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Indigenous peoples at COP 24 The following events were covered by IISD Reporting Services on Thursday, 6 December 2018: High-Level Opening of the COP 24 ICC Business and Industry Day One Planet Fellowship: Using a Gender Lens to Invest in the Next Generation of Climate Adaptation Scientists in Africa Photos by IISD/ENB | Natalia Mroz / Diego Noguera For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page High-Level Opening of the COP 24 ICC Business and Industry Day Presented by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) L-R: Majda Dabaghi, Director of Green Inclusive Growth, ICC, Paris; Bertrand Piccard, Chairman, Solar Impulse Foundation, Switzerland; Patricia Fuller, Ambassador for Climate Change, Canada; and Justin Perrettson, Head of Global Engagements, Novozymes, Denmark The official UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) COP 24 Business and Industry Day convened under the theme “increasing climate ambition – a private-public dialogue.” The event was hosted and organized by the ICC, in its capacity as the UNFCCC Focal Point for Business and Industry. Presenters shared experiences and ideas on the leadership and change required to enhance the ambition of countries’ Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and make zero-emissions development a reality. The event was also organized to contribute to the development of high-level inputs to the Talanoa Dialogue. Majda Dabaghi, Director of Green Inclusive Growth, ICC, Paris, highlighted the ICC’s work to support the UNFCCC processes in bringing business perspectives into the policy sphere, and to help both small and large businesses around the world to align their business strategies with the goals of the Paris Agreement. She pointed to the growing need for public-private partnerships to increase climate ambition in business communities, stressing that the COP 24 Business and Industry Day is set for this purpose. Moderator Justin Perrettson, Head of Global Engagements, Novozymes, Denmark, highlighted the need to link climate actions from business and industry with the efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), noting his company’s commitment to the SDGs and to joining the UNFCCC/ICC networks. He called for integrating climate policies into day-to-day business operations and business strategies. Inia Seruiratu, High-level Climate Champion, and Minister for Agriculture, Rural & Maritime Development, and National Disaster Management, Fiji, thanking the contribution of business and industry to the Talanoa Dialogue process, emphasized the need to help governments implement, enhance and achieve their NDCs by utilizing and scaling up existing business actions, and investing in technological innovation. He pointed to the need for business and industry to: act on greenhouse gas emission reductions and energy efficiency by deploying new technology and creating sustainable supply chains; and drive sustainable choices for consumers. Seruiratu called for enhanced and accountable public-private partnerships through stronger coordination among governments, the private sector, NGOs and research institutes, saying “we cannot fight this challenge alone.” Bertrand Piccard, Chairman, Solar Impulse Foundation, Switzerland, spoke about what needs to be done for businesses to undertake climate actions without using the words “climate change,” stressing that the UNFCCC and ICC together can bring actual changes in the business sector. Commenting on the reason for slow growth today, he outlined changes in the world, noting that people have already acquired most of the things they need. He then described three ways for convincing businesses to actually implement climate actions, including through: showing energy efficiency technologies are absolutely profitable while contributing to deliver environmental goals; helping transform business attitudes; and reducing poverty to increase number of consumers. He introduced the Solar Impulse Foundation’s 1000 efficient solutions (#1000solutions) as an example of progressive climate action. Patricia Fuller, Ambassador for Climate Change, Canada, underscored the critical role of business in addressing climate change, and making links between the environment and the economy. She spoke about the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, set to meet her country’s emissions reduction target, grow the economy and build resilience to a changing climate. Fuller said the Framework includes a Pan-Canadian approach to: carbon pricing; measures to achieve reductions across all sectors of the economy, such as setting a regulatory framework and providing incentives to the private sector; drive innovation and growth by increasing technology development and adoption to ensure Canadian businesses are competitive in the global low-carbon economy; and adaptation efforts to build resilient infrastructure. She further highlighted her country’s efforts to partner with businesses internationally, including: the “Powering Past Coal” alliance with the UK, inviting government entities from around the world to phase out dirty coal power plants; the Equal Rights Coalition to promote gender equality; and sustainable finance research work in partnership with the private sector in the G7 process. In the ensuing discussion, participants considered: the need to address business concerns through the design of the carbon pricing scheme; the evolvement of NDCs in Fiji and Canada; and the importance of engaging small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to improve their energy efficiency potentials. Responding to a question on SMEs, Seruiratu stressed the importance of communication, saying, “no one is too small” to contribute to climate action. Majda Dabaghi, Director of Green Inclusive Growth, ICC Moderator Justin Perrettson, Head of Global Engagements, Novozymes, Denmark Inia Seruiratu, High-level Climate Champion, Fiji Bertrand Piccard, Solar Impulse Foundation, Switzerland Patricia Fuller, Ambassador for Climate Change, Canada A family photo at the beginning of the event Photos of this event courtesy of Stephen Lloyd, ICC CONTACT Majda Dabaghi, ICC | majda.dabaghi@iccwbo.org MORE INFORMATION https://iccwbo.org/ One Planet Fellowship: Using a Gender Lens to Invest in the Next Generation of Climate Adaptation Scientists in Africa Presented by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), BNP Paribas and African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) L-R: Sébastien Soleille, BNP Paribas; Jean-Jacques Goron, BNP Paribas Foundation; Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg, Director, AWARD; Tony Simons, World Agroforestry Centre; and Gareth Phillips, African Development Bank (AfDB) This panel, hosted by BNP Paribas, the ICC and AWARD, brought together actors in the One Planet Fellowship Programme, which was developed to build global networks of African and European agricultural scientists working on gender-responsive climate adaptation solutions for African smallholder farmers. The session focused on the importance of investing in sustainable agriculture in Africa and developing the African scientific capacity to inform this. During the panelist introductions, Tony Simons, World Agroforestry Center, expressed his embarrassment and noted his positionality as a white male participating in a panel on gender in Africa that included only one African woman alongside four European men. Moderator Sébastien Soleille, BNP Paribas, highlighted the crucial role of women in adaptation, both in the energy transition to decentralized, renewable-based networks and in building an agricultural sector that sequesters carbon and feeds a growing population. He explained that BNP Paribas’s financial tools aim to support these transitions by building scientific networks between Europe and Africa. Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg, Director, AWARD, introduced the One Planet Fellowship and its aim of supporting 600 emerging scientists from Africa and Europe in producing research to support African farmers adapt to climate change. She outlined that the Fellowship awardees will be trained to make gender a fundamental component of their research and approach to science. This is critical, she explained, because women are at the center of agricultural production in Africa and researchers require training on how to support agriculture on the continent to become more productive, sustainable and resilient. “If you’re talking about climate change in Africa and you’re not talking about gender,” she explained, “you’re in the wrong conversation.” Kamau-Retenberg also stressed the importance of supporting African scientists, noting the lack of African voices in major international scientific bodies, such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Improving this representation, she said, would help these bodies give greater attention to issues facing Africa such as adaptation and smallholder agriculture. She noted the need to put women and marginalized groups at the center of the discussions on adaptation. She said inclusion of European scientists in the One Planet Fellowship would enhance their understanding of Africa’s agricultural needs, repeating that “research in Africa needs to be relevant to farmers.” She also stressed that history has shown that gaps between European and African scientists will persist and collaboration of the necessary quality and scale will not occur without intentional efforts to build links between them. Jean-Jacques Goron, BNP Paribas Foundation, discussed the role of corporate philanthropy in raising awareness of social and environmental issues. He cited the BNP Paribas Climate Initiative, which has funded AWARD in collaboration with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, as an example of how philanthropy can be a catalyst for businesses investing in partnerships. He concluded by saying that “the essential role of philanthropy is to make bets on the most promising solutions.” Gareth Phillips, AfDB, discussed the Bank’s efforts to facilitate investment in climate-related projects across the continent. He emphasized the critical importance of investing in sustainable agriculture, noting that only a small step separates failure of agriculture to dangerous migration and radicalization. He suggested that while the private sector is starting to change and invest more in agriculture, it is not happening quickly enough. Phillips also stressed the need to develop stronger links between agriculture and adaptation as well as a more compelling, science-based narrative around this. This, he said, would help attract much-needed finance, which should be forthcoming before disasters or agricultural failures, not only afterwards. Tony Simons, World Agroforestry Center, remarked that financing opportunities for agriculture often start with unusual coalitions. Noting the need to bring back agricultural development to the principles of capturing energy strategically and effectively, he championed the role of research in informing social, technical and policy solutions. In Africa, he suggested, AWARD’s role leading the agricultural revolution will spur a greater societal revolution. At the urging of session participants, the panelists discussed their plans for future engagement and collaboration, including more on incorporating gender into agricultural financing. They also addressed: the importance of managing sustainable soils; the role of microfinance and regional banks in reaching smallholder farmers and providing them with financial stability; and how smart connectivity tools can help farmers better manage crop insurance in light of climate impacts. L-R: Sébastien Soleille, BNP Paribas; Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg, AWARD; Jean-Jacques Goron, BNP Paribas Foundation; Gareth Phillips, AfDB; and Tony Simons, World Agroforestry Centre Jean-Jacques Goron, BNP Paribas Foundation Tony Simons, World Agroforestry Centre Gareth Phillips, AfDB Moderator Sébastien Soleille, BNP Paribas Clyde Graham, Fertilizer Canada, asks a question to Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg, Director, AWARD Eleonore van der Lande, Solar Impulse Foundation Denis Sonwa,Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) Gareth Phillips, AfDB, and Tony Simons, World Agroforestry Centre, share a laugh during the event Participants during the event CONTACT Majda Dabaghi, ICC | majda.dabaghi@iccwbo.org Sylvain Taboni, BNP Paribas | sylvain.taboni@bnpparibas.com MORE INFORMATION https://oneplanetfellowship.org/ http://www.iccwbo.org Around the Venue

The second meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI 2) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) opened on Monday, following the 22nd meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 22) and a Sunday seminar on transformational change for the biodiversity agenda. Delegates heard opening remarks, addressed organizational matters, and engaged in discussions on: review of progress in the implementation of the Convention and the Strategic Plan 2011-2020; assessment and review of the effectiveness of the Nagoya Protocol on access and benefit-sharing (ABS); and mainstreaming of biodiversity within and across sectors, and other strategic actions to enhance implementation. In the evening, an opening reception was held on the theme “Indigenous peoples, local communities and the future of biodiversity.” 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. Photos by IISD/ENB | Franz Dejon For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page L-R: Roberta Bondar, Canada's first female astronaut, and founder, Roberta Bondar Foundation; Jyoti Mathur-Filipp, CBD Secretariat; SBI 2 Chair Francis Ogwal (Uganda); Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez, Vice Minister, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico; CBD Executive Secretary Cristiana Paşca Palmer; and CBD Deputy Executive Secretary David Cooper Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez, Vice Minister, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico SBI 2 Chair Francis Ogwal CBD Executive Secretary Cristiana Paşca Palmer Jiří Hlaváček, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) SBI 2 observed a moment of silence in memory of Olivier de Munck, CBD Secretariat SBI 2 keynote speaker, Roberta Bondar, Canada's first female astronaut, and founder, Roberta Bondar Foundation View of a presentation by Roberta Bondar, Canada's first female astronaut, and founder, Roberta Bondar Foundation Belal Alhayek, Syrian Arab Republic Eugenia Arguedas Montezuma, Costa Rica Jesus Guerra Bell, Cuba Soonhwan Hwang, Republic of Korea Prudence Tangham Galega, Cameroon Wolfram Tertschnig, Austria, for the EU Wilson Rojas, Ecuador Senka Barudanovic, Bosnia and Herzegovina Shoni Munhedzi, South Africa Fionna Cumming, New Zealand Arora Sujata, India Crisanta Marlene Rodriguez, the Philippines Jing Xin, China View of a presentation on mainstreaming biodiversity by UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and African Wildlife Foundation Neville Ash, UNEP-WCMC Jimmiel Mandima, African Wildlife Foundation SBI 2 Snapshots L-R: Roberta Bondar, Canada's first female astronaut and founder, Roberta Bondar Foundation; and CBD Executive Secretary Cristiana Paşca Palmer Roberta Bondar, Canada's first female astronaut, and founder, Roberta Bondar Foundation, with CBD Secretariat, and SBSTTA 22 Chair Mundita Lim Delegates from Small Island Developing States consulting L-R: CBD Executive Secretary Cristiana Paşca Palmer and Kent Nnadozie, Secretary, International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) geared towards enhancing cooperation between the two Secretariats. SBSTTA 22 Chair Mundita Lim (center) with participants from the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity L-R: Lahcene Rekik, Lisa Pedicelli, and Florence Blot, CBD Secretariat

The 22nd meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 22) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) continued Tuesday in Montreal. Delegates engaged in discussions on the following agenda items: Updated scientific assessment of progress towards selected Aichi Biodiversity Targets and options to accelerate progress; Protected areas and other measures for enhanced conservation and management (OECMs); and Marine and coastal biodiversity: ecologically or biologically significant marine areas (EBSAs), addressing anthropogenic underwater noise and marine debris, biodiversity in cold-water areas and marine spatial planning.  A contact group on risk assessment and risk management of living modified organisms met 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. Photos by IISD/ENB | Franz Dejon For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page L-R: CBD Deputy Executive Secretary David Cooper; Alexander Shestakov, CBD Secretariat; Eugenia Arguedas Montezuma (Costa Rica), SBSTTA Bureau ; Robert Höft, CBD Secretariat SBSTTA plenary listening to presentations on IPBES assessment reports Eugenia Arguedas Montezuma (Costa Rica), SBSTTA Bureau Sonali Senaratna Sellamuttu, Co-Chair, IPBES Regional Assessment for Asia Pacific Nichole Barger, Coordinating Lead Author, IPBES Land Degradation Assessment Mark Rounsevell, Co-Chair IPBES Regional Assessment for Europe and Central Asia Scott Wilson, Canada Somaly Chan, Cambodia Xu Jing, China Luciana Melchert, Brazil Jeremy Woon Ren Wei, Singapore Snežana Prokic, Serbia Jane Smart, IUCN Anne Larigauderie, IPBES Executive Secretary Joji Cariño, Forest People's Programme Astrid Hilgers, the Netherlands Prudence Tangham Galega, Cameroon Els Martens, Belgium L-R: Alexander Shestakov, CBD Secretariat; Adams Toussaint (Saint Lucia), SBSTTA Bureau; and Sarat Babu Gidda, CBD Secretariat Glenn Litsios, Switzerland Angella Kabira, Zimbabwe Larbi Sbaï, Morocco Alice Hicuburundi, UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea Nainy Zaw Htun, Myanmar Denis Duclos, France Takehiro Nakamura, UNEP Swetha Stotrabhashyam, Global Youth Biodiversity Network Raed Bani-Hani, Jordan Alissa Takesy, Federated States of Micronesia L-R: Adem Bilgin and Mustafa Uzun, Turkey Grace Aurora Pastores, the Philippines Moustafa Fouda, Egypt Participants collecting biodiversity information materials L-R: Ahmed Birouk, Morocco, and Lahcene Rekik, CBD Secretariat L-R: Lisa Pedicelli, CBD Secretariat, and Issa Bado, Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie L-R: Jeremy Woon Rei Wen, Singapore; Elpidio Peria, ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity; and June Batang-ay, Tebtebba Foundation Photos from Side Events Side event on "The Evolution of ‘Inclusive Conservation’: From Durban and PoWPA to the Aichi Targets, GEF-7 and the post-2020 biodiversity framework” organised by the ICCA Consortium featured Indigenous peoples, local communities and grassroots organisations from nine countries sharing their perspectives on the meaning of "inclusive conservation," as well as commentators from IUCN Global Protected Areas Programme, IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas, GEF-SGP, UNEP-WCMC, WWF-International and the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity. The side event highlighted the many diverse contributions of territories and areas conserved by Indigenous peoples and local communities (abbreviated as "ICCAs -- territories of life") to biological and cultural diversity, the need to reform "fortress conservation" and the importance of ensuring that GEF's seventh replenishment programme on inclusive conservation is defined and guided by Indigenous peoples and local communities themselves.     Better Tools and Standards: Enhancing Effectiveness and Mainstreaming of Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) by FEBA, IUCN and IISD This jointly held side event aims to address these challenges based on the diverse experiences of Friends of EbA (FEBA) members IISD and IUCN. Presentations concentrated on the biodiversity-adaptation nexus and the introduction of different tools, quality criteria, and standards to enhance the effectiveness of EbA. A specific focus was the new Adaptation, Livelihoods and Ecosystems (ALivE) Planning Tool. ALivE is a practical computer-based EbA planning tool designed to support its users in organizing and analyzing information to plan effective EbA options based on a context-specific analysis of ecosystems, livelihoods, and climate change, to assist adaptation practitioners, conservationists, and government decision-makers with the development and planning of effective EbA projects. Such tools increase the effectiveness of EbA implementation on the ground and also enhance integration of effective EbA into conservation and development approaches and policy.