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About the Book This is a compilation of 23 News Updates and an overview prepared by the Third World Network for and during the recent United Nations Climate Change Talks – the twenty-third session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 23), the thirteenth session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 13), the second part of the first session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA 1-2), the forty-seventh sessions of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI 47) and the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA 47), as well as the fourth part of the first session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA 1-4) – in Bonn, Germany from 6 to 17 November 2017. Contents Overview of Outcomes at the 2017 Climate Talks 1. What to Expect at the Fiji COP 2. COP 23 Agenda Adopted, Pending Consultations on Two Items 3. Climate Talks Open with Call for Urgent Action 4. Developing Countries Raise Key Concerns over Issues under the SBI 5. APA: Developing Countries Raise Concerns over Scheduling of ‘Finance’ Issues 6. Call for Balance in Producing Negotiating Text for Paris Agreement Implementation 7. Developing Countries Oppose Inclusion of pre-2020 Actions in COP 23 Agenda 8. APA Takes Stock of Progress towards Negotiating Text for Paris Agreement Implementation 9. Celebrate 20th Anniversary of Kyoto Protocol with 2nd Commitment Period – Say Developing Countries 10. No Consensus on Way Forward on pre-2020 Issues in COP 23 Agenda 11. Developing Countries Express Concerns on Lack of Progress on Finance Issues 12. Addressing ‘Equity’ in the Global Stocktake under the Paris Agreement 13. Heads of State Arrive as Parties Continue to Iron out Differences 14. Parties Agree on Way Forward on pre-2020 Action 15. BASIC Ministers Provide Political Impetus for Climate Talks 16. Call to Show More Ambition and to Move Faster Together on Climate Change 17. Climate Talks End with Adoption of ‘Fiji Momentum for Implementation’ 18. Developing Countries Welcome Decisions at COP 23, and Register Concerns over Finance Issues 19. Conclusions Adopted to Advance Paris Agreement Work Programme 20. Key Outcomes from COP 23 21. Intense Wrangling on Modalities for Addressing ex-ante Information on Public Finance 22. Divide over Future of the Adaptation Fund under Paris Agreement 23. COP 23 Adopts Host of Finance Decisions
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