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The 2016 meeting of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) opened on Monday, 11 July 2016, at UN Headquarters in New York. Following an opening plenary, the first day started with a session on “Where do we stand at year one” of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2030 Agenda) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted at the UN Sustainable Development Summit on 25 September 2015. This was followed by three sessions related to the 2016 HLPF theme of “Ensuring that no one is left behind,” on: “Envisioning an inclusive world in 2030”; “Lifting people out of poverty and addressing basic needs”; and “Fostering economic growth, prosperity, and sustainability.” IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has provided daily reports, daily web coverage and a summary and analysis from HLPF 2016, 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 Delegates during the opening session Oh Joon, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the UN and President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Wu Hongbo, UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Session 1: Where do we stand at year one? Panelists for Session 1: Where do we stand at year one? Christiana Figueres, former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Moderator Paula Caballero Gomez, World Bank Debapriya Bhattacharya, Centre for Policy Dialogue Martin Tsounkeu, Africa Development Interchange Network (ADIN) José María Viera, World Blind Union (WBU) Oriana López Uribe, Women's Major Group Macharia Kamau, Kenya Joy Aguilar, Major Group for Children and Youth Session 2: Envisioning an inclusive world in 2030 Panelists for Session 2: Envisioning an inclusive world in 2030 Ion Jinga, Permanent Representative of Romania to the UN and Chair of the 54th session of the Commission for Social Development Moderator Lisa Foster, US Department of Justice Alvaro Esteban Pop Ac, Chair of the 15th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) Onalenna Selolwane, Mosadi Khumo Socio-Economic Empowerment Forum for Women Ibrahim Ismail Abdallah, Arab Organization of Persons with Disability (AOPD) Uchita de Zoysa, Sri Lanka Anna Ballance, EU Chair Héctor Alejandro Palma Cerna, Deputy Permanent Representative of Honduras to the UN and Vice President of ECOSOC Session 3: Lifting people out of poverty and addressing basic needs Panelists for Session 3: Lifting people out of poverty and addressing basic needs Alice Albright, Global Partnership for Education (GPE) Moderator Sarina Prabasi, WaterAid America  Michael Park, Aspen Institute Chair Sven Jürgenson, Permanent Representative of Estonia to the UN and Vice President of ECOSOC Cristina Diez, International Movement ATD Fourth World Xie Zhangwei, China José De Souza, Benin Rajul Pandya-Lorch, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Grace Balawag, Indigenous Peoples Major Group Carla Mucavi, Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN (FAO) Session 4: Fostering economic growth, prosperity, and sustainability Panelists for Session 4: Fostering economic growth, prosperity, and sustainability  Tim Jackson, Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP) Moderator Vinicius Pinheiro, International Labour Organization (ILO)  Bart Verspagen, UN University – Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT) Wellington Chibebe, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) Dyborn Chibonga, National Smallholder Farmers' Association of Malawi (NASFAM) Around the Venue Delegates watch discussions from the balcony A string quartet welcomes delegates to the meeting Christiana Figueres, former Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC Delegates meet before the start of the session Delegates meet informally throughout the day Around the UN Headquarters

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