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GEF Consultations with Civil Society
Prior to the 60th Meeting of the GEF Council, Secretariat staff and Council members engaged in a consultation with civil society organizations on the theme, “Enhancing Climate Resilience: The Role of Civil Society, and Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities.”
Stakeholder Days and 8th Session of the IPBES Plenary
The Plenary met virtually to approve scoping reports for two future assessments on the interlinkages among biodiversity, water, food and health, and the underlying causes of biodiversity loss, as well as work plans for the intersessional period.
1st Global Meeting of National Focal Points under the 5th Montevideo Programme
The sessions managed to achieve its goals, including designating a first-ever Steering Committee to guide Programme implementation and selecting an initial focus area for substantive Programme work.
UN General Assembly High-Level Event on the Ocean
“There is no scenario where humans can prosper without the ocean.” The day's speakers called to accelerate progress on legally binding instruments to protect oceans from illegal fishing and marine plastic pollution.
2021 Sessions of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies
Delegates agreed to meet virtually, with the subsidiary bodies focused on a smaller set of agenda items in informal consultations only. To assuage some countries, there was no negotiating text or draft decisions in preparation for COP 26. Rather, progress on each item was captured in an informal note.
2021 P4G Seoul Summit
Over the course of the two-day Summit, participants explored how these sectors of society can partner together to reach the twin goals of an inclusive green recovery and carbon neutrality by 2050.
Green Future Week
Options to reach carbon neutrality by 2050, avoiding future pandemics, and strategic spending of pandemic recovery packages featured prominently in a week that emphasized, "Partnership is the new leadership."
4th Extraordinary Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (ExMOP-4) and 1st Part of the 43rd Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group (OEWG43)
Parties met online to address issues around funding the Multilateral Fund for Implementation of the Montreal Protocol, agreeing to facilitate payments until replenishment negotiations are complete later this year, and provide guidance to the Replenishment Task Force.
2021 United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) Executive Bureau Meetings
UCLG officially joined the UHC2030 initiative to achieve universal health care and progressed the proposed Lampedusa Charter, which aims to shift the narrative on migration to a human rights-based approach to mobility.