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The second day of the 2016 meeting of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) continued with two panel discussions related to the theme of “Ensuring that no one is left behind” in the morning. Discussions took place on “Food security and sustainable agriculture, climate action, sustainable oceans and terrestrial ecosystems – adopting a nexus approach” and “Creating peaceful and more inclusive societies and empowering women and girls.” In the afternoon, a discussion took place on “Science-policy interface: New ideas, insights and solutions.” IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has provided daily reports, daily web coverage and a summary and analysis from HLPF 2016, which is available in HTML and PDF format. Photos by IISD/ENB | Kiara Worth For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page Food security and sustainable agriculture, climate action, sustainable oceans and terrestrial ecosystems – adopting a nexus approach Panelists for the session on food security and sustainable agriculture, climate action, sustainable oceans and terrestrial ecosystems – adopting a nexus approach Chair Sven Jürgenson, Permanent Representative of Estonia to the UN and Vice President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Ronald Jumeau, Ambassador for Climate Change and Small Island Developing State Issues, Seychelles Omoyemen Lucia Odigie-Emmanuel, Centre for Human Rights and Climate Change Research Deborah Fulton, Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Jake Rice, Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), Canada Abdullah K. Tawlah, Saudi Arabia Evelyn Nguleka, World Farmers' Organization (WFO) Rodrigo Messias, Local Authorities Major Group Frances Zainoeddin, Stakeholder Group on Ageing Mariyam Midhfa Naeem, Maldives, speaking on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) Creating peaceful and more inclusive societies and empowering women and girls Panel speakers for the session on creating peaceful and more inclusive societies and empowering women and girls Irene Khan, International Development Law Organization (IDLO) Jürg Lauber, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the UN and Vice President of ECOSOC Lakshmi Puri, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director of UN Women Robert Berg, Alliance for Peacebuilding Beatrice Ayuru, Lira Integrated School Gaia Gozzo, CARE International Anca-Ruxandra Gliga, United Network of Young Peacebuilders and Major Group for Children and Youth Rebecca Anna Reichherzer, Denmark Josefina Valencia Toledano, Womens Major Group Maria Cramér, Sweden Pragashnie Adurthy, South Africa Science-policy interface - new ideas, insights and solutions Delegates gather for the session on the science-policy interface - new ideas, insights and solutions Chair Héctor Alejandro Palma Cerna, Deputy Permanent Representative of Honduras to the UN and Vice President of ECOSOC Wu Hongbo, UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs William Colglazier, American Association for the Advancement of Science Lucilla Spini, International Council for Science (ICSU) Guéladio Cissé, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) Aurélien Decamps, Kedge Business School Patrick Paul Walsh, University College Dublin Donovan Guttieres, Global Youth Partnership for the SDGs Peter Messerli, University of Bern Ambrose Murangira, Stakeholder Group for Persons with Disabilities, uses sign language for his intervention Martin Krause, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Annika Lindblom, Finland "Town Hall" Debate with Candidates for UN Secretary-General Hall The first-ever "town hall" debate with candidates for the UN Secretary-General took place in the UN General Assembly The live debate was broadcasted by Al Jazeera UN Secretary-General Candidates (L-R): Natalia Gherman, Moldova; Vuk Jeremić, Serbia; Susana Malcorra, Argentina; António Guterres, Portugal; and Vesna Pusić, Croatia UN Secretary-General Candidates (L-R): Irina Bokova, Bulgaria; Igor Lukšić, Montenegro; Christiana Figueres, Costa Rica; Danilo Türk, Slovenia; and Helen Clark, New Zealand Around the Venue Delegates gather for the second day of the 2016 HLPF Delegates confer before the start of plenary Delegates meet informally between sessions Paula Caballero Gómez, World Bank Federica Pietracci, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) Women's Major Group members distributed red scarves as a reminder of the need for women and girls empowerment Around the UN Headquarters

The 2016 meeting of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) opened on Monday, 11 July 2016, at UN Headquarters in New York. Following an opening plenary, the first day started with a session on “Where do we stand at year one” of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2030 Agenda) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted at the UN Sustainable Development Summit on 25 September 2015. This was followed by three sessions related to the 2016 HLPF theme of “Ensuring that no one is left behind,” on: “Envisioning an inclusive world in 2030”; “Lifting people out of poverty and addressing basic needs”; and “Fostering economic growth, prosperity, and sustainability.” IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has provided daily reports, daily web coverage and a summary and analysis from HLPF 2016, which is available in HTML and PDF format. Photos by IISD/ENB | Kiara Worth For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page Opening Plenary Delegates during the opening session Oh Joon, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the UN and President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Wu Hongbo, UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Session 1: Where do we stand at year one? Panelists for Session 1: Where do we stand at year one? Christiana Figueres, former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Moderator Paula Caballero Gomez, World Bank Debapriya Bhattacharya, Centre for Policy Dialogue Martin Tsounkeu, Africa Development Interchange Network (ADIN) José María Viera, World Blind Union (WBU) Oriana López Uribe, Women's Major Group Macharia Kamau, Kenya Joy Aguilar, Major Group for Children and Youth Session 2: Envisioning an inclusive world in 2030 Panelists for Session 2: Envisioning an inclusive world in 2030 Ion Jinga, Permanent Representative of Romania to the UN and Chair of the 54th session of the Commission for Social Development Moderator Lisa Foster, US Department of Justice Alvaro Esteban Pop Ac, Chair of the 15th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) Onalenna Selolwane, Mosadi Khumo Socio-Economic Empowerment Forum for Women Ibrahim Ismail Abdallah, Arab Organization of Persons with Disability (AOPD) Uchita de Zoysa, Sri Lanka Anna Ballance, EU Chair Héctor Alejandro Palma Cerna, Deputy Permanent Representative of Honduras to the UN and Vice President of ECOSOC Session 3: Lifting people out of poverty and addressing basic needs Panelists for Session 3: Lifting people out of poverty and addressing basic needs Alice Albright, Global Partnership for Education (GPE) Moderator Sarina Prabasi, WaterAid America  Michael Park, Aspen Institute Chair Sven Jürgenson, Permanent Representative of Estonia to the UN and Vice President of ECOSOC Cristina Diez, International Movement ATD Fourth World Xie Zhangwei, China José De Souza, Benin Rajul Pandya-Lorch, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Grace Balawag, Indigenous Peoples Major Group Carla Mucavi, Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN (FAO) Session 4: Fostering economic growth, prosperity, and sustainability Panelists for Session 4: Fostering economic growth, prosperity, and sustainability  Tim Jackson, Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP) Moderator Vinicius Pinheiro, International Labour Organization (ILO)  Bart Verspagen, UN University – Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT) Wellington Chibebe, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) Dyborn Chibonga, National Smallholder Farmers' Association of Malawi (NASFAM) Around the Venue Delegates watch discussions from the balcony A string quartet welcomes delegates to the meeting Christiana Figueres, former Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC Delegates meet before the start of the session Delegates meet informally throughout the day Around the UN Headquarters

On Monday, the Bonn Climate Change Conference continued with substantive work under all three subsidiary bodies. In the morning, the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) agreed to its organization of work, and started discussions on its substantive items in a contact group that met throughout the day. An in-session workshop on agriculture, and a Technical Expert Meeting (TEM) on mitigation through shifting to more efficient public transport and increasing vehicles’ energy efficiency met in the morning and afternoon. Informal consultations under the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) and Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) convened throughout the day. IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has providing daily web coverage, daily reports from the Bonn Climate Change Conference - May 2016. In adiition, IISD Reportaing Services has also published a summary and analysis report from this meeting, which is available in HTML and PDF format. Photos by IISD/ENB | Kiara Worth For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page APA Contact Group View of the dais during the APA contact group APA Co-Chair Jo Tyndall, New Zealand APA Co-Chair Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia Ravi Prasad, India Atif Al-Jumaili, Kuwait Indira Al Dahabi, Jordan, speaking on behalf of the Like-Minded Developing Countries (LMDCs) Nicole Wilke, EU Andrea Faulkner, Australia, speaking on behalf of the Umbrella Group Andrea Guerrero, Colombia, speaking on behalf of the Independent Alliance of Latin America and the Carribean (AILAC) Norbert Bärlocher, Switzerland María del Pilar Bueno, Argentina Zhihua Chen, China Aya Yoshida, Japan Alejandro Rivera Becerra, Mexico Mark Sinclair, New Zealand Fatuma Hussein, Kenya, speaking on behalf of the African Group Leon Charles, Grenada Henrik Eriksen, Norway SBSTA In-Session Workshop on Agriculture: Enhancement of Productivity View of the dais during the workshop Alvin Chandra, Caritas Fred Kossam, Malawi Srinivasa Rao, India Hugues Morand, Canada Alexandre Meybeck, Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN (FAO) Gábor Figeczky, speaking on behalf of Farmers Huy Pham Quang, Viet Nam Walter Oyhantçabal, Uruguay SBI/SBSTA Technical Expert Meeting on Mitigation: Shifting to More Efficient Public Transport and Increasing Energy Efficiency of Vehicles Opening panel for the Technical Expert Meeting Laurence Tubiana, COP 21/CMP 11 Presidency Sheila Watson, FIA Foundation Nick Craven, International Union of Railways (UIC) Ahmed Baroudi, Morocco Subash Dhar, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Mael Martinie, France Juan Hoffmaister, Green Climate Fund (GCF) Around the Venue Carlos Martin-Novella, IPCC Deputy Secretary, speaks with a delegate Delegates from Ecuador Byron Fay, Australia, with Zaheer Fakir, Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board Laurence Tubiana, COP 21/CMP 11 Presidency, speaks with delegates Talieh Wögerbauer, Austria, speaks with a delegate Delegates from Saudi Arabia Delegates between sessions Materials on display around the venue