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ICID 2010
Second International Conference on Climate, Sustainability and Development in Semi-arid Regions
(ICID 2010)

16-20 August 2010 | Fortaleza, Brazil

Highlights from Wednesday, 18 August
On Wednesday, participants at ICID convened throughout the day in thematic panel sessions and roundtables organized around the four sub-themes of the conference: climate information; climate and sustainable development; climate governance, representation, rights, equity and justice; and climate policy processes. During the morning and lunch period, poster sessions were presented. The day concluded with a keynote speech by Jeffrey Sachs, Director, Earth Institute, Columbia University, US.
Daily web coverage
16 Aug- 17 Aug. - 18 Aug. - 19 Aug. - 20 Aug.
Thematic Sessions
Session 3.2.1 Food Security, Climate Change and Development in Semi-Arid Regions
Cheikh Oumar Ba, Initiative Prospective Agricole et Rurale (IPAR), Senegal
Eduardo Delgado Assad, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa), Brazil
Patrick Caron, Scientific Director of CIRAD, France-Brasil
 
Abdou Kaza, Minister of Water, Environment and the Fight Against Desertification, Niger, and Amadou Tidiane Ba, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Senegal
Session 3.1.1 Financing Strategies for Sustainable Development in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions
Mark Lundell, World Bank
José Sydrião de Alencar Junior, President, Banco do Nordeste (BNB), Brazil
Branca Americano, Ministry of Environment (MMA), Brazil
Session 3.2.4 Biodiversity, Climate Change and Development in Dry and Sub-humid Lands
Ana Maria Gaucho Orozco, Guaman Poma Ayala, Ecuador
Aderbal Correa, International Centre for Arid and Semi-Arid Land Studies (ICASALS), USA
Session 3.2.5 Vulnerability and Adaptation: Implications of climate Change at Macro and Micro Levels in China
Lu Caizhen, Chinese Academy of Science and Xu Xiuli, Agricultural University of Beijing, China
Feng Yang Li, North China Electric Power University (NCEPA), China
Session 3.3.5 Vulnerability and Coping in Rural Areas
Joy Obando, Kenyatta University, Kenya
 
Woldetinsac Tewolde, Asmara University, Eritrea
Session 3.4.2 Climate Evolution in West Africa: Traditional and Formal Governance
 Luigi Arnaldi, Laboratoire-Citoyennetés, Burkina Faso
Moussa Djiré, University of Bamako, Mali
Session 3.4.4 Social Learning and Human Capacity: Higher Education Capacity Development Processes for Climate Change in Africa
 
The dais during the session
Session 3.4.6 Global Network of Dryland Research Institutes
Aderbal Correa, International Centre for Arid and Semi-Arid Land Studies (ICASALS), USA
Hari Upadhyaya, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), India

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Jeffrey Sachs, Director, Earth Institute, Columbia University, US
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Related Links

ICID resources
*2nd International Conference: Climate, Sustainability and Development in Semi-arid Regions
*ICID 2010 Programme
*ICID 2010 Themes
*Winning poster of the ICID poster contest

UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) resource
*UN Decade for Deserts and the Fight Against Desertification web site

IISD RS resources
*IISD RS coverage of the First Session of the Preparatory Committee for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, 17-19 May 2010, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America
*IISD RS coverage of the Eighteenth Session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-18), 3-4 May 2010, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America
*IISD RS summary and analysis of the Fourth International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change, 21-27 February 2010, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (HTML - PDF)
*IISD RS coverage of the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, 7-19 December 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark
*IISD RS coverage of Selected Side Events at the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, 7-19 December 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark
*IISD RS summary report of the Agriculture and Development Day 2009 at COP 15, 12 December 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark (HTML - PDF)
*IISD RS coverage of Ninth session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, 21 September - 2 October 2009, Buenos Aires, Argentina
*IISD RS coverage of CSD-17, 4-15 May 2009, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America
*IISD RS summary and analysis of the Dialogue on Climate Change Adaptation for Land and Water Management, 16-17 April 2009, Nairobi, Kenya (HTML - PDF)
*IISD RS summary of the CSD-17 Intergovernmental Preparatory Meeting, 23-27 February 2009, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America (HTML - PDF)
*IISD RS coverage of the Third International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change, 18-24 February 2009, Dhaka, Bangladesh
*IISD RS briefing note of the High-Level Meeting on African Agriculture in the 21st Century, 9-10 February 2009, Windhoek, Namibia (HTML - PDF)
*IISD RS archive of meetings on climate change, and background
*Climate-L - A mailing list for news on climate change policy
*Linkages Update - Bi-weekly international environment and sustainable development news
*MEA Bulletin - Newsletter on key MEAs and their secretariats
*Climate Change Policy & Practice - News and information on the actions of international organizations in responding to the problem of global climate change
*African Regional Coverage
*Latin America and Caribbean Regional Coverage

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