Summary
The 22nd meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 22) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) continued Thursday with the consideration of conference room papers (CRPs) based on the discussions held earlier in the week. CRPs were discussed in plenary on the following agenda items:
- Updated scientific assessment of progress towards selected Aichi Biodiversity Targets and options to accelerate progress; and
- Synthetic biology.
A Friends of the Co-Chairs group met in the morning on digital sequence information. The contact group on risk assessment met over lunch and in the evening. The contact group on marine and coastal biodiversity also convened in the evening.
For extensive details on the day’s negotiations and to hear what delegates said in the corridors, see our daily Earth Negotiations Bulletin.
IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has provided daily web coverage, daily reports, and a summary and analysis from SBSTTA 22 and SBI 2.
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L-R: Alexander Shestakov, CBD Secretariat; SBSTTA 22 Chair Theresa Mundita Lim; Manoela Pessoa de Miranda, CBD Secretariat; and Marianela Araya, CBD Secretariat
Plenary session considering conference room papers
SBSTTA 22 Chair Theresa Mundita Lim
Robert Höft, CBD Secretariat
Yuri Kato, Japan
Vin Fleming, UK
L-R: CBD Deputy Executive Secretary David Cooper and Alexander Shestakov, CBD Secretariat
Scott Wilson, Canada
Fionna Cumming, New Zealand
Boukar Attari, Niger
Jaime Grubb, Australia
Wadzi Mandivenyi, South Africa
José Luis Echeverría Tello, Guatemala
L-R: Georgina Catacora-Vargas, Bolivia; and Edison Mayorga, Venezuela
Astrid Hilgers, the Netherlands
Raed Bani-Hani, Jordan
Marina von Weissenberg, Finland
Anne Teller, EU
Prudence Tangham Galega, Cameroon
Marina Hernandez, Dominican Republic
Edison Mayorga, Venezuela
Larbi Sbaï, Morocco
Kent Nnadozie, Secretary, International Treaty on Plant Genetic
Resources for Food and Agriculture
L-R: SBSTTA 22 Chair Theresa Mundita Lim; Manoela Pessoa de Miranda, CBD Secretariat; and Marianela Araya, CBD Secretariat
Elise Murphy, Australia
Georgina Catacora-Vargas, Bolivia
L-R: Alejandro Masís and Eugenia Arguedas Montezuma, Costa Rica
L-R: Tamara Thomas, Nature Conservancy, and Ruth Spencer, Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme
Delegates from Cambodia
L-R: Johanna Niemivuo-Lahti, Finland; Cristina Romanelli, CBD Secretariat; and Marina von Weissenberg, Finland
L-R: Suneetha Subramanian, International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI); and Clarissa Arida, ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity