Like-minded Developing Countries

On Friday, the Bonn Climate Change Conference continued with several informal consultations meeting on issues under the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) and Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI). Three events convened throughout the day: the fifth meeting of the Durban Forum on capacity-building; the facilitative sharing of views (FSV) under the international consultation and analysis (ICA) process; and the Technical Expert Meeting (TEM) on mitigation (social and economic value of carbon). In the afternoon, the SBI and Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) held plenaries to discuss their agendas, and the SBSTA plenary convened to hear views on emissions from international aviation and maritime transport. A SBSTA contact group on modalities for the accounting of financial resources provided and mobilized through public interventions in accordance with Article 9.7 (accounting modalities) of the Paris Agreement also met 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 SBI/SBSTA Technical Expert Meeting on Mitigation View of the dais during the SBI/SBSTA Technical Expert Meeting on Mitigation Laurence Tubiana, COP 21/CMP 11 Presidency SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize Alfredo Sirkis, Brazil Climate Center Rebekah Riley, Friends of Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform Simon Buckle, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Kate Shouse, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SBI Fifth Meeting of the Durban Forum on Capacity-Building Panelists during the SBI Fifth Meeting of the Durban Forum on capacity-building Co-Facilitator Michael Gillenwater, Greenhouse Gas Management Institute (GGMI) Co-Facilitator Lorena Aguilar, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Dechen Tsering, UNFCCC Secretariat Klaus Wenzel, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Participants discuss matters in breakout groups SBI Facilitative Sharing of Views under the International Consultation and Analysis Process In-Session Workshop L-R: Richard Kinley, UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary; SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland; and SBI Coordinator Katia Simeonova Richard Kinley, UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland Bariz Mehdiyev, Azerbaijan Christo Artusio, US Delegates during the workshop SBSTA In-Session Workshop on Agriculture: Identification of Adaptation Measures Panelists during the workshop Mark Howden, IPCC Working Group II Vice-Chair Workshop Co-Chair Emmanuel Dumisani Dlamini, Swaziland Herwig Ranner, EU Buddhisrilal Bandara Marambe, Sri Lanka Huy Pham Quang, Viet Nam Delegates during the workshop SBSTA Plenary View of the dais during the SBSTA plenary SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize  Ong Heng Yap, Singapore Orlando Ernesto Rey Santos, Cuba Yoshimune Sakimitsu, Japan Farhan Akhtar, US APA Plenary View of the dais during the APA plenary APA Co-Chair Jo Tyndall, New Zealand APA Co-Chair Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia Aziz Mekouar, Incoming COP 22/CMP 12 Presidency Azimuddin Bahari, Malaysia, speaking on behalf of the Like-Minded Developing Countries (LMDCs) Amjad Abdulla, Maldives Manasvi Srisodapol, Thailand, speaking on behalf of the G-77/China Sandea de Wet, South Africa Jacob Werksman, EU Franz Perrez, Switzerland, speaking on behalf of the Environmental Integrity Group (EIG) Henrik Eriksen, Norway SBI Plenary View of the dais during the SBI plenary Hesham Shoier, Egypt SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland Erwin Rose, US Oleg Shamanov, Russian Federation Around the Venue Alejandro Rivera Becerra, Mexico, and Kishan Kumarsingh, Trinidad and Tobago Stefan Schwager, Switzerland, and Richard Sherman, South Africa Delegates meet informally A delegate reads the International Institue for Sustainable Development Reporting Services (IISD RS) website Laurence Tubiana, COP 21/CMP 11 Presidency Members of YOUNGO call for delegates to support the growth of Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) through enhanced implementation of the Doha work programme

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