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Photos: COP23 brings world leaders and activists to Germany

Children caress a mock polar bear at a demonstration under the motto “Kids for Earth” in Bonn during the COP23 United Nations Climate Change Conference on November 6, 2017. According to the organisers, this year’s conference, from November 6 to 19, 2017, is where “nations of the world will meet to advance the aims and ambitions of the Paris Agreement and achieve progress on its implementation guidelines”. (Henning Kaiser / AFP)

Updated on: Nov 10, 2017 8:34 PM IST

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Children caress a mock polar bear at a demonstration under the motto “Kids for Earth” in Bonn during the COP23 United Nations Climate Change Conference on November 6, 2017. According to the organisers, this year’s conference, from November 6 to 19, 2017, is where “nations of the world will meet to advance the aims and ambitions of the Paris Agreement and achieve progress on its implementation guidelines”. (Henning Kaiser / AFP)

Updated on Nov 10, 2017 8:34 PM

Children caress a mock polar bear at a demonstration under the motto “Kids for Earth” in Bonn during the COP23 United Nations Climate Change Conference on November 6, 2017. According to the organisers, this year’s conference, from November 6 to 19, 2017, is where “nations of the world will meet to advance the aims and ambitions of the Paris Agreement and achieve progress on its implementation guidelines”. (Henning Kaiser / AFP)

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Members of a delegation of indigenous and rural community leaders from 14 countries in Latin America and Indonesia, the Guardians of the Forest campaign, demonstrate against deforestation in London during a stop on their way to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties 23 (COP 23) in Bonn, Germany. (Tolga Akmen / AFP)

Updated on Nov 10, 2017 8:34 PM

Members of a delegation of indigenous and rural community leaders from 14 countries in Latin America and Indonesia, the Guardians of the Forest campaign, demonstrate against deforestation in London during a stop on their way to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties 23 (COP 23) in Bonn, Germany. (Tolga Akmen / AFP)

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Activists look on as policemen prevent other environmentalists from marching further after they managed to enter the Hambach lignite open pit mine near Elsdorf, Germany on November 5, 2017, during a protest against fossil-based energies like coal and their negative impact on climate change. (Sascha Schuermann / AFP)

Updated on Nov 10, 2017 8:34 PM

Activists look on as policemen prevent other environmentalists from marching further after they managed to enter the Hambach lignite open pit mine near Elsdorf, Germany on November 5, 2017, during a protest against fossil-based energies like coal and their negative impact on climate change. (Sascha Schuermann / AFP)

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Another sculpture featuring climate refugees created by Jens Galschiot is seen at Rheinaue Park during the COP23 in Germany. The latest round of the UN-led climate talks opened on Monday in the German city of Bonn with delegates from almost 200 countries in attendance. (Patrik Stollarz / AFP)

Updated on Nov 10, 2017 8:34 PM

Another sculpture featuring climate refugees created by Jens Galschiot is seen at Rheinaue Park during the COP23 in Germany. The latest round of the UN-led climate talks opened on Monday in the German city of Bonn with delegates from almost 200 countries in attendance. (Patrik Stollarz / AFP)

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A female protester wears the slogan --Planet Earth First-- on her face, at a Greenpeace demonstration under the motto “Kids for Earth” in Bonn on November 6, 2017. The 23rd UN Climate Conference (COP23) is the first such gathering since President Donald Trump announced he would extricate the US from the 2015 Paris Agreement aimed at curbing global warming. (Henning Kaiser / AFP)

Updated on Nov 10, 2017 8:34 PM

A female protester wears the slogan --Planet Earth First-- on her face, at a Greenpeace demonstration under the motto “Kids for Earth” in Bonn on November 6, 2017. The 23rd UN Climate Conference (COP23) is the first such gathering since President Donald Trump announced he would extricate the US from the 2015 Paris Agreement aimed at curbing global warming. (Henning Kaiser / AFP)

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The bronze sculpture “Unbearable” by Danish artist Jens Galschiot featuring a polar bear impaled on an oil pipeline is on display at Rheinaue Park during the COP23 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany. (Patrik Stollarz / AFP)

Updated on Nov 10, 2017 8:34 PM

The bronze sculpture “Unbearable” by Danish artist Jens Galschiot featuring a polar bear impaled on an oil pipeline is on display at Rheinaue Park during the COP23 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany. (Patrik Stollarz / AFP)

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Children take part in a climate march prior to the opening session of the COP23 UN Climate Change Conference 2017, hosted by Fiji but held in Bonn, Germany. Over the next two weeks, negotiators will try to clarify the rulebook of the 2015 Paris climate agreement, reports the BBC. (Wolfgang Rattay / REUTERS)

Updated on Nov 10, 2017 8:34 PM

Children take part in a climate march prior to the opening session of the COP23 UN Climate Change Conference 2017, hosted by Fiji but held in Bonn, Germany. Over the next two weeks, negotiators will try to clarify the rulebook of the 2015 Paris climate agreement, reports the BBC. (Wolfgang Rattay / REUTERS)

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A climate march prior to the opening session of the COP23 UN Climate Change Conference 2017 held in Germany. (Wolfgang Rattay / REUTERS)

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A climate march prior to the opening session of the COP23 UN Climate Change Conference 2017 held in Germany. (Wolfgang Rattay / REUTERS)

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Salaheddine Mezouar (R), Moroccan Foreign Minister and President of COP22, hands over a symbolic hammer to Frank Bainimarama, Prime Minister of Fiji and President of the COP23, during the opening session. Following a cascade of grim reports on the gathering pace of global warming, Fiji’s Prime Minister made an open plea to the world for ‘urgent action’ on climate change. (Patrik Stollarz / AFP)

Updated on Nov 10, 2017 8:34 PM

Salaheddine Mezouar (R), Moroccan Foreign Minister and President of COP22, hands over a symbolic hammer to Frank Bainimarama, Prime Minister of Fiji and President of the COP23, during the opening session. Following a cascade of grim reports on the gathering pace of global warming, Fiji’s Prime Minister made an open plea to the world for ‘urgent action’ on climate change. (Patrik Stollarz / AFP)

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Barbara Hendricks, German Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, with traditional Fijian warriors during COP23. Attention this year turns to whether the US and its allies will continue advancing an agenda mainly on mitigation, carbon markets and transparency of action, while neglecting other key issues such as adaptation, loss and damage, finance, technology transfer, capacity building, transparency of support, compliance, and the global stocktake. (Wolfgang Rattay / REUTERS)

Updated on Nov 10, 2017 8:34 PM

Barbara Hendricks, German Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, with traditional Fijian warriors during COP23. Attention this year turns to whether the US and its allies will continue advancing an agenda mainly on mitigation, carbon markets and transparency of action, while neglecting other key issues such as adaptation, loss and damage, finance, technology transfer, capacity building, transparency of support, compliance, and the global stocktake. (Wolfgang Rattay / REUTERS)

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Frank Bainimarama, Prime Minister of Fiji delivers his speech during the opening session of the COP23. He said there was a need to keep the climate action commitments in full and not back away from them. Adding, “That is why Fiji has been so determined to help build a grand coalition of governments at every level and to connect this effort to as many of the 7.5 billion citizens of the planet as possible.” (Patrik Stollarz / AFP)

Updated on Nov 10, 2017 8:34 PM

Frank Bainimarama, Prime Minister of Fiji delivers his speech during the opening session of the COP23. He said there was a need to keep the climate action commitments in full and not back away from them. Adding, “That is why Fiji has been so determined to help build a grand coalition of governments at every level and to connect this effort to as many of the 7.5 billion citizens of the planet as possible.” (Patrik Stollarz / AFP)

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