Group of 77 and China

On Wednesday, 16 November, the UN Climate Change Conference continued in Marrakech, Morocco. The second part of the facilitative dialogue on enhancing ambition and support took place in the morning. In the afternoon, the second biennial high-level ministerial dialogue on climate finance convened. Throughout the day, contact groups and informal consultations took place under the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP), and the joint high-level segment continued. In the afternoon, informals also took place under the COP Presidency on the first session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA 1), and under the COP on entry into force of the Paris Agreement and the convening of CMA 1. In the evening, the CMA plenary convened. Following adjournment of the resumed CMA opening plenary, informal consultations under the CMA continued late into the night. A webcast of the joint high-level segment is available at: http://unfccc.cloud.streamworld.de/webcast/joint-high-level-segment-5th-meeting-of-the-cop-an. IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, is providing daily web coverage, daily reports and a summary and analysis report from the Marrakech Climate Change Conference - November 2016. Photos by IISD/ENB | Kiara Worth. For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions on our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage page. High-Level Segment View of the dais during the high-level segment Barbara Hendricks, Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, Germany Zhenhua Xie, Special Representative on Climate Change Affairs, National Development and Reform Commission, China Rolando Gabriel De Barros Barreto Acha, Minister of Environment, Paraguay Marie Roland Alain Wong Yen Cheong, Minister of Environment, Sustainable Development and Disaster and Beach Management, Mauritius Marlies Amann-Marxer, Minister of Infrastructure, Environment and Sport, Liechtenstein  José Sarney Filho, Minister of Environment, Brazil  Sharon Dijksma, Minister of Infrastructure and the Environment, the Netherlands Facilitative Dialogue on Enhancing Ambition and Support Panelists on the podium during the session Joydeep Gupta, Moderator Louise Métivier, Chief Negotiator for Climate Change, Canada Siti Nurbaya, Minister of Environment and Forestry, Indonesia Ravi Prasad, Joint Secretary on Climate Change, India Amjad Abdulla, Maldives Fang Liu, Secretary General, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Lisa Te Heuheu, Civil Society Representative Informal Consultations and Contact Groups throughout the Day COP contact group on matters relating to finance: report of the Standing Committee on Finance (SCF) and review of the functions of the SCF CMP informal consultations on matters relating to the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) COP informal consultations on linkages between the Technology Mechanism and the Financial Mechanism of the Convention COP contact group on matters relating to finance: report of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to the COP and guidance to the GEF Second Biennial High-Level Ministerial Dialogue on Climate Finance View of the dais during the ministerial dialogue, which was themed 'A multi-stakeholder approach to mobilization and delivery of adaptation finance' Aziz Mekouar, COP 22/CMP 12 Presidency Mohamed Boussaid, Minister of Finance and Economy, Morocco Peter Thomson, President of the UN General Assembly Moderator Andrew Steer, President and CEO, World Resources Institute Robert Orr, Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General on Climate Change Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, Fiji  Laura Tuck, Vice President for Sustainable Development, World Bank Group Ji Xie, Director General, National Development and Reform Commission, China CMA Plenary The UNFCCC Secretariat meets on the dais before the start of the session Salaheddine Mezouar, COP 22/CMP 12 President Diego Pacheco Balanza, Bolivia, speaking on behalf of the Like-Minded Developing Countries (LMDCs) UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa Manasvi Srisodapol, Thailand, speaking on behalf of the G-77/China Nicole Wilke, EU Ayman Shasly, Saudi Arabia Patrick Suckling, Australia, speaking on behalf of the Umbrella Group Delegates huddle during the session Civil Society Demonstrations Members of civil society advocate for renewable energy in Africa Members of civil society advocate for the right to a stable climate Using the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) projections for the extinction of species, members of civil society question if the human race is also threatened Around the Venue John Kerry, US Secretary of State, addresses COP 22 participants and press, underlining the American people's commitment to climate action Jonathan Pershing, US Special Envoy for Climate Change Members of the media attend the address Naoko Ishii, CEO, GEF, launches the Capacity Building Initiative for Transparency (CBIT), a new fund to support developing countries in meeting transparency requirements under the Paris Agreement Delegates confer between sessions Nicola Tollin, Executive Director, Program on Urban Resilience RESURBE, speaks with a delegate Frank Carruet, Belgium, Marek Ziółkowski, Poland, and Lidia Wojtal, Poland Sergio Bergman, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Argentina, and Soledad Aguilar, Argentina Adnan Amin, Director-General, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) UN Security coordinate throughout the day A delegate takes notes during a session

On Monday, 14 November, the UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC) continued in Marrakech, Morocco. Throughout the day, contact groups and informal consultations took place under the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the COP serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP) and the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA). In the evening the contact group on agenda Items 3-8 convened under the APA. A joint Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI)/Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) informal consultations also took place. The closing plenaries of the 45th sessions of the SBI and the SBSTA, and the second part of the first session of the APA took place in the evening. The APA suspended at 11:23pm. The SBI and SBSTA are expected to close on Tuesday morning. IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, is providing daily web coverage, daily reports and a summary and analysis report from the Marrakech Climate Change Conference - November 2016. Photos by IISD/ENB | Kiara Worth. For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions on our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage page. Informal Consultations throughout the Day Informal consultations on Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) agenda item 8: further matters related to implementation of the Paris Agreement COP informal consultations on linkages between the Technology Mechanism and the Financial Mechanism of the Convention COP informal consultations on the proposal from Papua New Guinea and Mexico to amend Articles 7 and 18 of the Convention COP informal consultations on matters relating to finance: sixth review of the Financial Mechanism Informal consultations by the Presidency on the first session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA) 1 COP informal consultations on matters relating to finance: report of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to the COP and guidance to the GCF First Working Group Session of the Multilateral Assessment View of the dais during the session Mark Sinclair, New Zealand SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland Peer Stiansen, Norway Reed Schuler, US Sylwia Waśniewska, Poland Markus Nauser, Switzerland Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) Closing Plenary View of the dais during the SBSTA closing plenary SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize Kanchana Patarachoke, Thailand, speaking on behalf of the G-77/China Ismail Raushan, Maldives, speaking on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) Lassina Coulibaly, Mali, speaking on behalf of the African Group María Amparo Martínez Arroyo, Mexico, speaking on behalf of the Environmental Integrity Group (EIG) Gloria Young, Panama Alicia Ilaga, the Philippines Tunga Bhadra Rai, speaking on behalf of Indigenous Peoples Anne-Beth Skrede, TUNGOs Eddy Pérez, Climate Action Network (CAN) Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) Closing Plenary View of the dais during the SBI closing plenary SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland Sophie Davies, Australia, speaking on behalf of the Umbrella Group Svitlana Grynchuk, Ukraine Rebecca Chien, YOUNGOs Kwon Sei-joong, Republic of Korea, speaking on behalf of the EIG Theo De Jager, Farmers Daniela Rangel Esparza, Women and Gender APA Closing Plenary View of the dais during the APA closing plenary APA Co-Chairs Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia, and Jo Tyndall, New Zealand Manasvi Srisodapol, Thailand, speaking on behalf of the G-77/China Franz Perrez, Switzerland Collin Beck, Solomon Islands Peter Horne, Australia, speaking on behalf of the Umbrella Group Ayman Shasly, Saudi Arabia Amjad Abdulla, Maldives, speaking on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) Gabriela Fischerová, EU Adriana Murillo, Costa Rica, speaking on behalf of the Independent Association of Latin America and the Caribbean (AILAC) Diego Pacheco Balanza, Bolivia, speaking on behalf of the Like-Minded Developing Countries (LMDCs) Civil Society Demonstrations throughout the Day Members of civil society call for eliminating the use of fossil fuels Members of civil society advocate for using 100% renewable energy to stay below the 1.5°C limit Youth from New Zealand advocate for an increase in ambition, not emissions Around the Venue UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa congratulates Austrian youth delegates on their 'green footprints' initiative aimed at increasing the participation of children in climate change action High-level event hosted by the COP 22 President to discuss progress made in advancing national adaptation plans (NAPs) Delegates huddle between sessions Delegates speak informally Ismail El Gizouli, Sudan Inger Andersen, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Director General Press briefing with Jonathan Pershing, US Special Envoy for Climate Change UN Security around the venue Chizuru Aoki, Global Environment Facility (GEF) and Tosi Mpanu-Mpanu, Democratic Republic of the Congo Art made from recycled tires The supermoon rises over the COP 22 venue

On Saturday, 12 November, the UN Climate Change Conference continued in Marrakech, Morocco. In the morning an informal stocktaking plenary was convened by the COP President. Contact groups and informal consultations under the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP), the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) convened throughout the day. Informal consultations convened under the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) throughout the day on: further matters related to the implementation of the Paris Agreement; further guidance in relation to the mitigation section of Decision 1/CP.21; modalities and procedures for the effective operation of the committee to facilitate implementation and promote compliance; further guidance in relation to the adaptation communication, including, inter alia, as a component of nationally determined contributions (NDCs); and modalities, procedures and guidelines for the transparency framework for action and support. In the afternoon, the APA convened in a contact group to discuss all of its substantive agenda items, with reports back from informal consultations. The second round of the multilateral assessment process under international assessment and review (IAR) took place throughout the day under the SBI and COP. IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, is providing daily web coverage, daily reports and a summary and analysis report from the Marrakech Climate Change Conference - November 2016. Photos by IISD/ENB | Kiara Worth. For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions on our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage page. Informal Consultations throughout the Day Informal consultations on Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) agenda item 8: further matters related to implementation of the Paris Agreement COP informal consultations on matters relating to finance: report of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to the COP and guidance to the GEF Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) contact group on budget performance for the biennium 2016-2017 Informal consultations on APA agenda item 3: further guidance in relation to the mitigation section of Decision 1/CP.21 Informal Stocktaking Plenary by the COP President View of the dais during the stocktaking plenary Salaheddine Mezouar, COP 22/CMP 12 President APA Co-Chairs Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia, and Jo Tyndall, New Zealand Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland UNFCCC Global Climate Action Champion Hakima El Haité, Morocco Franz Perrez, Switzerland Paul Oquist Kelley, Nicaragua Manasvi Srisodapol, Thailand, speaking on behalf of the G-77/China Ravi Prasad, India Adriana Murillo, Costa Rica First Working Group Session of the Multilateral Assessment View of the dais during the session Nicole Wilke, Germany Patrick Suckling, Australia Reed Schuler, US Claire Oei, Singapore Markus Nauser, Switzerland Xing Fan, China Dylan Muggeridge, New Zealand Guilherme do Prado Lima, Brazil Around the Venue UN Security around the venue Ségolène Royal, COP 21/CMP 11 President Prince Albert II, Monaco (far left) UNFCCC Global Climate Action Champion Laurence Tubiana, France Dan Bondi Ogolla, UNFCCC Secretariat, with Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, WWF Delegates huddle to consult Salaheddine Mezouar, COP 22/CMP 12 President, with Aziz Mekouar, COP 22/CMP 12 Presidency UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa Delegates from Belarus Oleg Shamanov, Russian Federation Delegates confer SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize, with a delegate Conference officers during a session Martha Rojas-Urrego, Secretary General, Ramsar Convention on Wetlands