Opening plenaries of the COP and CMP and resumption of the CMA

Conference of the Parties (COP), 1st Meeting

1. Opening of the session [Item 1 of the provisional agenda]


  • His Excellency Mr. Salaheddine Mezouar, President of COP 22/CMP 12/CMA 1
  • His Excellency Mr. Frank Bainimarama, President Designate of COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1.2
  • Her Excellency Ms. Barbara Hendricks, Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, Federal Republic of Germany
  • Mr. Petteri Taalas, Secretary - General of the World Meteorological Organization
  • Mr. Hoesung Lee, Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
  • Mr. Ashok - Alexander Sridharan, Mayor of the City of Bonn
  • Ms. Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change


2. Organizational matters [Item 2 of the provisional agenda]

  • Election of the President of the Conference of the Parties at its twenty-third session [Item 2(a) of the provisional agenda]
  • Adoption of the rules of procedure [Item 2(b) of the provisional agenda]
  • Adoption of the agenda [Item 2(c) of the provisional agenda]
  • Election of officers other than the President [Item 2(d) of the provisional agenda]
  • Admission of organizations as observers [Item 2(e) of the provisional agenda]
  • Organization of work, including the sessions of the subsidiary bodies [Item 2(f) of the provisional agenda]

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Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP), 1st Meeting


1. Opening of the session [Item 1 of the provisional agenda]

2. Organizational matters [Item 2 of the provisional agenda]

  • Adoption of the agenda [Item 2(a) of the provisional agenda]
  • Election of additional officers [Item 2(b) of the provisional agenda]
  • Organization of work, including the sessions of the subsidiary bodies [Item 2(c) of the provisional agenda]
  • Status of ratification of the Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol [Item 2(e) of the provisional agenda]

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Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA), 8th Meeting 


1. Opening of the session [Agenda item 1]

2. Organizational matters [Agenda item 2]

  • Adoption of the agenda [Agenda item 2(a)]
  • Election of additional officers[Agenda item 2(c)]
  • Organization of work [Agenda item 2(d)]
  • Status of ratification of the Paris Agreement [Agenda item 2(e)]

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Joint plenary meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) and the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP) and the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA), 2nd Meeting


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