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IPCC-47 resumed its work on Thursday, and addressed, inter alia: Aligning the work of the IPCC with the needs of the Global Stocktake (GST) under the Paris Agreement; Report of the Conflict of Interest Committee; Review of the principles governing IPCC work; Gender; Report of the Ad Hoc Task Force on the Future of the Task Group on Data and Scenario Support for Impact and Climate Analysis (ATF-TGICA); Participation of developing countries in IPCC activities; and Matters related to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and other international bodies. A contact group was established and met to discuss the proposed task group and Terms of Reference on alignment of work of the IPCC with the GST. The Financial Task Team and a contact group on gender met during the day, and informal consultations took place on the IPCC Scholarship Programme. More detail about these discussions will be included in the ENB Summary report, which will be published on Monday, 19 March 2018. IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) meeting coverage, has provided daily digital coverage and a summary and analysis report from IPCC-47. The PDF version is available here. Photos by IISD/ENB For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage page. View of the dais during the plenary session Hoesung Lee, IPCC Chair, and Abdalah Mokssit, IPCC Secretary Working Group II Vice-Chair Sergey Semenov, Russian Federation María Amparo Martínez Arroyo, Mexico Abdelrahman Al-Gwaiz, Saudi Arabia Working Group I Vice-Chair Edvin Aldrian, Indonesia Working Group II Vice-Chair Andreas Fischlin From L-R: IPCC Vice-Chair Youba Sokona; IPCC Vice-Chair Ko Barrett; and IPCC Vice-Chair Thelma Krug Yun Gao, China Mxolisi Shongwe, IPCC Secretariat Éric Brun, France Birama Diarra, Mali Alice Alpert, US Jakub Gibek, Poland Oksana Ekzarkho, IPCC Secretariat Abdalah Mokssit, IPCC Secretary From L-R: Hoesung Lee, IPCC Chair; Kerstin Stendahl, IPCC Deputy Secretary; and Taha Zatari, Saudi Arabia Frank McGovern, Ireland Sheida Asgharzadeh Ghahroudi, Iran Christian Müller, Germany Laird Shutt, Canada From L-R: Taha Zatari, Saudi Arabia; Hamoud Al-Otaibi, Saudi Arabia; and Abdelrahman Al-Gwaiz, Saudi Arabia Jaivardhan Ramanlal Bhatt, India Bhye Muslim Heetun, Mauritius Florin Vladu, UNFCCC Maesela Kekana, South Africa José Romero, Switzerland, and Krešo Pandžić, Croatia Delegates from the EU consulting Around the venue A view of the Eiffel Tower from the UNESCO Headquarters Spiral, by Alexander Calder Reclining Figure, by Henry Moore Study for Wind Comb, by Eduardo Chillida

On Wednesday, the second meeting of the Intersessional Process for Considering the Strategic Approach and the Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste Beyond 2020 met for most of the day in five parallel discussion groups. Each group discussed the five elements of a proposed framework for chemicals and waste beyond 2020: vision; policy principles; objectives and milestones; implementation arrangements, including finance and implementation; and governance. Discussion on each element was guided by a different duo of “co-hosts” representing the five United Nations regions as well as the five sectors represented in the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM) Bureau, namely public interest organizations, health sector NGOs, labor sector NGOs, industry and the Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals (IOMC). At the end of the day plenary reconvened to hear the five sets of co-hosts report on the outcome of discussion group deliberations on their respective elements. 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 Discussion Group 1 Delegates participate in discussion group 1 Co-Hosts for Vision Suzana Andavona, FYR Macedonia, and Bob Diderich, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Noluzuko Zukie Gwayi, South Africa Maria Cristina Cárdenas Fischer, Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm (BRS) Conventions Secretariat María Florencia Grimalt, Argentina Jorge Peydro Aznar, EU Discussion Group 2 Participants during discussion group 2 Teeraporn Wiriwutikorn, Thailand Co-Hosts for Policy Principles Yahya Msangi, Labor Representative, and Maria Inés Esquivel, Panama Lia Jasmin Esquillo, Ecowaste Coalition Philippines Jorge Ocaña, UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Lloyd Gordon, International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) Discussion Group 3 Participants during discussion group 3 Sam Adu-Kumi, Ghana Co-Hosts for Objectives and Milestones Nina Cromnier, Sweden, and Rico Euripidou, Health Representative Lisa Svensson, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Vassilios Karavezyris, Germany Ingela Andersson, Sweden Discussion Group 4 Co-Hosts for Governance Csilla Magyar, Industry Representative, and Mark Gordon, South Africa Helga Shrott, Austria Brice Lalonde, French Water Academy Sverre Thomas Jahre, Norway David Azoulay, Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) Abbas Shafqat, Pakistan Karissa Kovner, US Participants during discussion group 4 Discussion Group 5 Participants during discussion group 5 Sarojini Rengam, Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Asia Pacific Co-Hosts for Implementation Olga Speranskaya, Civil Society Organization (CSO) Representative, and Mohammed Khashashneh, Jordan Joseph Molapisi, Africa Institute Marine Collignon, France Joe DiGangi, International POPs Elimination Network (IPEN) Afternoon Plenary View of the dais during afternoon plenary Co-Host for Objectives and Milestones Nina Cromnier, Sweden Co-Hosts for Implementation Olga Speranskaya, Civil Society Organization (CSO) Representative, and Mohammed Khashashneh, Jordan Co-Host for Vision Bob Diderich, OECD Co-Host for Governance Csilla Magyar, Industry Representative Co-Host for Policy Principles Yahya Msangi, Labor Representative Around the Venue Gertrud Sahler, President, Fifth International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM5) meets with civil society organizations Delegates meet informally Pham Thi Minh Hang and Björn Beeler, IPEN

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