Highlights and images for 2 November 2018

China

  1. 2018 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED)

Summary


The dais at the official opening meeting of the 2018 CCICED AGM

The 2018 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED) continued on Friday.In the morning, eight parallel open forums took place on:

  • The Green Belt and Road Initiative and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);
  • Addressing Climate Change by Innovating Development Pathways;
  • Post-2020 Biodiversity Conservation;
  • Environmental Governance for the Ocean;
  • Innovation-Driven Green Urbanization;
  • Beautiful China 2035;
  • Green Consumption for Green Transformation; and
  • Green Development Innovation for the Yangtze River Economic Belt.

In the afternoon, the Council’s official opening meeting was addressed by CCICED Executive Vice Chairperson Catherine McKenna, Minister, Environment and Climate Change, Canada; and CCICED Chairperson Han Zheng, Vice Premier of the State Council, China. In a subsequent plenary session, participants considered the 2018 CCICED Issues Paper on “Shocks, Innovation and Ecological Civilization: A ‘New Green Era’ for China and for the World,” as well as the Council’s draft policy recommendations to the government of China.CCICED’s AGM is convening in Beijing, China, under the theme “Innovation for a Green Era.” The meeting will conclude on Saturday.

IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB+ Meeting Coverage, is providing daily digital coverage, daily reports, and summary report from the CCICED 2018 AGM.

Photos by CCICED

Green Belt and Road and the SDGs
CCICED Executive Vice-Chair Li Ganjie, Minister of Ecology and Environment, China, and CCICED Executive Vice-Chair Erik Solheim, Executive Director, UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
Li Yong, Director General, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Oyun Sanjaasuren, Director, External Affairs, Green Climate Fund (GCF)
Shi Yulong, Director General, China Center for Urban Development, National Development and Reform Commission of the People's Republic of China (NDRC)
Iskandar Abdullaev, Executive Director, Regional Environmental Center for Central Asia
Addressing Climate Change by Innovating Development Pathways
Kate Hampton, CEO, Children’s Investment Fund Foundation
CCICED Vice-Chair Achim Steiner, Administrator, UN Development Programme (UNDP)
Ana Toni, Executive Director, Instituto Climate Sociedade (iCS), Brazil
He Kebin, Dean, School of Environment, Tsinghua University
Jonathan Pershing, Program Director of Environment, William and Flora Hewlett
Foundation
Zou Ji, President, Energy Foundation China
Post-2020 Biodiversity Conservation