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On Friday, delegates to the second meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI 2) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) finalized discussions on a conference room paper on biodiversity mainstreaming, and adopted 20 recommendations to the 14th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the CBD, the third meeting of the parties to the Nagoya Protocol on access and benefit-sharing (ABS) and the ninth meeting of the parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, which will convene in November 2018 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. After adopting the report of the meeting and hearing closing statements, SBI 2 closed at 1:05 pm. ENB Summary and Analysis: The Earth Negotiations Bulletin summary and analysis of SBSTTA 22 and SBI 2 will be available on Monday, 16 July 2018 at http://enb.iisd.org/biodiv/sbstta22-sbi2/ 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. Photos by IISD/ENB | Franz Dejon For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page L-R: Jyoti Mathur-Filipp, CBD Secretariat; SBI 2 Chair Francis Ogwal (Uganda); and CBD Deputy Executive Secretary David Cooper Gillian Guthrie, Jamaica Han de Koeijer, EU Hidenobu Maekawa, Japan Natalhie Campos-Reales Pineda, Mexico L-R: Hamdallah Zedan and Moustafa Fouda, Egypt Rosemary Paterson, New Zealand Prudence Tangham Galega, Cameroon Edda Fernández Luiselli, Mexico Saleh Naghmush Al-Saadi, Oman Soonhwan Hwang, Republic of Korea Oleg Borodin, Belarus L-R: Yasir Ahmed Salih Khairy and El Khitma El Awad Mohammed Ahmed, Sudan Delegates from Indonesia consulting L-R: Hesiquio Benítez Díaz, Mexico, with CBD Executive Secretary Cristiana Paşca Palmer, drew Guyana as the first in the order of seating arrangements for COP 14 Elena Makeyeva, SBI 2 Rapporteur (Belarus) CBD Executive Secretary Cristiana Paşca Palmer Gwen Sisior, Palau Carolina Caceres, Canada Luciano Donadio, Argentina Stefan Leiner, EU Dilovarsho Dustov, Tajikistan Ramiro Batzin, International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity Marthin Kaukaha Kasaona, Namibia A video message from Yasmine Fouad, Minister of Environment, Egypt SBI 2 Chair Francis Ogwal (Uganda) gaveled the meeting to a close at 1:05 pm SBI 2 Snapshots Delegates from Austria Delegates from Africa Delegates from Central and Eastern Europe with SBI 2 Chair Francis Ogwal (Uganda) Delegates from the European Commission Delegates from Cambodia Delegates from Latin America and the Caribbean plus South Africa Delegates from Mexico Delegates from the Republic of Korea L-R: ENB SBI 2 team with Asterios Tsioumanis, Annelies van Gaalen, Natalie Jones, Elsa Tsioumani, Jennifer Bansard, and Franz Dejon

On Tuesday, the second meeting of the Intersessional Process for Considering the Strategic Approach and the Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste Beyond 2020 opened in Stockholm, Sweden. Participants were welcomed by Jacob Duer, Chief, Chemicals and Health Branch, UN Environment Programme (UNEP). In the opening session Karolina Skog, Environment Minister, Sweden, called for setting a post-2020 chemicals and waste management vision that is both aspirational and inspirational, and suggested a global deal for chemicals, perhaps based on the model of the Paris Agreement on climate change. The Fifth International Conference on Chemicals Management President Gertrud Sahler, (Germany) said that post-2020 SAICM should remain multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder, but perhaps with both voluntary and legally-binding elements. Consultant Robert Nurick outlined key points from his draft independent evaluation of SAICM. Participants posed questions and offered comments about possible enhancements of the evaluation. In the afternoon the plenary started work on the primary focus of the meeting, elaborating the elements of a possible post-2020 regime for chemicals and waste. The Co-Chairs of the intersessional process, David Morin (Canada) and Leticia Reis Carvalho (Brazil), outlined the process followed since the first meeting of the intersessional process held in Brasilia, Brazil, in February 2017, and the contents of their “Co-Chairs' Overview Paper” outlining considerations for the deliberations on possible elements of a post-2020 regime. The Secretariat introduced the set of background documents prepared for this discussion requested by participants at the Brasilia meeting. Regional groupings, sectoral representatives, and representatives of individual organizations and governments explained their submissions on the Co-Chairs Overview Paper. The participants then made initial statements of views on possible post-2020 regime elements, divided into two clusters: the "what" of a post-2020 regime, including the vision, principles and measurable objectives and milestones; and the "how," including implementation arrangements, governance and high-level political commitment and visibility. IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, has provided daily digital coverage and a summary and analysis report from the 2nd Meeting of the Intersessional Process for Considering the Strategic Approach and the Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste Beyond 2020. The summary and analysis report is now available in HTML and PDF. Photos by IISD/ENB | Kiara Worth For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page Opening and Morning Session View of the panel during the opening session Karolina Skog, Minister for the Environment, Sweden Jacob Duer, Chief, Chemicals and Health Branch, UNEP Ligia Noronha, UNEP Gertrud Sahler, President, Fifth International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM5) Delegates applaud the opening speakers Leticia Reis Carvalho, Brazil, and David Morin, Canada, Co-Chairs of the Intersessional Process Robert Nurick, Consultant, presenting preliminary results of the independent evaluation Jorge Ocaña, UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Ram Bharosey Lal, India Meriel Watts, Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Asia-Pacific Heidar Ali Balouji, Iran Baogen Gu, Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN (FAO) Sofia Tingstorp, Sweden Laura Nazef, US Oludayo O. Dada, Africa Institute Afternoon Session Jacob Duer, Chief, Chemicals and Health Branch, UNEP; Co-Chairs Leticia Reis Carvalho, Brazil, and David Morin, Canada; and Brenda Koekkoek, SAICM Secretariat David Kapindula, Zambia, speaking on behalf of the African Group María Florencia Grimalt, Argentina Suzanne Leppinen, Canada Olga Speranskaya, International POPs Elimination Network (IPEN) Vladimir Lenev, Russian Federation, speaking on behalf of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) Melissa Mengjiao Wang, Greenpeace Zhanyun Wang, International Panel on Chemical Pollution (IPCP) Ivan Angelov, EU Carolyn Vickers, World Health Organization (WHO) Servet Gören, International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) Around the Venue Delegates meet informally Mohammed Khashashneh, Jordan, speaks with Moustafa Kamel Ahmed, Director, Basel Convention Regional Centre for Training and Technology Transfer for the Arab States Delegates meet between sessions Delegates from Thailand Delegates from Mexico and India embrace the snow