Summary
On Monday, parties at the Bonn Climate Change Conference focused on launching substantive work by establishing negotiating groups. Plenary meetings of the three main negotiating bodies, the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI), the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) and the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) made good progress, with each body working through its agenda without major disagreements. In the evening, the three bodies held a joint plenary to hear statements from parties and observer organizations.
In the afternoon, several of the negotiating groups held their first meetings and started substantive negotiations on issues such as agriculture, technology, finance, market and non-market mechanisms, and adaptation.
Throughout the day, a training workshop also took place to consider economic modelling tools related to the work programme on response measures. Its aim was to understand and quantify the cross-border impacts of climate-related policies (i.e., response measures).
For extensive details on the day’s negotiations and to hear what delegates said in the corridors, see our daily Earth Negotiations Bulletin.
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SBSTA Opening Plenary
View of the dais during the SBSTA opening plenary
SBSTA Chair Paul Watkinson, France
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa
Ian Fry, Tuvalu
Chen Zhihua, China
Abdalah Mokssit, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Delegates during the SBSTA opening plenary
SBI Opening Plenary
View of the dais during the SBI opening plenary
SBI Chair Emmanuel Dlamini, Swaziland
Ovais Sarmad, UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary
Thiago de Araújo Mendes, Chair of the Consultative Group of Experts on National Communications for Non-Annex I Parties (CGE)
Aderito Manuel Fernandes Santana, São Tomé and Príncipe
Adão Soares Barbosa, Timor-Leste
APA Opening Plenary
View of the dais during the APA opening plenary
APA Co-Chairs Jo Tyndall, New Zealand, and Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa speaks with APA Co-Chairs Jo Tyndall and Sarah Baashan, and Sergey Kononov, APA Coordinator
Joint Session for Statements
View of the dais during the joint session for statements
Wael Aboulmagd, Egypt, speaking on behalf of the G-77/China
Boriana Kamenova, EU
Mohamed Nasr, Gabon, speaking on behalf of the African Group
Franz Perrez, Switzerland, speaking on behalf of the Environmental Integrity Group (EIG)
Patrick Suckling, Australia, speaking on behalf of the Umbrella Group
Majid Shafie-Pour, Iran, speaking on behalf of the Like-minded Developing Countries (LMDCs)
Gebru Jember, Ethiopia, speaking on behalf of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Tosi Mpanu-Mpanu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, speaking on behalf of the Coalition for Rainforest Nations (CfRN)
Amjad Abdulla, Maldives, speaking on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)
Isabel Di Carlo Quero, Venezuela, speaking on behalf of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA)
SBI/SBSTA In-forum Training Workshop
SBI/SBSTA in-forum training workshop on the use of economic modelling tools related to the areas of the work programme on response measures
Alicia Bagasra, New Zealand
Bert Saveyn, EU
Morgenie Pillay, South Africa
Co-Facilitator Andrei Marcu, Panama
Ama Essel, Ghana
Contact Groups and Informal Sessions Throughout the Day
SBSTA contact group on matters relating to Article 6 of the Paris Agreement
SBSTA informal consultations on the Nairobi Work Programme (NWP)
Informal consultations on Koronivia joint work on agriculture
Around the Venue
Members of the UNFCCC Secretariat gather on the podium
SBSTA Chair Paul Watkinson, France, speaks with Kishan Kumarsingh, Trinidad and Tobago
Delegates speak informally
Delegates read the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB)
curtain raiser to prepare for the start of the meeting
Delegates between sessions
Delegates speak informally
