"We need COP to deliver a bullet train to speed up climate action. We currently have an old caboose chugging over rickety tracks. But the tools are on the table, the technologies and solutions exist. It's time for governments and negotiators to pick them up and put them to work."
Simon Stiell, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary
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Negotiations
Delegates gather for the Heads of Delegation meeting to determine a way forward for the negotiations
Delegates attend the informal consultations on response measures
Delegates attend the informal consultations on loss and damage
Delegates listen to the deliberations
Delegates from the G77/China huddle in the corridors to align their views
The COP 28 Presidency convened a 'Majlis', a special gathering where heads of delegation could 'speak from the heart to the heart' to determine a way forward with the negotiations
Sultan Al Jaber, COP 28 President, speaks with John Kerry, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, USA
Shri Bhupender Yadav, Minister of Environment of India, speaks with Grace Fu, Minister for Sustainability and Environment of Singapore
Teresa Ribera, Minister for the Ecological Transition of Spain
Sultan Al Jaber, COP 28 President, speaks with Simon Stiell, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary
media engagement
Sultan Al Jaber, COP 28 President, holds a media stakeout to provide an update on the negotiations to the media
Informal engagements with media happen throughout the day to ensure transparency in the process
civil society actions
Members of civil society hold actions throughout the day to raise to advocate for different issues and highlight issues of importance
behind the scenes
Simon Stiell, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary
As negotiations continue, various Memorandums of Understanding are signed to advance climate action at all levels
Simon Stiell, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary, meets with a young activist
Simon Stiell, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary, meets with the High-Level Champions to discuss how to advance climate action
Mary Robinson, Chair of the Elders, meets with Simon Stiell, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary
around the venue
