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Summary report 16–20 January 2017
United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) Working Group and Special Session
Summary report 7–18 November 2016
Marrakech Climate Change Conference - November 2016
Summary report 11–20 July 2016
HLPF 2016
Summary report 6–7 June 2016
Habitat III Informal Hearings with Stakeholders
Highlights and images for 17 May 2016
Bonn Climate Change Conference - May 2016
The Bonn Climate Change Conference continued on Tuesday morning with the opening of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) and a Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) informal consultation. In the afternoon, several contact groups and informal consultations under the SBSTA and Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) convened. The SBI and SBSTA plenaries resumed to hear opening statements and consider outstanding agenda items. A SBSTA workshop on types of revegetation activities potentially eligible as Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project activities also took place in the afternoon.
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APA Opening Plenary
Richard Kinley, UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres, and Laurence Tubiana, COP 21/CMP 11 Presidency, applaud the election of the new APA Co-Chairs
APA Co-Chair Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia
APA Co-Chair Jo Tyndall, New Zealand
Laurence Tubiana, COP 21/
CMP 11 Presidency
Zamba Batjargal, Mongolia
María Laura Rojas Vallejo, Colombia, speaking on behalf of the Independent Alliance of Latin America and the Carribean (AILAC)
Manasvi Srisodapol, Thailand, speaking
on behalf of the G-77/China
Ivo de Zwaan, EU
Patrick Suckling, Australia, speaking
on behalf of the Umbrella Group
Rosilena Lindo, Panama, speaking
on behalf of the Coalition for
Rainforest Nations (CfRN)
Hussein Alfa Nafo, Mali, speaking on behalf of the African Group
Franz Perrez, Switzerland, speaking
on behalf of the Environmental
Integrity Group (EIG)
Isabel Teresa Di Carlo Quero, Venezuela, speaking on behalf
of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA)
Olga Vavilonskaya, Belarus
Tunga Bhadra Rai,
Indigenous Peoples
Norine Kennedy, Business and Industry NGOs (BINGOs)
Anabella Rosemberg, Trade Union NGOs (TUNGOs)
SBI Plenary
View of the dais during the SBI plenary
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres
SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland
Lydie-Line Paroz, Youth NGOs (YOUNGOs)
Inga Fritzen Buan,
Climate Action Network (CAN)
Franziska Loibl, Women and Gender
SBI Vice-Chair Zhihua Chen, China
Tosi Mpanu-Mpanu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
SBSTA Plenary
View of the dais during the SBSTA plenary
SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize
Alejandro Rivera, Mexico
Marilyn Averill, Research and Independent NGOs (RINGOs)
Katherine Sawyer, Climate Justice Now! (CJN!)
Contact Groups
SBSTA/SBI joint contact group on the scope of the next periodic review of the long-term global goal
under the Convention, and of overall progress towards achieving it
SBI contact group on arrangements for intergovernmental meetings
SBI/SBSTA joint contact group on impact of the implementation of response measures: improved forum and work programme
SBSTA In-Session Workshop
Panel speakers for a SBSTA in-session workshop to identify the types of revegetation activities
potentially eligible as project activities under the CDM
Co-Chair Maya Hunt, New Zealand
Co-Chair José Antonio Prado, Chile
Ivan Dario Valencia, Colombia
Belinda Margono, Indonesia
Around the Venue
Delegates gather in the foyer before the start of plenary
Delegates meet informally
El Hadji Mbaye Diagne and Mamadou Diobe Gueye, Senegal
Delegates from Norway
Translation headsets
Delegates between sessions
A delegate looks at a photography
exhibition about COP 21/CMP 11
Heinz Sturm, International Clean Energy Partnership Foundation, test drives a 'zero emissions' car on display at the venue
Summary report 16–26 May 2016
Bonn Climate Change Conference - May 2016
Summary report 15–19 February 2016
2nd Meeting of the UNEP OECPR
Highlights and images for 15 February 2016
2nd Meeting of the UNEP OECPR
The second meeting of the Open-Ended Committee of Permanent Representatives (OECPR-2) to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) opened today at the United Nations Office at Nairobi, Kenya. Following messages from UN General Assembly President Mogens Lykketoft and UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner, around 25 Member States and regional groups made statements. Addressing the meeting in a video message, UN General Assembly President Mogens Lykketoft described UNEA-2 as a key intergovernmental checkpoint on the road to 2030, and highlighted its role in integrating the environmental dimension across all the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner noted Member States’ support for UNEP's role in the global sustainable development architecture, and emphasized that the organization has demonstrated efficiency and effectiveness.
Delegates adopted the agenda and organization of work, and appointed Chairs for the week’s discussion on the five “clusters” of draft resolution text.
In the afternoon, delegates considered policy matters contained in a series of 12 reports on the work of UNEP. Among various issues, they addressed: expectations for the sixth Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6) report and expert report on marine plastic debris and microplastics; UNEP support for air quality issues in the Asia-Pacific region; the need for a long-term plan for UNEP-Live as a tool for policy makers; and ways to meet the cost of implementing the environmental dimension of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
They also discussed: the programme performance review; the Medium-Term Strategy, Programme of Work and budget; and changes to the UNEA cycle.
A reception took place in the evening, hosted by the Netherlands and Romania.
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Opening Plenary
L-R: Ibrahim Thiaw, Deputy Executive Director, UNEP; Achim Steiner, Executive Director, UNEP; Julia Pataki, CPR Chair; Jorge Laguna-Celis, Secretary of Governing Bodies, UNEP; and Corinna Enders, Rapporteur
Julia Pataki, CPR Chair
Achim Steiner, Executive Director, UNEP
Bibiana Jones, Argentina, speaking on behalf of the G-77/China
Abdelilah Benryane, Morocco, speaking on behalf of the African Group
Frans Makken, the Netherlands,
speaking on behalf of the EU
N.K.G.K. Nemmawatta, Sri Lanka
Amina J. Mohammed, Minister of the Environment, Nigeria
Tita Korvenoja, Finland
Mahmoud Talaat, Egypt
Erasmo Martínez, Mexico
Tobias Glucksman, US
Sibylle Vermont, Switzerland
Delegates raise their placards to be added to the speakers list
Afternoon Plenary
Plenary continues in the afternoon
Solveig Crompton, Norway
Naohito Watanabe, Japan
Norine Kennedy, Business and
Industry Major Group
Yunus Arikan, Local Authorities
Major Group
Deepak Dhital, Nepal
L-R: Ibrahim Thiaw, Deputy Executive Director, UNEP; Achim Steiner, Executive Director, UNEP; Julia Pataki, CPR Chair
Ibrahim Thiaw, Deputy Executive Director, UNEP
Sheila Aggarwal-Khan, UNEP
Evening Reception
Delegates enjoy the reception hosted by the Netherlands and Romania
Delegates from the African region
Delegates from Lebanon and the Netherlands
Around the Venue
Delegates outside plenary
Delegates meet informally before the start of plenary
Jorge Laguna-Celis, Secretary of Governing Bodies, UNEP,
greets members of the Chinese delegation
Delegates from Latin America greet each other
Bayani V. Mangibin, the Philippines, speaks with a delegate
Members of the US delegation
Representatives of Major Groups and Stakeholders
Abdullah K. Tawlah, Saudi Arabia, speaks with delegates
Around the UNEP grounds
Posters from the UNFCCC 'Act Now!' initiative
Highlights and images for 14 February 2016
2nd Meeting of the UNEP OECPR
In preparation for the second meeting of the Open-Ended Committee of Permanent Representatives (OECPR-2), Major Groups and Stakeholders (MGS) met on Sunday, 14 February 2016, at the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON), Kenya. They discussed, inter alia: the need for input from UNEA-2 to the Third UN Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III); the environmental impact of the refugee crisis; and the role of the MGS in the OECPR and UNEA processes. The MGS also engaged in joint and working group talks on the OECPR agenda, with a view to presenting concrete messages to Member States on the draft resolutions to be negotiated and forwarded to UNEA-2. They considered topics including: the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda; the Paris Climate Agreement; mobilizing finances for investment in sustainable development; the Global Thematic Report on the theme of “Healthy Environment – Healthy People”; and the sixth Global Environmental Outlook (GEO-6) process.
Julia Pataki, CPR Chair, expressed appreciation for the contribution of MGS to CPR meetings, assuring them that the CPR “is determined to continue on a path of openness and transparency.” Ibrahim Thiaw, UNEP Deputy Executive Director, noted that as implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) begins, the world’s attention has been taken up by humanitarian crises. He drew attention to the need for tackling the root causes of displacement and conflict, and urged MGS to highlight critical challenges such as integrating the climate and biodiversity agendas, “decarbonizing and detoxifying” economic growth, and moving beyond “private sector philanthropy” towards new sustainable business models.
In the afternoon, MGS held an interactive dialogue with representatives of Member States and Jorge Laguna Celis, UNEP Secretariat of Governing Bodies. They discussed issues including improving opportunities for stakeholder engagement through creative and less costly means of interaction, and implementing a genuinely inclusive green economy agenda. Member States endorsed the role of stakeholders in the preparations toward UNEA-2.
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View of the dais at the start of the Major Groups and Stakeholders Preparatory Meeting
Julia Pataki, CPR Chair
Ibrahim Thiaw, Deputy Executive Director, UNEP
Yunus Arikan, Local Authorities
Major Group
Tareq Hassan, Arab Youth Climate Movement (AYCM)
Peter Denson, Regional Representative
for North America
Members of civil society raise their hands during the meeting
Norine Kennedy, Business and Industry Major Group
Leida Rijnhout, Non-Governmental Organizations
(NGO) Major Group
Jorge Laguna-Celis, Secretary of Governing Bodies, UNEP
Jan-Gustav Strandenaes, Stakeholder Forum
Major Groups and Stakeholders discussions continue throughout the day
Fazal Issa, Regional Representative
for Africa
Dalia Marquez, Children and Youth
Major Group
Brian Aberi, International Youth Council
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