Least Developed Countries

The Fiji / Bonn Climate Change Conference continued on Thursday. In the morning, the closing plenaries of Conference of the Parties (COP) and Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP) began, and then suspended to allow more time for consultations. Throughout the afternoon, delegates met in bilateral, group, and heads of delegation consultations to discuss the Talanoa Dialogue, Adaptation Fund, and a proposal regarding modalities for Paris Agreement Article 9.5 (ex ante finance transparency), among other issues. These consultations were continuing at 7:30 pm. ** 1:00 am - The APA has yet to reconvene. Consultations continue. ** 1:05 am - The CMP resumes its closing plenary. ** 1:14 am - CMP adjourned. COP opened. ** 1:39 am - COP adjourned. ** 2:10 am - The APA plenary resumes. ** 2:37 am - The APA suspends its session. The COP will resume shortly. ** 4:32 am - The CMP resumes. ** 4:36 am - The CMP adjourned. COP opened. ** 5:08 am - The COP adjourned. CMA opened. ** 5:11 am - CMA adjourns. A joint COP/CMP/CMA plenary opens to hear closing statements. ** 6:56 am - COP 23 gaveled to a close. IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, has providing daily web coverage, daily reports, and a summary and analysis report from the Fiji / Bonn Climate Change Conference 2017. The summary and analysis report is now available in HTML and PDF. Photos by IISD/ENB | Kiara Worth For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page. APA Closing Plenary View of the dais during the APA closing plenary APA Co-Chairs Jo Tyndall, New Zealand, and Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia Gebru Jember, Ethiopia, speaking on behalf of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) Walter Schuldt Espinel, Ecuador, speaking on behalf of the G-77/China Meelis Münt, EU Franz Perrez, Switzerland, speaking on behalf of the Environmental Integrity Group (EIG) Isabel Di Carlo Quero, Venezuela, speaking on behalf of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) Mohamed Nasr, Egypt Patrick Suckling, Australia, on behalf of the Umbrella Group Resumed COP and CMP Closing Plenary View of the dais during the closing plenary Frank Bainimarama, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 President Mehmet Emin Birpınar, Turkey Jochen Flasbarth, Germany Jan Szyszko, Minister of Environment, Poland, and incoming COP 24/ CMP 14/ CMA1-3 Julia Wolf, Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN (FAO) Delegates huddle in the early hours of the morning Observers watch delegates huddle from the gallery Informal Consultations throughout the Day Members of developed countries huddle to discuss Paris Agreement Article 9.5 and other remaining matters Members of the G-77/China huddle to discuss issues related to the Adaptation Fund Delegates huddle to discuss new draft text Delegates gather for informal negotiations as the room is filled to capacity COP/CMP Closing Plenaries - Part 1 View of the dais during the joint closing plenaries Frank Bainimarama, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 President Nazhat Shameem Khan, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 Presidency Marcela Main Sancha, Secretary to the COP/CMP SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland, and SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize APA Co-Chairs Jo Tyndall, New Zealand, and Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia Delegates during the plenary Civil Society Actions In a demonstration outside the venue, members of civil society call on governments to transform energy systems, keep global temperatures below 1.5C, and ensure climate justice for affected people The Eiffel Tower wanders through the venue to remind delegates of the Paris goals Around the Venue German police outside the venue APA Co-Chairs Jo Tyndall, New Zealand, and Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia, speak with Walter Schuldt Espinel, Ecuador Laurence Pollier and Vanessa Matarazzi, UNFCCC Secretariat; SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland; and Katia Simonova, UNFCCC Secretariat Kuni Shimada, Japan Halldór Thorgeirsson, Director for Strategy, UNFCCC Secretariat, speaks with Inia Seruiratu, Minister of Agriculture, Rural and Maritime Development, and National Disaster Management, and High-Level Climate Champion, Fiji UN Security around the venue Delegates from the Comoros Delegates from Egypt Delegates from Austria Delegates from Suriname Bernarditas Muller, the Philippines Delegates from the Emirates Diplomatic Academy, UAE The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) team covering COP 23: Kiara Worth, South Africa; Mari Luomi, Finland/UAE; Dina Hestad, Norway/UK; Annelies van Gaalen, South Africa; Jen Allan; Canada; Katie Browne, US; and Aaron Cosbey, Canada

The Fiji / Bonn Climate Change Conference continued on Saturday. Contact groups and informal consultations under the Conference of the Parties (COP), Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP), Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI), Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), and Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) met throughout the day. In the afternoon, the COP Presidency held an informal stocktaking plenary to hear updates from all subsidiary bodies. IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, has providing daily web coverage, daily reports, and a summary and analysis report from the Fiji / Bonn Climate Change Conference 2017. The summary and analysis report is now available in HTML and PDF. Photos by IISD/ENB | Kiara Worth For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page. Informal Consultations throughout the Day Informal consultations on further matters, except Adaptation Fund (APA agenda item 8) Informal consultations on further guidance on adaptation communication (APA agenda item 4) Delegates huddle during the SBI informal consultations on coordination of support for the implementation of forest activities SBSTA informal consultations on the technology framework under Paris Agreement Article 10.4 SBI/SBSTA informal consultations on impact of the implementation of response measures Delegates celebrate the agreement of draft conclusions in the SBI informal consultations on ways of enhancing the implementation of education, training, public awareness, public participation and public access to information to enhance actions under the Paris Agreement Delegates huddle during the informal consultations on further guidance in relation to the mitigation section of the Paris outcome (APA agenda item 3) Informal Stocktaking Plenary by the COP 23 President Delegates gather in plenary for the informal stocktaking Delegates from Mexico Delegates speak informally before the start of the session Delegates from Egypt Nazhat Shameem Khan, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 Presidency View of the dais during the session Frank Bainimarama, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 President APA Co-Chairs Jo Tyndall, New Zealand, and Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia Sergey Kononov, APA Coordinator SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize Walter Schuldt Espinel, Ecuador, speaking on behalf of the G-77/China Amjad Abdulla, Maldives, speaking on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) Gebru Jember, Ethiopia, speaking on behalf of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) Liliam Ballón Sánchez de Amézaga, Peru, speaking on behalf of the Independent Alliance of Latin America and the Carribean (AILAC) Majid Shafie-Pour, Iran, speaking on behalf of the Like-minded Developing Countries (LMDCs) Patrick Suckling, Australia, on behalf of the Umbrella Group Nicole Wilke, EU Ayman Shasly, Saudi Arabia Civil Society Actions throughout the Day Members of civil society hold up a 'Noah's Ark,' encouraging delegates to stick to the Paris Agreement Eric Meyer, Generation Atomic, sings an operatic ballad outside the venue about the benefits of nuclear energy in climate action Around the Venue APA Co-Chair Jo Tyndall, New Zealand APA Co-Chairs, UNFCCC Secretariat, and COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 Presidency UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa speaks with members of the UNFCCC Secretariat Wanna Tanunchaiwatana, SBSTA Coordinator, and SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize Frank Bainimarama, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 President Ovais Sarmad, UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary (centre) Joseph Africano Bartel, South Sudan Rueanna Haynes, Saint Kitts and Nevis Aziz Mekouar, Morocco, COP 22/CMP 12/CMA 1 Presidency, speaks with Tosi Mpanu-Mpanu, Democratic Republic of the Congo Christiana Figueres, former UNFCCC Executive Secretary Delegates from Samoa and Tuvalu Hussein Alfa Nafo, Mali, speaks with a delegate UN Security around the venue Delegates from Brazil and Saudi Arabia Delegates speak informally Beto Blush, Climax Brasil Delegates from the Stockholm Environment Institute and Oxfam International