Eighth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (COP 8)
3-14 September 2007 | Madrid, Spain
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Delegates to UNCCD COP 8 convened in morning and afternoon open dialogue sessions with non-governmental organizations to discuss participation, gender and climate change. The contact group on the CRIC completed its work during a morning session. The contact group on programme and budget met throughout the day. The contact group on the ten-year strategic plan convened during the morning, with the discussion continuing in an afternoon “Friends of the Chair Group.”
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| Patrice Burger, ENID, donning a white mask with tape over the mouth to signify "the hypocrisy of the meeting", noted that, while the Convention contains 22 references to participation, visions of what it implies vary. | |
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| Cristina Narbona, Minister for the Environment of Spain, COP 8 President. | Evelyn Chavez, ACICAFOC-RIOD-ALC |
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| Sina Maiga Damba, AFAD-RIOD-AFRICA | Thuli Makama, YONGE NAWE |
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| Jorge Luis Fernandez Chamero, Cuba, highlighted that 23 civil society organizations are working on this issue in his country, and recalled that Fidel Castro has said it is imperative to have rich countries contribute and the poor countries distribute. | Carlos Andaluz Wetreicher, Peru | Samson Bokea, Kenya |
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| Djingarey Haona, Niger | Christine Sagno, Guinea | Domingo Barros, Cape Verde |
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| The plenary room |
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| Michael Angstreich, Norway said that Norwegian NGOs, politicians and the private sector have developed a surcharge on airline tickets that will be used for emissions reduction in the South. | Lucienne Tsilavirany, Madagascar | Dilcia Garcia, ACPA-RIOD-ALC, called on parties to create a network of women researching natural resource management to identify traditional approaches for incorporation in the work of the CST. |
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| Mohamed Ghanam, Morocco | Jose Miguel Torres Hidalgo, Chile, stressed the "need for disaggregated information dissemination" on climate change by NGOs. | Boubacar Zalia, Niger |
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| Delegates in the contact group on the ten-year strategy. | Contact group on programme and budget in progress. |
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| Security is ensured during the session. | Delegates obtain information at one of the many conference booths. |
Web coverage:
Monday, 3 Sep - Tuesday, 4 Sep - Wednesday, 5 Sep - Thursday, 6 Sep - Friday, 7 Sep
Monday, 10 Sep - Tuesday, 11 Sep - Wednesday, 12 Sep - Thursday, 13 Sep - Friday, 14 Sep
- UNCCD COP 8 homepage
- COP 8 documents
- CST 8 documents
- CRIC 6 documents
- UN Secretary-General press release regarding Executive Secretary Diallo’s resignation
- UNCCD Global Mechanism
- Global Environment Facility
- IISD RS coverage of the Fifth session of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification’s Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC 5), 12-21 March 2007, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- IISD RS coverage of the Joint International Conference “Desertification and the International Policy Imperative”, 17-19 December 2006, Algiers, Algeria
- IISD RS coverage of the Seventh session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 7) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa (CCD), 17-28 October 2005, Nairobi, Kenya
- A Brief Introduction to the Convention to Combat Desertification (CCD)
- IISD RS "Linkages" archive of Desertification meetings
- Linkages Update
- MEA-L - Multilateral Environmental Agreements Listserve
- African Regional Coverage
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