBI Closing Plenary
View of the dais during the SBI closing plenary
Madeleine Diouf Sarr, Senegal
SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland
Elena Kruspkaia Mejía Villacís, Ecuador
Mohamed Khalil, Egypt
Erwin Rose, US
Ilka Wagner, EU
Chebet Maikut, Uganda, speaking on behalf of the African Group
Emil Eduardo Calles Lossada, Venezuela
Delegates huddle during the final negotiations
APA Closing Plenary
View of the dais during the APA closing plenary
APA Co-Chair Jo Tyndall, New Zealand
Bouzekri Razi, COP 22/CMP 12 Presidency
Anna Serzysko, APA Rapporteur
Alejandro Rivera, Mexico, speaking on behalf of the EIG
Frances Veronica Victorio, the Philippines
Olfa Jelassi, Women and Gender
Marilyn Averill, Research and Independent NGOs (RINGOs)
Jaime Hermida Castillo, Nicaragua, speaking on behalf of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA)
Johnson Hugo Cerda Shiguango, Indigenous Peoples
Héloïse Pichot, Youth NGOs (YOUNGOs)
Around the Venue
Incoming UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa with UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres
Delegates from Germany
Delegates from Ghana
Delegates from Thailand and Singapore speak informally
Delegates in plenary
Incoming UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa sits with members of the UNFCCC Secretariat
Headsets available for delegates
Marcela Main Sancha, UNFCCC Secretariat, speaks with delegates
Wael Hmaidan, CAN, with UNFCCC Executive
Secretary Christiana Figueres
Observers watch proceedings from the balcony
Members of the Arab Group meet informally
World Conference Center Bonn security staff
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres enters the venue for her final session with the UNFCCC
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa thanks delegates for welcoming her into the UNFCCC process
Delegates use a 'poken' to gather materials during the paperless conference
An information booth for COP 22/CMP 12 in Marrakech
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) team covering the meeting (L-R): Kiara Worth; Beate Antonich; Virginia Wiseman; Jen Allan; Mari Luomi; Alice Bisiaux; Rishikesh Ram Bhandary; and Nancy Williams