Notes from Bonn, part 4: We’re all in the same canoe
Andrea Tuttle, PFT Board Chair
November 16, 2017
Though COP 23 was held in Germany, its presidency belonged to the island nation of Fiji. I am pictured here with the traditional Fijian canoe sent from Fiji to Bonn, meant to symbolize that “we’re all in the same canoe” when it comes to the climate. That was never more apparent than it is now.
From left: French President Emmanuel Macron, COP 23 President Frank Bainimarama of Fiji, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and UN Secretary General António Guterres.
Amy Goodman of Democracy Now, broadcasting from Bonn.
The full session of delegates at the opening of the High Level Segment.
Indigenous representatives from Brazil.
Here is a Chinese energy expert at a joint panel presentation with IEA, the International Energy Agency, on China’s progress in closing coal fired power plants and converting at a fast pace to renewable energy.
Pictured are Todd Stern and Sue Biniaz speaking at the US Climate Action Pavilion on the delicate balance attained in the Paris Agreement between developed and developing countries. This balance made the agreement possible, but it is now threatened by the current U.S. administration. Todd Stern was the US Climate Envoy and chief US negotiator for the Paris Agreement, and Sue Biniaz was a career State Department employee and international lawyer responsible for much of the drafting of the Paris Agreement text.
