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Climate Change Policy & Practice
Second Special Session of the Committee on Science and Technology (CST S-2) of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and Ninth Session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC 9)

16-18 and 21-25 February 2011 | Bonn, Germany
Highlights for Friday, 18 February 2011
CST-S2/CRIC 9

On Friday morning, 18 February, CST S-2 delegates addressed: development and implementation of impact indicators related to the measurement of strategic objectives 1, 2 and 3 of the Strategy; a pilot tracking exercise, as part of the refinement of impact indicators; streamlining cooperation with the Global Environment Facility (GEF) on impact indicators; and information on regional scientific initiatives. The Contact Group met in the afternoon to finalize a revised draft report. Delegates reconvened in an evening closing plenary and adopted the CST S-2 report. Chair Kellner gaveled the meeting to a close at 7:02 pm.

A number of additional activities took place throughout the day. UNCCD national focal points continued to meet in their Regional Implementation Annexes, to prepare for the meeting of the CRIC during the following week. A mid-day side event discussed “Knowledge management in the context of the UNCCD,” organized by the UNCCD Secretariat. Participants in this side event heard presentations from: Patrick Breard (consultant) on developing a needs assessment; Leopoldo Rojo (Spain) on a Spanish inventory of technologies to combat desertification; and Eva Duer (UNEP) on the InforMEA web portal, which will be launched next week. An evening side event discussed the outcome of a conference on “Climate, Sustainability and Development in Drylands,” organized by the Government of the State of Ceara, Brazil, and the Center for Management and Strategic Studies, Brazil.

In addition, outside the World Conference Center, a meeting of experts convened all day long to discuss the Great Green Wall for the Sahara and Sahel Initiative and Lake Chad, convened by the UNCCD and the GEF. These consultations will feed into a Ministerial-level meeting on Saturday, 19 February.

View of the Rhine river in Bonn

Participants enter the World Conference Center in Bonn for the final day of CST S-2.

Daily highlights (click on the following links to see our daily web pages)
CST delegates
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Jia Xiaoxiao, State Forestry Administration, China.
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Jose Roberto Lima, Brazil, publicized the side event on the outcome of the Second International Conference: Climate, Sustainability and Development in Semi-Arid Regions, which took place in Fortaleza, Brazil, from 16-20 August 2010 (see http://enb.iisd.org/crs/climate/icid2010/ for IISD RS coverage of this meeting), while Yahaira Cárdenas, Panama, and Pedro Ant. Nuñez Ramos, Dominican Republic, looked on.
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Subrata Bhattacharyya, Gramin Vikas Trust, India, speaking for NGOs.
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Ali Zidan, Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands.
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Maria Nery Urquiza Rodriguez, Cuba.
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Jeff Herrick, US.

Around The Venue
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View of the Rhine River.
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View of the Rhine River.
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The new office building for the UNFCCC Secretariat is being constructed next to the World Conference Center in Bonn.
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The Earth Negotiations Bulletin team at UNCCD CST S-2: (L-R) Laura Russo, Italy; Lynn Wagner, US; and Kunbao Xia, China.
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Related Links
UNCCD resources
*Meetings website
*CST-S2 documents
*CRIC 9 documents
*UNCCD Global Mechanism

IISD RS resources
IISD RS coverage of the Ninth Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP 9), 21 September - 2 October 2009, Buenos Aires, Argentina
*IISD RS coverage of UNCCD CST S-1 and CRIC 7, 3-14 November 2008, Istanbul, Turkey
*IISD RS coverage of UNCCD High-Level Policy Dialogue, 27 May 2008, Bonn, Germany
*IISD RS summary of the First Extraordinary Session of the Conference of the Parties (ESCOP) to the UNCCD, 26 November 2007, UN headquarters, New York, United States of America (HTML - PDF)
*IISD RS coverage of UNCCD COP 8, 3-14 September 2007, Madrid, Spain
*IISD RS coverage of UNCCD CRIC 5, 12-21 March 2007, Buenos Aires, Argentina
*IISD RS coverage of UNCCD COP 7, 17-28 October 2005, Nairobi, Kenya
*IISD RS archive of sustainable development meetings
*Coverage of previous UNCCD COPs, CRIC and other related meetings by IISD-RS
*Land-L - A news and announcement list on land policy issues
*SIDS Policy and Practice - A Knowledgebase on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States
*Sustainable Development Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of International Activities Preparing for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development
*Biodiversity Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of UN and Intergovernmental Activities Addressing International Biodiversity Policy
*Climate Change Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of UN and Intergovernmental Activities Addressing Global Climate Change Policy
*Linkages Update - Bi-weekly international environment and sustainable development news
*MEA Bulletin - Newsletter on key MEAs and their secretariats
*African Regional Coverage
*Latin America and Caribbean Regional Coverage
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