COP23 in Photos

Posted by: Anna McGinn

Check out what we have been up to over the past week and a half through some photos. Many of the photos connect back to other blog post, so be sure to read on!

COP23 Reception for all country and non-country delegates.

Marine life at COP23

Celebrating climate action in downtown Bonn.

Entrance to the COP- Welcome, Bula, Willkommen!

Greenpeace boat on the Rhine River which runs through Bonn.

Preparation for the opening ceremony of the COP. See post about opening ceremony here.

Opening ceremony of the COP features ocean theme. See post about opening ceremony here.

Side events are one of the main streams of activities at the COP.
Their main objective is knowledge sharing.

High level panel featuring the President of COP23 (the Prime Minister of Fiji), the Minister of Environment from Germany, and the Secretariat of the UNFCCC. More on this in an earlier blog post.

Event to recap a day of negotiations.

US negotiator provide commentary during a session featuring the relationship between country and non-country stakeholders. For more posts about the US at COP23, check out some of other blog posts.

Anna McGinn and Will Kochtitzky of UMaine and fellow alum from Dickinson College, Keziah Groth-Tuft, at the COP.

The canoe brought from Fiji to emphasize a favorite metaphor- "we are all in the same canoe".

Public art displays for COP. This is projected on the Bonn post office.

Fossil of the Day hosted by the Climate Action Network. Learn more about the Fossil of the Day here.

Will Kochtitzky and Anna McGinn at the US Action Center. More on US involvement at COP23 here.

Fijian meeting to discuss their Ocean Pathway initiative for COP23.

Climate Reanalyzer at COP23!

Major players from the US are here to call for climate action. This is Senator Ed Markey from Massachusetts!

The Trump Administration held their only event of the conference on Monday, November 14. They were met by a massive protest both inside and outside the event room. 

Beethoven was born here in Bonn, so there are signs and sounds of him around the city.

The Bonn Zone area of the conference center.

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