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On Thursday, 2 June, the OEWG convened in plenary throughout the day. In the morning, the OEWG adopted 13 decisions, including on: the mid-term evaluation of the strategic framework; developing guidelines for environmentally sound management (ESM); the Cartagena Declaration on Prevention, Minimization and Recovery of Hazardous Wastes and Other Wastes; technical guidelines on persistent organic pollutant (POP) wastes; technical guidelines on e-waste, including on further work before COP13; national reporting; providing further legal clarity; cooperation with the Committee Administering the Mechanism for Promoting Implementation and Compliance, including on guidance on Basel Convention provisions dealing with the consequences of illegal traffic; follow-up to the Partnership for Action on Computing Equipment (PACE); the creation of a new partnership for the ESM of household wastes; cooperation between the Basel Convention and the International Maritime Organization (IMO); cooperation with the World Customs Organization (WCO) on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System; and the work programme for the OEWG for 2018-2019. In the afternoon, the OEWG reviewed and approved the meeting report with minor editorial changes, and heard closing statements. After a special presentation honoring Ibrahim Shafii for his years of service in the Secretariat, OEWG10 Co-Chair Lloyd Pascual, Dominica, gaveled the meeting to a close at 4:27 pm. IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has provided daily web updates and a summary and analysis report from the Open-ended Working Group of the Basel Convention (OEWG10). Our summary and analysis report is available in HTML and PDF Prakash Kowlesser, Mauritius OEWG10 Co-Chair Santiago Dávila Sena, Spain Technical Matters Contact Group Co-Chair Jane Stratford, UK Peter Wessman, European Union Delegates during the last day of OEWG10 The ENB team with the OEWG10 Co-Chairs and BRS Secretariat

MIM resumed in the afternoon of 2 June 2016, and covered MI Ministers’ announcements on government funding for clean energy innovation, organizational decisions on MI, and new collaborative research and analysis. Maros Šefčovič, EU, announced an increase in the EU’s investment in clean energy to more than US$10.2 billion from 2014-2020. He said the EU is working on mainstreaming budgetary allocations from other sectors towards climate change, to a total of US$27 billion in clean energy investment. Tord Lien, Norway, reported on progress made in baselines and doubling plans, noting that all 20 MI countries and the EU have declared plans to double their contributions from a baseline of US$15 billion by 2021. Harsh Vardhan, India, reiterated the collective desire of nations to work together to provide affordable and reliable clean energy for all, which he said had resulted in the establishment of the MI Enabling Framework. He said the Joint Research and Capacity Building subgroup made specific recommendations, including leveraging the MI platform to facilitate partnerships, capacity building, collaboration and research. He expressed his hopes for replicating the success of India’s LED programme in the cooling area before CEM8. Reporting on the Business and Investor Engagement subgroup, Pedro Joaquín Coldwell, Mexico, highlighted the group’s main aims, which include: exchanging information and building relationships; improving mutual understanding of perspectives and priorities regarding clean energy innovation needs and opportunities; attracting and encouraging investment in emerging technologies to expand and and enhancing the innovation pipeline. James Carr, Canada, highlighted the work of the Innovation Analysis and Roadmapping subgroup, saying it has three key deliverables: establishing an online library; compiling a meta-analysis report using the data collected in the library; and a one-year work programme for the subgroup. Secretary Moniz encouraged further sharing of innovative approaches for cooperation with R&D stakeholders, the private sector and others so that clean technology development and deployment can be further accelerated. During a special address, Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Leader of the US House of Representatives, noted the US commitment to delivering on the promises made during the MIM, including doubling R&D investment over the next five years. Moniz summarized key discussions of the day and thanked partners, sponsors and high level guests for their support. He reiterated the importance of linking government and private sector in accelerating clean energy innovation, and closed the meeting at 6:00 pm. IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB+ Meeting Coverage, has provided daily digital coverage from the Inaugural Mission Innovation Ministerial (MI Ministerial). Photos by IISD/ENB | Francis Dejon For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page Open Press Public Announcements Cherry Murray, Director, Office of Science, US Department of Energy Mission Innovation Announcements (L-R): Tord Lien, Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Norway; Pedro Joaquín Coldwell, Secretary of Energy, Mexico; James Gordon Carr, Minister, Natural Resources Canada; Maroš Šefčovič, Vice President, Energy Union; Harsh Vardhan, Cabinet Minister of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, India and Ernest Moniz, Secretary of Energy, US Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Leader of the US House of Representatives, delivering her key note address Investor and Industry Panel (L-R): Michael Langford, National President, Utility Workers Union of America; Dipender Saluja, Partner and Managing Director, Capricorn Investment Group; Prith Banerjee, CTO, Schneider Electric; Thomas Fanning, Chairman, President and CEO, Southern Company; and Sue Siegel, CEO, GE Ventures Ernest Moniz, Secretary of Energy, US, thanked participants and his staff for a successful conclusion to the MI Ministerial and closed the meeting at 6:00 pm. Startups and Solutions Showcase CEM and MI Ministerial participants heading to the Startups & Solutions Showcase Exhibit at the Startups & Solutions Showcase featuring a fully rendered 3D printed car CEM and MI Ministerial staff ENB team at the CEM and MI Ministerial with (L-R): Franz Dejon, Cherelle Jackson, Kate Helfenstein, Leila Mead, Deborah Davenport and Brandon Jourdan

The Mission Innovation (MI) Inaugural Ministerial convened for its first day on 1 June 2016 in San Francisco, California, US, with US Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz chairing the meeting. The Ministerial opened with delegates addressing organizational issues, which comprised of, among other things, the enabling framework, including criteria and processes for additional Members to join. Discussions then turned to baselines, doubling plans, and information sharing. Members reported on progress made in this regard and announced baselines and doubling plans for their countries. Following this, delegates addressed business and investor engagement, and other substantive collaborations. They heard updates on the work of the MI sub-groups on Business and Investor Engagement, Innovation Analysis and Roadmapping, and Joint Research and Capacity Building, including areas for future work. The Ministerial continued with an open discussion, during which delegates had the opportunity to express their views, and provide further guidance, on MI-related efforts. Delegates discussed: technological cooperation; research and development priorities, including those of the private sector; methods to foster further research and innovation; and domestic policies and cost reduction in renewable technologies. A public/private innovation breakfast convened in the early morning and included an update on the Breakthrough Energy Coalition. IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB+ Meeting Coverage, has provided daily digital coverage from the Inaugural Mission Innovation Ministerial (MI Ministerial). Photos by IISD/ENB | Francis Dejon For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page Public/Private Innovation Breakfast Participants at the MI breakfast session Bill Gates, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, with Carlos Moedas, EU Bill Gates, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, with Laurence Tubiana, France Richard Branson, Virgin Group, being interviewed by IISD Reporting Services Ernest Moniz, Secretary of Energy, US L-R: Ernest Moniz, Secretary of Energy, US, Richard Branson, Virgin Group, and Bill Gates, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation View of the MI working breakfast session Jerry Brown, Governor of California, US Vardhan Harsh, Minister of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, India Jonathan Pershing, US Bob Hamilton, Canada Mission Innovation Inaugural Ministerial Closed Door Discussions

The tenth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group (OEWG10) of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal opened in Nairobi, Kenya, on Monday, 30 May 2016. In the morning, parties discussed several strategic issues, including work on developing guidelines for environmentally sound management (ESM), and the follow-up to the Cartagena Declaration on the Prevention, Minimization and Recovery of Hazardous Wastes, including a draft guidance to assist parties in developing efficient strategies for achieving the prevention and minimization of the generation of hazardous and other wastes and their disposal. The OEWG established a Strategic Matters Contact Group to develop draft decisions on both. Canada introduced a proposal on the mid-term review of the Strategic Framework. On technical issues, delegates considered technical guidelines on wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with persistent organic pollutants (POPs), focusing their discussion on how best to handle low-POPs wastes. A Technical Matters Contact Group was established to further discuss this issue. In the afternoon, delegates returned to technical issues. They discussed further work on the technical guidelines on electrical and electronic wastes (e-waste), and this referred to the Technical Matters Contact Group. The OEWG also assigned to this same Group an examination of the proposed list of waste streams for which practical guidance on inventory could be developed, and consideration of whether to update existing technical guidelines on incineration on land, on specially engineered landfill and on hazardous waste physico-chemical treatment and biological treatment. On legal matters, delegates discussed the draft glossary on terms and definitions, and the review of Annexes I, III and IV and related aspects of Annex IX to the Basel Convention. A Legal Matters Contact Group was created to discuss these issues further. The OEWG also discussed the progress report since the 12th Conference of the Parties (COP12) in the work of the Partnership for Action on Computing Equipment (PACE). The Strategic Matters Contact Group was mandated to prepare a draft decision on the guidance document and draft concept of a follow-up partnership to PACE. In the evening, the contact groups on technical matters and strategic matters met. IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has provided daily web updates and a summary and analysis report from the Open-ended Working Group of the Basel Convention (OEWG10). Our summary and analysis report is available in HTML and PDF L-R: Kei Ohno-Woodall, BRS Secretariat; Co-Chair Santiago Dávila Sena, Spain; and Co-Chair Lloyd Pascal, Dominica Reginald Hernaus, The Netherlands, speaking on behalf of the European Union and its Member States. Kerstin Stendahl, Deputy Executive Secretary of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, delivered an opening statement. Anne Daniel, Canada, intervening regarding the mid-term evaluation of the strategic framework. Agustina Camilli, Uruguay, speaking on behalf of GRULAC. Participants during the first day of OEWG10

Participants at the Resumed Review Conference spent the morning and afternoon discussing the draft outcome of the resumed Review Conference on the Agreement, both in plenary and in the drafting committee. Delegates adopted the outcome by consensus and agreed to continue the informal consultations and keep the Agreement under review through the resumption of the Review Conference at a date not earlier than 2020. President Hazin closed the meeting at 5:59 pm. IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has provided daily web coverage, daily reports from the Review Conference on the Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 Relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks. In addition, IISD Reporting Services has also published a summary & analysis from this meeting, which is available in HTML and PDF format. The Earth Negotiations Bulletin summary and analysis of the UNFSA Resumed Review Conference will be available on Monday, 30 May 2016. Photos by IISD/ENB | Ángeles Estrada For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page. Plenary Fábio Hazin, President of the Conference, and Dmitry Goncher, UNDOALOS Secretariat Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, UNDOALOS Michael Brakke, US Salote Tagivakatini, Fiji, and John Brincat, EU Nigerian delegates Stephen Willoughby, Barbados Carrie McDougall, Australia Li Yongsheng and Shi Xiaolin, China Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, UNDOALOS Director, and Fábio Hazin, President of the Conference Kengo Tanaka and Chiaki Mizugaki, Japan Alex Jebson and Kate Neilson, New Zealand Draft Text Oleg Rykov, Russian Federation Marshall Islands delegation Eva Vázquez, EU Luke Daunivalu, Fiji Meli Raicebe, Fiji, and Elise Stull, FSM View of the Plenary Cristian Laborda Mora, Chile, Thembile Joyini, South Africa, and James Ndirangu Waweru, Kenya Li Yongsheng and Shi Xiaolin, China, and John Brincat, EU Arnór Snæbjörnsson and Matthías Pálsson, Iceland Mar Rodriguez, EU and Javier Garat, International Coalition of Fisheries Asociations (ICFA) Noemi Job, Mauritius Mi Young Song and Jun-Re Kim, Republic of Korea Fiji Delegation Around the Venue    

The second UN Environment Assembly of the UN Environment Programme (UNEA-2) continued into the early hours of Saturday, 28 May 2016 in Nairobi, Kenya, after a full day of negotiations and other events on Friday. A ministerial policy review session took place in the morning, in which ministers were presented with the findings of the “Healthy Environment, Healthy People” report, a joint effort of several organizations, including the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Secretariat. Ministers and other high-level delegates proceeded to discuss the topic in two parallel roundtables before lunchtime. Drafting groups worked through the day to finalize the text of all resolutions. In the COW closing plenary, delegates accepted the package of resolutions, including resolutions on the UNEP Medium-Term Strategy, Programme of Work and budget. They agreed to change the UNEA cycle so that future meetings will take place in odd, not even, years, with the next meeting to take place in late 2017. Delegates forwarded the package to the UNEA-2 plenary for adoption. In a late-night session, UNEA-2 accepted a package of 24 resolutions and 2 decisions. Delegates debated whether to put a G-77/China-sponsored resolution on “Field-based environment assessment of the Gaza strip” (UNEP/EA.2/CRP.6) to a vote. 11:20 pm Israel calls for a vote. 11:30 pm Syria calls for a motion of “no action.” 11:57 pm Plenary suspended to allow parties to consult. 12:31 am Plenary resumes. 12: 35 am G-77/China announces the draft resolution will not be withdrawn. 12:53 am UNEA-2 Chair invites delegates to vote on whether they wish to proceed to a substantive vote on the Gaza resolution. Brazil and Syria raise points of order. 12:57 am Delegates vote by holding up pink cards. Many abstain. 1:00 am Achim Steiner, UNEP Executive Director, announces results of the procedural vote: 36 in favour, 4 against, and 35 abstentions. He explains that UNEA requires a quorum of 97 for the result to be valid, and the quorum has not been reached in this case. 1:20 am Egypt questions interpretation of quorum rule. Secretariat apologizes for misinterpretation and says there are sufficient numbers to proceed. US disagrees, moves to suspend the session in the absence of a quorum. 1:45 am Plenary comes to a halt as delegates discuss the status of the meeting on the sidelines. 1:59 am UNEA-2 President calls for a Bureau meeting, asks delegates to remain in the room meanwhile. 2:27 am #UNEA2 Bureau returns to the room. Secretariat to conduct a roll call to check if there is a quorum present. 2:55 am Roll call shows 78 members present. One-third needed to have a legal session. But majority must be here to proceed to a vote. #UNEA2 2:59 am #UNEA2 President calls to adjourn the session, suggest to reconvene 11 am Saturday 28 May. 3:11 am Delegates consider proposal to reconvene. Egypt and Pakistan, question legal status of meeting. Colombia, EU, Ukraine and others express appreciation to all for the hard work done this week, and the agreement on 25 resolutions at UNEA-2. 3:49 am UNEA-2 President notes overwhelming support to close the session rather than reconvening. Many delegates welcome the 24 resolutions previously adopted. Rapporteur presents report of the meeting. 3:56 am #UNEA2 adopts meeting report, President gavels the meeting to a close. IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has published a briefing note for the GMGSF 2016 and provided daily web coverage, daily reports from the UNEA-2. In addition, IISD Reporting Services has published a summary and analysis report from this meeting, which is available in HTML and PDF format. Photos by IISD/ENB | Francis Dejon For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page. MINISTERIAL POLICY REVIEW SESSION “HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT, HEALTHY PEOPLE” L-R: Andy Haines, Professor of Public Health and Primary Care, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK; Mary Robinson, Former President of Ireland and President of the Mary Robinson Foundation; Achim Steiner, UNEP Executive Director; Edgar Gutiérrez Espeleta, President of UNEA-2 and Jorge Laguna-Celis, Secretary of the Governing Bodies, UNEP Achim Steiner, UNEP Executive Director Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General, World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Mary Robinson, Former President of Ireland and President of the Mary Robinson Foundation Video message by Margaret Chan, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO) Andy Haines, Professor of Public Health and Primary Care, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK L-R: Barbara Pompili, Minister of State for Biodiversity, France, and Jean-Patrick Le Duc, France MINISTERIAL ROUNDTABLE 1 View of the room of the Ministerial Roundtable 1 Co-Chairs of Roundtable 1, Daniel Ortega Pacheco, Minister of Environment, Ecuador, and Masoumeh Ebtekar, Vice President of Iran and Head of the Environmental Protection Organization Leonardo Trasande, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, US Omar Abdi, Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Secretary, UNICEF Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Christine Dawson and Daniel Reifsnyder, US Mustafa Satilmiş, Turkey Cristina Tirado - von der Pahlen, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Aminiasi Qareqare, Fiji L-R: Cristina Romanelli and Amy Fraenkel, CBD MINISTERIAL ROUNDTABLE 2 L-R: Jochen Flasbarth, State Secretary, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, Germany; Edna Molewa, Minister of Environmental Affairs, South Africa; and Jamil Ahmad, Deputy Director, UNEP Office in New York Jane Nishida, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, US, and Chair of the Advisory Group of the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lead Paint Yannick Glemarec, UN Women Tina Birmpili, Executive Secretary, Ozone Secretariat Delegates from Senegal Chencho Norbu, Bhutan Johanita Ndahimananjara, Minister of Environment, Ecology and Forests, Madagascar Rachid Firadi, Morocco Thoriq Ibrahim, Minister of Energy and Environment, Maldives Eleanor Parkes, Aotearoa Youth Leadership Institute, speaking on behalf of Children and Youth Major Group Mariano Castro, Vice-Mnister for Environmental Management, Ministry of Environment, Peru Delegates from China MULTI-STAKEHOLDER DIALOGUE View of the multi-stakeholder dialogue on "Restoring and sustaining healthy ecosystems for people and planet: partnerships to jointly deliver on the environmental dimension of Agenda 2030" L-R: Dialogue moderators, Andrew Steer, CEO, World Resources Institute (WRI), and Sharon Sharon Dijksma, State Secretary of the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, the Netherlands Mark Halle, Director of Trade and Investment, International Institute for Sustainable Development Joan Carling, Secretary-General, Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact Antonio Herman Benjamin, Justice of the National High Court, Brazil Jan-Gustav Strandenaes, Stakeholder Forum O. C. Z. Muchinguri, Minister of Environment, Water and Climate, Zimbabwe John Scanlon, Secretary-General, Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Participants from Major Groups and Stakeholders L-R: Andrea Reimer, Councilor, City of Vancouver, Canada, and Yunus Arikan, ICLEI COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE (COW) L-R: Ibrahim Thiaw, Deputy Executive Director, UNEP; COW Chair Idunn Eidheim, Norway; Tim Kasten, UNEP; and Masa Nagai, UNEP COW Chair Idunn Eidheim, Norway Hushan Al-Fityan, Rapporteur Yahel Vilan, Israel Drafting Group 1 Co-Chair Tita Korvenoja, Finland Drafting Group 2 Co-Chair Pedro Escosteguy Cardoso, Brazil Drafting Group 3 Co-Chair Corinna Enders, Germany UNEA-2 PLENARY L-R: Achim Steiner, UNEP Executive Director; Edgar Gutiérrez Espeleta, President of UNEA-2 and Jorge Laguna-Celis, Secretary of the Governing Bodies, UNEP Delegates from Arab States in informal consultations Masoumeh Ebtekar, Vice President of Iran and Head of the Environmental Protection Organization Voting flags being distributed in plenary Masa Nagai, Senior Legal Advisor, UNEP, confers with UNEA-2 Secretariat on Rules of Procedure.