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#COP25 closing plenary appears to be ready to begin - Pres Schmidt sits down

Pres opens agenda - PA/2019/L4: important that outcome be ambitious. Thanks facilitating Ministers. Invits adoption of Chile Madrid Time For Action
Switzerland: can we have 1 or 2 minutes to look at decision?

Egypt: asks for website reference to look at decision.
(Pres consults)
Pres: (directs to a Dropbox I think)
Invites adoption of Chile Madrid Time For Action
Suspends meeting of CMA
Opens COP25 plenary

Egypt: highlight par 13/14 doesn’t prevent having agenda item on global goal on adaptation
Pres: noted

Pres invites decision on 2019/L6 - Chile Madrid Time For Action
Brazil: having tech difficulties and getting a little lost - can you confirm which draft decision you’re referring to? Isn’t L10 the one?
Pres: its L6
Egypt: my copy of L6 relates to finance
Pres: you’re right, L10

Brazil: in general a very good text. Reflects overall good balance but significant problems with paras 30 and 31 - ref to oceans and land use - request deletion of both.
Malaysia: raise process issue. Needs to be inclusive and transparent. All parties need net/doc access.

Malaysia: can you alter tempo slightly to let parties catch up so we can understand what we’re adopting.
Indonesia: re 30/31 our parties have worked very hard on oceans and balanced text on land. We’ve worked for two weeks on hard decision. Lots of@compromise to get here

Malaysia: we highly oppose deleteing 30/31.

Spain: we echo what Indonesia has said. Strong messages from IPCC. Retain.
Costa Rica for AILAC: support Indonesia and Spain. Strongly support the science mentions

Tuvalu: we understand nexus between oceans and climate change. Need proper dialogue. Strongly oppose deletion of 31.

Belize: supports Tuvalu etc.

Norway: supports Indonesia Tuvalu etc on keeping 30/31

Australia: supports and emphasizes critical nature of oceans

New Zealand: supports Tuvalu and Australia.

Saudi Arabia: we also want to keep paragraph on land.

Marshall Islands: support inclusion of oceans language

EU : supports 30/31

Egypt: we support the references, can work on language

Canada: support para 30/31

Argentina: we support science, had reservations, but current text is acceptable to us.

Bhutan: for LDCs, believe science is very important. Retain 30/31

Switzerland for EIG: supports 30/31

Russia: retain para 30/31

(Lots of delegates accidentally pressing their intervention buttons)

Pres: after seeing great support, requests that parties adopt and don’t block if possible.

Brazil: have listened carefully, understand interests, but think these para undermine balance. Would like to preserve rest. Insist on partial accommodation.

Brazil: could agree to maintain 31 but insist on deletion of 30.

Pres: given importance of this para to the other parties, appreciate if you let us adopt and note your concern.

Brazil: we’re terribly sorry but we can’t accept this paragraph.

Tuvalu: as I read Para 30 it talks about integrity of oceans and coastal ecosystems in context of climate. You made this a major theme. We need to respext you and this Blue COP. 30/31 are a sign of respect and are important to us. We understand possible complex of par 32

Belize: insist 30/31 remain in text.

Brazil: out of respect for Tuvalu and Belize, we agree to keep the paragraph in the text.

Indonesia: we thank Brazil for their flexibility and understanding, and all who’ve supported the issue.

Russia: thanks to Brazil and all who’ve taken part in this work.

Pres: decision adopted.

Pres invites consideration of long term@global goal. SBI wasn’t able to complete, forwarded to Pres. Consultations done; parties prepped a draft decision. Urge adoption of L9.
Adopted

USA: sure that’s fine but still haven’t found that document - please let us find further ones before you adopt.
Pres: OK

USA: we still can’t find document, can Secretariat please explain again?
(The website docs page is not working and we are being redirected to a Dropbox. Hence confusion.)

Pres: doc L9 adopted.
Brazil: again a request for technical assistance - clarify what doc and subject matter.
Pres: FCCC/CP/2029/L.9 - scope of next periodic review of long term global goal and overall progress

Costa Rica: web text of L9 is not that subject but another - confused about docs being discussed.
<the article 6 text has the same L-number, hence confusion.>

Pres: decided on LTGG
Item 2b - rules of procedure - consultations found no change in positions and consultations will continue at COP26. Propose continuing draft rules of procedure except draft rule 42. Decided.

Pres: future dates and venues of meetings - adopt L4. Decided. Gives floor to UK

UK: thanks to Chile, Spain; humbled to host COP26. Will work with Italy, indigenous people, civil society, business and regions. Have met many here and noted comments.

UK: COP prices is central to the collective action needed. Need to build on work, respond to science, ho further and faster. Mitigate, adapt, take people with us as we all raise ambition in the year ahead.

Pres: invites consid of Aiden 5 - report of review and revision on Annex I - consultations, no consensus. Urge adopt of decision L2. Adopted

Pres: item 13 - gender.

Egypt: on previous item, highlight concern about lack of agreement of report on CGE (sp?)

Pres: notes.

Pres: Gender - SBI unable to conclude, sent to Pres, parties presented a decision for adoption. Urges adoption of decision L3. Decided.

Pres: 2d - election of officers, report of adaptation cttee, WIM, sfinance, technology, Paris Cttee on capacity building, more
officers nominated.
Invites election of (many names).
SBSTA chair of Congo; SBI chair of Norway.
Decided

Pres - other matters?
Hearing none, decided.

Pres: COP suspended, CMP 15 convened
Invites decision KP/CMP/2029/L.5. Chile Madrid Time For Action.
Decided.

Pres: invites return to 2e: status of ratification of DoHA Protocol - received one more instrument. 9
More needed to enter into force. Invite KP parties to submit instruments ASAP.
Decided

Pres: item 7 - adaptation fund. Urges decision L.3. Decided.

Pres: elections, CDM, Adaptation Fund, Compliance. Decided.

Item 14 - other matters?
None raised. Decided.

Pres: adjourn CMP
Open CMA 2 (again): invite item 5 - public registries - 5a Art 4 registry - contact group did not complete work. Sent onward to next meeting. Decided

Pres: item 5b - modalities and procedures of Art 7 registry. Didn’t complete work, sent onward to next meeting. Decided

Switzerland: deep disappointment we couldn’t complete an adaptation Registry. Concerned that some parties who argue for adaptation aren’t ready to allow reg!

Pres: item 6 - Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage. Invites decision L.7. Decided.
Egypt: be clear this decision doesn’t prejudge discussion underway on governance. Not done deal. Discussion continues.
Expect decision on L.12 to be adopted / they’re a package.

Palestine: place on record G77 position about importance of addressing L&D. concerned at revised lack of references to where finance comes from. We understand finance comes from developed tomdevdlopinh countries. Want COP decision, not just CMA.

Tuvalu: want it recorded that in accepting CMA/2 decision that it doesn’t suggest the COP has no ongoing role in supervising the Exec cttee of WIM. COP established WIM and nothing has extinguished that role. COP and CMA have joint responsibility.

Tuvalu: observation: during last fortnight we’ve had one party insist WIM be solely under CMA. Ironically this party won’t be a party to PA in 12 months. Ie they’ll wash their hands of any actions to assist countries impacted by climate change. Tragedy and travesty.

Tuvalu: millions are already suffering. Denying this could be interpreted as a crime against humanity.

Belize: pleases with adoption of WIM decision. Good that WIM is gaining maturity. Hope for similar COP decision.

Uruguay: we’ve been flexible on this text. Decision w/o prejudice to governance. Concerned at language of par32 on scale up of finance, which no longer mentions sources;
And par 38 - L&D finance goes beyond adaptation.

Malaysia for LMDCs: supports Palestine for G77. LMDCs extremely concerned about para32. Support distinction between L&D and adaptation. Expect future governance decision.

Bhutan: for LDCs: support G77, AOSIS etc. critical that most vulnerable have a strengthened WIM, governed by both COP and CMA, decided in next session.

Pres: thanks for hard work on this document and establishing Santiago Network. Note importance of these matters for all parties.

Colombia: welcome this decision, highlight need to strengthen L&D given mitigation scenarios for next 10 years.

Pres: invites item 7 - finance - decision L.5. Decided.

Pres: item 7b - guidance to the Green Climate Fund - decision L.8. Decided.

Pres: 7c - guidance to the Global Environmental Facility, decision L3. Decided.

Pres: 7d - adaptation fund. Unable to conclude consideration this session.

Pres: item 20 - report of the forum on implementation of response measures.
Egypt: we can’t access the document - need tech support or capacity building (laughs)
Pres: if you refresh maybe... no?

Pres: did you find the document, Egypt?
Egypt: even with capacity building and technical support from Norway I was unable to access. I pressed refresh, which is a capacity I have, but it didn’t work.
<Pres sends Secretariat support>

Egypt: seems like the document number is lost, even Norway could not locate.
(Number found)
Egypt: I will have comments on doc when you are finished.

Pres: invites adoption of response measures decision.
Egypt: before adoption, highlight that African group lost several elements and priorities important to us. Progrsm of work, target relevant countries and regions, improve focus on adaptation. Our concerns are cross cutting.

Egypt: we can join decision but want our concerns noted.
Pres: on record.

Switzerland: we’re also technically challenged. Can you send decisions by email?

Maldives: support Egypt. Disappointed nothing has changed. Para 4 may contravene Katowice decision.

Kenya: language under para 3 timeline on KCI forum wasn’t agreed in Katowice. Par 7 - ‘timeline and modalities’ ditto.

Saudi: share disappointment. But in spirit of compromise and moving forward, we can live with this text.

Pres: invites decision on L.6. Decided

Pres: item 11 - article 6. Regretfully after all our hard work we couldn’t get to an agreement. Invite CMA to adopt L.9.

Egypt: all parties have done a lot to try to operationalise Art 6. Important vehicle for mitigation and adaptation. Record strong position of African Group that markets are important to raise ambition, cut mitigation cost, fund adaptation. Hope to negotiate commitment to funding.

Egypt: our people are awaiting strong adaptation finance commitment. Also footnote 2 only refers to last document prepped. Footnote should be amended to refer to all Presidency documents on 23, 14, 15 Dec to give broad soectrum of views.

Japan: commends perseverance in efforts. I was fully committed to progress. We made constructive proposals to find common ground. Sincere regret we couldn’t get there. Market mechanisms are crucial. We will apply the principles Art 6. Enabling higher ambition in mit and adapt.

Japan: High enviro integrity. Robust reporting. Avoiding use of pre-2020 units towards Paris Agreement. We will five full support to UK presidency. Thank you to all the parties I met with in spirit of “never give up”. Proud of my team. Look forward to working with you again.

Malaysia for LMDCs. Adaptation fund has been underfunded and we expect Art 6 to help this. Participation should be completely plum tart and help parties achieve mutual goals.

Argentina: regret inability to agree. For now the best decision to find common ground that ensures enviro integrity.
Adaptation fund is important to whole LATAM region. Share@l of proceeds from both 6.2 and 6.4 is of utmost importance to us.

Brazil: thank you for your efforts to move forward on this crucial agenda item.
Disappointing we couldn’t agree Art 6.
Market mechanisms are a crucial element of PA architecture.
Put lots@of@energy into getting positive result here. Frustrating we couldn’t conclude.

Brazil: that said there was real movement in negotiations at this COP. The glass is half full. Remain committed to continuing discussions.
Fully support Egypt re importance of adaptation funding; crucial to ensure more adequate funding, support mandatory SOP in 6.2

Brazil: re draft decision: concur and support Egypt request of change to footnote 2 to refer to all documents produced by a presidency throughout this process. Interesting work here, proposals on table at times, not all in final draft substantive text.

Brazil: when presented with text iterations there often wasn’t time to discuss. As a result not all material was properly covered. Important not to lose valuable work as a basis for further work.

EU: agree with Japan. We’re among most disappointed parties in our collective inability to agree. Concur with Egypt and Brazil that there has been enormous work done. Confrontation of ideas has not produced consensus but bringing the full set of documents forward would assist.

EU: we don’t agree with many of the docs, but they’re part of the history and we shouldn’t start from scratch.
Our interpretation is that use of these docs will refer to levels of maturity.
Art 6 is important but absence of rules doesn’t prevent function of PA, markets, linkage.

EU: but we hope to conclude Art 6 next year

Switzerland: commend efforts@of@pres - you did excellent job, we obviously did not.
Market mechanisms can help accelerate our global mitigation efforts like we need to. But rules must be robust and with integrity.
Had we agreed last version we would have robust funding for adapt

Switzerland: failure to agree makes multilateral units approach impossible. But cooperative approaches can proceed. We are determined to realize the vision of Art 6. Like Japan, and consistent with San Jose Principles, we will prevent double counting, use pre-2020 units etc

Switzerland: we will pursue 6.2 activities along these principles but seek agreement on multilateral rules.

Costa Rica: we have progressed. Disappointed we failed to find agreement. We saw flexibility like never before. Hope that spirit comes with us to intersessional and Glasgow. AILAC long supports robust accounting, integrity, progression. Need to safeguard human right, indigenous

Costa Rica: invite all parties to join San Jose Principles. Strongly encourage all to join in delivering this and more.
Thanks to secretariat team for all their work.

India: assured of continued fruitful discussion. Markets significant

New Zealand: disappointing, but many have expressed commitment to cooperative approaches in sound principles. Therefore only decisions we adopt should be good ones.

Belize: we appreciate OMGE element of draft texts. Happy to engage on last text in June, multiple texts may be unhelpful. Integrity is key, don’t want to begin again.
We’ll continue to be constructive.

Senegal: thanks for all efforts. Insist on goal of Art 6, to raise ambition on mitigation and adaptation. Market mechanisms are an important support. They must bring increased ambition in mitigation and finance for adaptation. Given great need, mustn’t neglect integrity, SD

Senegal: these rules must raise ambition in mitigation and adaptation. We remain available via Africa and G77 to ensure gaps in the carbon market mechsnisms are filled.

Bhutan: LDCs came to Madrid to seek robust rules for OMGE, integrity, adaptation finance. Disappointed by some parties. Will work to get agreement.

Tuvalu: extreme gratitude to Pres, team and Secretariat staff who are exhausted.
Tuvalu hopes we can return language that protects human rights and rights of indigenous.

South Africa: thanks NZ; all parties; disappointed by inability to reach agreement. We want high mitigation and adaptation ambition. Believe last nights text gives room to go forward, but accommodate request other last texts. Urge all parties to come to next round w flexibility.

South Africa: we believe we were very close. With more time we could make@it.

Canada: disappointed by lack of agreement on Art 6 rules. Text has never been more clear or clean. Identified key political compromises. Need to@Carey it forward. Integrity, rights, etc v important. We’ll carry forward though domestic actions and support for developing.

Australia: thanks for hard work, transparency, openness. Thanks to NZ and Japan. Disappointed by no outcome on markets. Critical part of Paris. Hope an agreement soon. Current text is good basis. Protect rights.

Korea: lack of consensus on Art 6 doesn’t discourage our climate action. Greta said in NYC: we are watching you. Time for more active and constructive action.

Pres: thank you all parties for efforts to an article 6 that can meet all parties needs.
Thanks to SA and NZ ministers. I hope we can use this material to get final agreement at COP26.

Decided with footnote reading all texts.

Pres: nominations for bureau; cttee; etc; decided.

Pres: other matters. Urges parties to recognize special needs and circs of African parties. Caribbean and LATAM parties expressed their own circumstances. No consensus.

(Missed Argentina comments)

Pres: Closes CMA, reopens COP:
Urges taking note of CMA decision on WIM.
Palestine for G77: reiterates earlier sentiments on governance.
Pres: noted

Tuvalu: we understood there would be parallel decisions of COP and CMA. Not happening, disappointing. Record that we understand COP has ongoing role re: WIM.

Pres: item8 - finance: urges decision L.8.
Egypt: we’re seeing two different documents.
Pres: current file is the right one.

USA: ok along these lines. Our understanding is that of course COP will keep discussing climate finance, not that this agenda item continues.

Egypt: can you read back para 13 and I will comment?
Pres: (RRO reads latest Dropbox version)
Egypt: that’s not the text we discussed overnight- doesn’t refer to importance of continuing discussion. Can we go back to that language.
Pres: we’ll come back to you.

Nicaragua: long term finance is too important for a 1 year hiatus. Support Egypt.

Switzerland: we are not at the stage of changing positions. My finance expert was there yesterday and confirms the presented text is right. We are also at risk of losing quorum.

Malaysia: support Egypt.

Egypt: contests language / compromise.
Japan contests contestation
Pres: give me a minute

Pres: will stick to latest text.
Egypt: disappointing. Unfortunate. Can’t affirm importance of climate finance. Don’t know what to say. We fully ratified PA and are not backsliding but not all are doing the same.
Not here for nice words but to work.

(Picked up after distraction)
Argentina: need enhanced ambition in finance. For our group we are disappointed.

Malaysia: will and ambition without action is meaningless. Can’t talk about ambition without finance. What’s happened is unfortunate.

Uruguay: we want to come back to this discussion next year.

EU: this COP is close to the record length. All tired and nerves are frayed. Encourage colleagues to reflect: we’re not talking about whether to discuss long term finance. That issue will continue, including under Paris Agreement. We affirm that we are interested to discuss LTF.

EU: lower the temperature.

Pres: disappointing we don’t have more climate finance.
Rec L2. Decided.
COP adjourned
Open. CMP

Pres: we have completed this COP in record time. Longest COP ever. Thank you all for your efforts toward agreement in a process based on agreement by all parties. Ministers for NZ, SA, Japan all played crucial roles. Secretariat supported.

Pres: Wanted to close Art 6 with a robust carbon market and projects that move us to sustainable development. Necessary for developing countries. Would help us move forward.
Clearly sad not to have reached final agreement. So very close. On the verge.

Res: But today have concrete progress on concrete texts. Hopeful that solid integrity funded mechanism is closer than ever. We need to move forward in finance, adaptation, mitigation.

Pres: As a legacy we leave ambitious Art 6 text that is solid, has reasonable transition periods, limited timeframes..
That’s one item.
We agreed on gender. We grew the Climate Ambition Coalition. We discussed oceans and science-based initiatives.

Pres: We adopted important items on WIM, adaptation, response measures.
But it’s not enough. We need more ambition and solutions. What we have is not enough to address the crisis before us.
I call on the world to accelerate political will and meet the task. The young are calling

Pres asks to leave statements for email.
NGOs (including BINGO) object.
Brazil: propose at least other Parties send statements in writing

Costa Rica: leave party statements to email and go to NGOs.
(Cheering from NGOs)

Egypt: makes comments
EU: (brief, support Egypt)

Palestine: thanks from G77

Australia thanks Pres for achievement and endurance
Gender important. Look forward to COP26.

China for BASIC: an effective response to climate change should be based on multilateralism. Focus on implementation, respect history and national circumstances, difference of developed and developing countries. Fully implement PA incl goals and principles, inc CBDR and NDCs

China: ensure ambition of support from developed countries matches action in developing countries.
Disappointed at finance outcome.
BASIC has already put forward contributions for future and development.

China aligns with G77 and LMDCs. All parties need to build shared future for humankind , PA and Xi thought on ecological civilisation.

Norway: thanks for leadership. Support civil society to make their statements.

Indonesia: congrats on Blue Cop

Bhutan: thanks. Brief to give NGOs voice and make my flight

Malaysia: thanks. 14 dec marks anniversary of the passing of Madame Ditas. Let’s honour her.

Costa Rica: support G77. Brief. Effort of Chile and Spain.

Belize: support G77. AOSIS will send written statement. Appreciate extraordinary work.

Liechtenstein for EIG: thanks and support ngo Voice

Saudi: want balanced work under subsidiary groups. Support conclusion of the market mechanism. Wish UK success at COP26.

NGO TIME!
Indigenous: speaking as a proudly disabled indigenous New Zealander
Our tallest peak’s snows are melting because of your inaction. We advocate to you each year for our rights to be included.

Indigenous: Lack of inclusion of human rights in Art 6 is wrong, when markets have already hurt our people.
You can’t negotiate with nature
The colonial project has embedded patriarchy, ableism, homophobia

Indigenous: We’re climate experts. Hear our stories, stop taking up space with false solutions
We have solutions.

Women and gender: glad of agreement of gender action plan but saw many parties resist.

Women and gender: until systems of oppression are dismantled, and root causes of@climate catastrophe are reckoned with, we will be here. You took the COP away from the people of Chile and LATAM, but you won’t take it away from@us or LGBITQ people

YOUNGO: countries need to urgently enhance NDCs. Youth are ready to be included. Call for conclusions on loss and damage. Need to move fast.
Commitments on adaptation finance are inadequate. Tax polluters, build strong financial mechanism. Markets must respect rights, lift ambit

YOUNGO: civil society has been shut out. Our futures in your hands and you’re failing us. Betrayers of our generation and indigenous communities. We are fighting and will win. People power wil win.

TUNGO: what we’ve seen is a disgrace. Civil society’s been locked out while governments backtrack and try to dismantle the PA. More interested in trading emissions and making money than reducing emissions. Can’t disentangle form other crises around the world.

TUNGO: need to see climate measures that create decent jobs. Workers have to be at the table. This cop has failed.

BINGO: me! Will upload shortly.

RINGO: we deplore the rejection of science. Urge us all to return home to implement the details of the Paris agreement now. We will help translate knowledge into daily practice. We need to act on climate and move to a more circular economy. We express gratitude to Chile and Spain

ENGOs: we are tired of carbon traffickers and ignoring simple solutions like leaving fossil fuels in the ground. It’s not complex. Millions@of us are rallying in the streets. We’ll make the polluters pay. People power, climate justice.

ENGOs: we’ve never seen such a disconnect between what governments are doing and what the people demand. This cop has failed to driver new and additional finance. On Art 6, applaud all who stood strong on integrity and safeguards. Concerned at exclusion of some countries.

ENGOs: we will rise up. Closing ranks with unions, climate justice, faith based communities and youth.

The Pres: recs adoption of report of COP at 25th session. (Very procedural stuff ensues.)

UK: thanks, see you in Glasgow!

Pres: I declare COP25 closed
I Declare CMP15 closed
I declare CMA2 closed
(Stands. ITS OVER!)