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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. IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has providing daily web coverage, daily reports from the Bonn Climate Change Conference - May 2016. In adiition, IISD Reportaing Services has also published a summary and analysis report from this meeting, which is available in HTML and PDF format. Photos by IISD/ENB | Kiara Worth For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page 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

On Wednesday, the Bonn Climate Change Conference continued with the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) meeting in open-ended informal consultations in the morning. A Technical Expert Meeting (TEM) on effective policy frameworks and institutional arrangements for adaptation planning and implementation took place in the morning and early afternoon. In the afternoon, the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) held the first part of its closing plenary. Contact groups and informal consultations under the SBI and Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) convened throughout the day. IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has providing daily web coverage, daily reports from the Bonn Climate Change Conference - May 2016. In adiition, IISD Reportaing Services has also published a summary and analysis report from this meeting, which is available in HTML and PDF format. Photos by IISD/ENB | Kiara Worth For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page APA Consultations Delegates in the APA consultations APA Co-Chair Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia Qian Zhou, China Ismail Zahir, Maldives, speaking on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) Adriana Murillo, Costa Rica, speaking on behalf of the Independent Association of Latin America and the Caribbean (AILAC) Peter Horne, Australia Christina Voigt, Norway Kevin Herman, Canada Kaveh Guilanpour, EU Open-Ended Informal Consultations by Incoming COP 22/CMP 12 Presidency View of the dais during the open-ended informal consultations Aziz Mekouar, Incoming COP 22/CMP 12 Presidency Sandea de Wet, South Africa Trigg Talley, US Amjad Abdulla, Maldives, speaking on behalf of AOSIS Birama Diarra, Mali, speaking on behalf of the African Group Contact Group on the Impact of the Implementation of Response Measures SBI/SBSTA contact group on the impact of the implementation of response measures: improved forum and work programme Morgenie Pillay, South Africa Co-Facilitator Andrei Marcu, Panama SBI Plenary View of the dais during the SBI plenary SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland Adao Soares Barbosa, Timor-Leste Oleg Shamanov, Russian Federation Erwin Rose, US Yang Weifeng, China SBI/SBSTA Technical Expert Meeting on Adaptation: Effective Policy Frameworks and Institutional Arrangements for Adaptation Planning and Implementation Opening panel for the Technical Expert Meeting Aziz Mekouar, Incoming COP 22/CMP 12 Presidency Facilitator Anne Hammill, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Evans Kaseke, Zambezi Watercourse Commission (ZAMCOM) Hrin Nei Thiam, Myanmar Akio Takemoto, Japan Civil Society Action Members of civil society participate in a sporting stunt urging negotiators to 'score a long-term goal of 1.5°C' Around the Venue Delegates meet between sessions SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland, speaks with a delegate Ismo Ulvila, EU, with future climate activist Susanna Kulovesi Delegates from the US, Canada, Japan and Australia Henrik Eriksen, Norway, speaks with a delegate Priscilla Mbarumun Achakpa, Nigeria, with Angelina Ama Tutuah Mensah, Ghana Yerima Peter Tarfa and Bello Yankuzo Sani, Nigeria, with Richard Muyungi, Tanzania Bernarditas Muller, Bolivia, speaks with delegates Delegates review a document Delegates around the venue

On Tuesday, the Bonn Climate Change Conference continued with the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) meeting in open-ended informal consultations throughout the day. The first ever Technical Expert Meeting (TEM) on adaptation convened in the morning and afternoon, to discuss enhancing the implementation of adaptation action. Informal consultations under the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) met throughout the day. IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has providing daily web coverage, daily reports from the Bonn Climate Change Conference - May 2016. In adiition, IISD Reportaing Services has also published a summary and analysis report from this meeting, which is available in HTML and PDF format. Photos by IISD/ENB | Kiara Worth For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page APA Consultations Delegates attend the APA informal session throughout the day APA Co-Chairs Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia, and Jo Tyndall, New Zealand  Atif Al-Jumaili, Kuwait, speaking on behalf of the G-77/China Alaa Aljahdali, Saudi Arabia, speaking on behalf of the Arab Group Stephen Walter, New Zealand Fatuma Hussein, Kenya, speaking on behalf of the African Group Felipe Ferreira, Brazil Elias Abourizk, Canada Alejandro Rivera Becerra, Mexico Ravi Prasad, India Aya Yoshida, Japan Delegates attending the session Natalie Ross-Lapointe, Australia Aksel Hillestad, Norway Brian Mantlana, South Africa, speaking on behalf of the African Group Nicole Wilke, EU Andrew Rakestraw, US Delegates stand against the wall and sit on the floor to listen to deliberations SBI/SBSTA Technical Expert Meeting on Adaptation: Enhancing the Implementation of Adaptation Action View of the dais during the opening panel SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize Farhana Yamin, Track 0 and Chatham House Laurence Tubiana, COP 21/CMP 11 Presidency Don Lemmen, Co-Chair of the Adaptation Committee Minpeng Chen, Co-Chair of the Adaptation Committee Dhrupad Choudhury, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Vositha Wijenayake, Climate Action Network (CAN) Breakout groups for the Technical Expert Meeting Special Event by the Presidencies: Issues Related to the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage View of the dais Tania Gabriela Osejo Carrillo, World Food Programme (WFP) Aziz Mekouar, Incoming COP 22/CMP 12 Presidency Informal Consultations Throughout the Day SBI/SBSTA informal consultations on impact of the implementation of response measures: improved forum and work programme SBI informal consultations on capacity-building for developing countries SBSTA informal consultations on issues relating to agriculture SBSTA informal consultations on cooperative approaches under the Paris Agreement Around the Venue Carlos Gentile, Argentina, speaks with delegates Artur Runge-Metzger, EU, and Kishan Kumarsingh, Trinidad and Tobago Trigg Talley, US, speaks with delegates Valinavho Khavhagali, South Africa Members of civil society meet throughout the day Delegates between sessions A delegate reads the International Institute for Sustainable Development Reporting Services (IISD RS) website Delegates look at materials on display

On Monday, the Bonn Climate Change Conference continued with substantive work under all three subsidiary bodies. In the morning, the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) agreed to its organization of work, and started discussions on its substantive items in a contact group that met throughout the day. An in-session workshop on agriculture, and a Technical Expert Meeting (TEM) on mitigation through shifting to more efficient public transport and increasing vehicles’ energy efficiency met in the morning and afternoon. Informal consultations under the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) and Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) convened throughout the day. IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has providing daily web coverage, daily reports from the Bonn Climate Change Conference - May 2016. In adiition, IISD Reportaing Services has also published a summary and analysis report from this meeting, which is available in HTML and PDF format. Photos by IISD/ENB | Kiara Worth For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page APA Contact Group View of the dais during the APA contact group APA Co-Chair Jo Tyndall, New Zealand APA Co-Chair Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia Ravi Prasad, India Atif Al-Jumaili, Kuwait Indira Al Dahabi, Jordan, speaking on behalf of the Like-Minded Developing Countries (LMDCs) Nicole Wilke, EU Andrea Faulkner, Australia, speaking on behalf of the Umbrella Group Andrea Guerrero, Colombia, speaking on behalf of the Independent Alliance of Latin America and the Carribean (AILAC) Norbert Bärlocher, Switzerland María del Pilar Bueno, Argentina Zhihua Chen, China Aya Yoshida, Japan Alejandro Rivera Becerra, Mexico Mark Sinclair, New Zealand Fatuma Hussein, Kenya, speaking on behalf of the African Group Leon Charles, Grenada Henrik Eriksen, Norway SBSTA In-Session Workshop on Agriculture: Enhancement of Productivity View of the dais during the workshop Alvin Chandra, Caritas Fred Kossam, Malawi Srinivasa Rao, India Hugues Morand, Canada Alexandre Meybeck, Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN (FAO) Gábor Figeczky, speaking on behalf of Farmers Huy Pham Quang, Viet Nam Walter Oyhantçabal, Uruguay SBI/SBSTA Technical Expert Meeting on Mitigation: Shifting to More Efficient Public Transport and Increasing Energy Efficiency of Vehicles Opening panel for the Technical Expert Meeting Laurence Tubiana, COP 21/CMP 11 Presidency Sheila Watson, FIA Foundation Nick Craven, International Union of Railways (UIC) Ahmed Baroudi, Morocco Subash Dhar, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Mael Martinie, France Juan Hoffmaister, Green Climate Fund (GCF) Around the Venue Carlos Martin-Novella, IPCC Deputy Secretary, speaks with a delegate Delegates from Ecuador Byron Fay, Australia, with Zaheer Fakir, Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board Laurence Tubiana, COP 21/CMP 11 Presidency, speaks with delegates Talieh Wögerbauer, Austria, speaks with a delegate Delegates from Saudi Arabia Delegates between sessions Materials on display around the venue

The Bonn Climate Change Conference continued on Tuesday morning with the opening of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) and a Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) informal consultation. In the afternoon, several contact groups and informal consultations under the SBSTA and Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) convened. The SBI and SBSTA plenaries resumed to hear opening statements and consider outstanding agenda items. A SBSTA workshop on types of revegetation activities potentially eligible as Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project activities also took place in the afternoon. IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has providing daily web coverage, daily reports from the Bonn Climate Change Conference - May 2016. In adiition, IISD Reportaing Services has also published a summary and analysis report from this meeting, which is available in HTML and PDF format. Photos by IISD/ENB | Kiara Worth For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page APA Opening Plenary Richard Kinley, UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres, and Laurence Tubiana, COP 21/CMP 11 Presidency, applaud the election of the new APA Co-Chairs APA Co-Chair Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia APA Co-Chair Jo Tyndall, New Zealand Laurence Tubiana, COP 21/ CMP 11 Presidency Zamba Batjargal, Mongolia María Laura Rojas Vallejo, Colombia, speaking on behalf of the Independent Alliance of Latin America and the Carribean (AILAC) Manasvi Srisodapol, Thailand, speaking on behalf of the G-77/China Ivo de Zwaan, EU Patrick Suckling, Australia, speaking on behalf of the Umbrella Group Rosilena Lindo, Panama, speaking on behalf of the Coalition for Rainforest Nations (CfRN) Hussein Alfa Nafo, Mali, speaking on behalf of the African Group Franz Perrez, Switzerland, speaking on behalf of the Environmental Integrity Group (EIG) Isabel Teresa Di Carlo Quero, Venezuela, speaking on behalf of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) Olga Vavilonskaya, Belarus Tunga Bhadra Rai, Indigenous Peoples Norine Kennedy, Business and Industry NGOs (BINGOs) Anabella Rosemberg, Trade Union NGOs (TUNGOs) SBI Plenary View of the dais during the SBI plenary UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland Lydie-Line Paroz, Youth NGOs (YOUNGOs) Inga Fritzen Buan, Climate Action Network (CAN) Franziska Loibl, Women and Gender SBI Vice-Chair Zhihua Chen, China Tosi Mpanu-Mpanu, Democratic Republic of the Congo SBSTA Plenary View of the dais during the SBSTA plenary SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize Alejandro Rivera, Mexico Marilyn Averill, Research and Independent NGOs (RINGOs) Katherine Sawyer, Climate Justice Now! (CJN!) Contact Groups SBSTA/SBI joint contact group on the scope of the next periodic review of the long-term global goal under the Convention, and of overall progress towards achieving it SBI contact group on arrangements for intergovernmental meetings SBI/SBSTA joint contact group on impact of the implementation of response measures: improved forum and work programme SBSTA In-Session Workshop Panel speakers for a SBSTA in-session workshop to identify the types of revegetation activities potentially eligible as project activities under the CDM Co-Chair Maya Hunt, New Zealand Co-Chair José Antonio Prado, Chile Ivan Dario Valencia, Colombia Belinda Margono, Indonesia Around the Venue Delegates gather in the foyer before the start of plenary Delegates meet informally El Hadji Mbaye Diagne and Mamadou Diobe Gueye, Senegal Delegates from Norway Translation headsets Delegates between sessions A delegate looks at a photography exhibition about COP 21/CMP 11 Heinz Sturm, International Clean Energy Partnership Foundation, test drives a 'zero emissions' car on display at the venue

The Bonn Climate Change Conference opened on Monday. In the morning, COP 21/CMP 11 President Ségolène Royal, France, opened the session, calling on negotiators to become “builders” working from the foundation laid by the Paris Agreement. This sentiment was echoed by UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres, who received a standing ovation in gratitude for her service. After opening statements, the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) opening plenary took place. In the afternoon, the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) opening plenary convened, where parties, after some debate, adopted the agenda, pending further discussions on an agenda item on the registry of nationally determined contributions referred to in Article 4, paragraph 12 of the Paris Agreement. After opening several agenda items, the SBI suspended and the SBSTA opening reconvened. A SBSTA contact group, SBSTA and SBI informal consultations, and an in-session workshop on exploring financing and the use of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) by international climate finance institutions also convened in the afternoon. IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has providing daily web coverage, daily reports from the Bonn Climate Change Conference - May 2016. In adiition, IISD Reportaing Services has also published a summary and analysis report from this meeting, which is available in HTML and PDF format. Photos by IISD/ENB | Kiara Worth For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page Opening Plenary Panelists during the opening plenary (L-R): Salaheddine Mezouar, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Morocco, and COP 22/CMP 12 President-Designate; UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres; Ségolène Royal, COP 21/CMP 11 President; June Budhooram, COP Secretary; and SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres Salaheddine Mezouar, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Morocco, and COP 22/CMP 12 President-Designate Ségolène Royal, COP 21/CMP 11 President Manasvi Srisodapol, Thailand, speaking on behalf of the G-77/China Patrick Suckling, Australia, speaking on behalf of the Umbrella Group Ivo de Zwaan, EU Franz Perrez, Switzerland, speaking on behalf of the Environmental Integrity Group (EIG) Abdullahi Majeed, Maldives, speaking on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) Rosilena Lindo, Panama, speaking on behalf of the Coalition for Rainforest Nations (CfRN) Hussein Alfa Nafo, Mali, speaking on behalf of the African Group Paul Oquist Kelley, Nicaragua Nedal Katbehbader, State of Palestine Ayman Shasly, Saudi Arabia, speaking on behalf of the Arab Group Indira Al Dahabi, Jordan, speaking on behalf of the Like-Minded Developing Countries (LMDCs) Ravi Prasad, India, speaking on behalf of Brazil, South Africa, India and China (BASIC) Prachi Rao, Women and Gender Max van Deursen, YOUNGO Sébastien Duyck, Climate Action Network (CAN) Øyvind Christophersen, Norway, speaks with Florin Vladu, Adaptation Programme Manager, UNFCCC SBSTA Opening Plenary SBSTA Panel: Richard Kinley, UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary; Wanna Tanunchaiwatana, SBSTA Coordinator; SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize; and Hanna Hoffmann, UNFCCC Secretariat SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize Tosi Mpanu-Mpanu, Democratic Republic of the Congo Laurence Tubiana, COP 21/CMP 11 Presidency Ian Fry, Tuvalu SBI Opening Plenary SBI Plenary (L-R): Richard Kinley, UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary; SBI Coordinator Katia Simeonova; SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland; Laurence Pollier, UNFCCC Secretariat; and SBI Vice-Chair Zhihua Chen, China SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland Trigg Talley, US Richard Kinley, UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary Khalid Muhammed Abuleif, Saudi Arabia Walter Schuldt Espinel, Ecuador Abias Huongo, Angola Rawleston Moore, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Khalid Muhammed Abuleif, Saudi Arabia, speaks with Fook Seng Kwok, Singapore, and Manasvi Srisodapol, Thailand Exploring Financing and Use of the CDM by International Climate Finance Institutions Panel speakers during the in-session workshop exploring financing and use of the CDM by international climate finance institutions Eduardo Calvo, Chair of the CDM Executive Board, Peru Silke Karcher, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, Germany Georg Børsting, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway Delegates during the workshop Around the Venue Delegates before the start of plenary Oleg Shamanov, Russian Federation (center), speaks with delegates Simon Eggleston, World Meteorological Organization (WMO), speaks with Kiyoto Tanabe, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres with members of the Secretariat and the Moroccan delegation following the signing of the headquarters agreement on the organization of COP 22 Salaheddine Mezouar, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Morocco, and COP 22/CMP 12 President-Designate UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres Delegates around the venue Placards Delegates write messages to 'shine light on non-economic losses' caused by climate change Delegates around the venue

On Saturday, 30 April 2016, SBSTTA 20 plenary convened in the morning and adopted 15 recommendations. Costa Rica for GRULAC underscored the recommendations on synthetic biology and invasive alien species (IAS), noting that biodiversity mainstreaming is key for sustainable development and requires stakeholder participation. Indonesia for Asia-Pacific stressed the importance of implementing CBD guidelines, capacity building and adequate funding. The Democratic Republic of Congo, on behalf of the African Group, called upon parties to redouble their efforts to achieve those Aichi targets that show least progress, and underscored the recommendations on restoring ecosystems, mainstreaming biodiversity and IAS, noting that more work is needed on synthetic biology. Turkmenistan, on behalf of Central and Eastern Europe, emphasized the need to mainstream biodiversity targets into the Sustainable Development Agenda. The International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity called for a rights-based approach to ensure the successful implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity. CBD Executive Secretary Braulio Dias welcomed SBSTTA 20 outcomes ensuring: progress towards achieving the Aichi targets; a strong relationship with IPBES; and mainstreaming biodiversity across sectors, also with regard to pollinators. He also praised SBSTTA recommendations containing the action plan on ecosystem restoration, guidance on marine debris, and next steps on ecologically or biologically significant marine areas (EBSAs). SBSTTA Chair Bignell thanked delegates for their spirit of goodwill and passion for the CBD objectives in tackling a heavy agenda. He urged delegates to “go home and implement,” and drew the meeting to a close at 12:23pm. IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has provided daily web updates from the 20th Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice and the 1st Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation. In addition, IISD Reporting Services has produced a summary and analysis of both meetings which is available in HTML and PDF format. L-R: David Cooper, CBD Deputy Executive Secretary; Braulio Dias, CBD Executive Secretary; and SBSTTA Chair Andrew Bignell (New Zealand) Christine von Weizsäcker, ECOROPA Jihyun Lee, CBD Secretariat L-R: Valentina Mauriello and Mery Ciacci, Italy SBSTTA 20 delegates applaud Andrew Bignell (New Zealand) for his able chairmanship.