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HLPF 2016
On Wednesday, the 2016 meeting of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) started with panel discussions on “Creating ownership at the national level” and “Mainstreaming SDGs into national policies, plans and strategies and integrating the three dimensions of sustainable development” in the morning. In the afternoon, discussions took place on “Vertical cooperation – local authorities and national governments working together for implementation of the 2030 Agenda” and “Challenges in mobilizing means of implementation at the national level (Financing, Technology, Capacity building).”
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Creating ownership at the national level
Panel speakers for the session on creating ownership at the national level
Frederick Musiiwa Makamure Shava, Permanent Representative of Zimbabwe to the UN and Vice President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
Jessica Espey, Sustainable Development
Solutions Network (SDSN)
Louis Meuleman,
University of Massachusetts, Boston
Ivane Shamugia, Administration of
the Government of Georgia
Adolfo Ayuso,
Office of the President, Mexico
Annika Lindblom, Counsellor to the Ministry
of the Environment, Finland
Gomer Padong, Philippine Social Enterprise Network (PhilSEN)
Yonglong Lu, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Sunita Kotnala, Women's Major Group
Jiten Yumnam,
Indigenous Peoples Major Group
Mainstreaming SDGs into national policies, plans and strategies and
integrating the three dimensions of sustainable development
View of the panel during the session
Chair Sven Jürgenson, Permanent Representative of Estonia to the UN and Vice President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
Nick Ishmael Perkins, SciDev.net
Joseph Enyimu, Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic
Development, Uganda
Koichi Aiboshi, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Japan
Wardarina, Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development and Co-Chair of Asia Pacific Regional CSO Engagement Mechanism
Eili Lepik, Government Office, Estonia
Izzet Ari, Environment and Sustainable Development at the Ministry of Development, Turkey
Stine Lise Hattestad Bratsberg, PURE Consulting
Olivier Brochenin, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
International Development, France
Mohammed Aliyu, Nigeria
Vertical cooperation – local authorities and national governments working
together for implementation of the 2030 Agenda
Panel speakers for the session on vertical cooperation – local authorities and national
governments working together for implementation of the 2030 Agenda
Kadir Topbaş, Mayor of Istanbul, Turkey
Peter Wollaert, UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
Patrícia Iglecias, State Secretary for Environment, São Paulo, Brazil
Stephan Contius, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, Germany
Hyuk-Sang Sohn, Kyung Hee University
Paddy Torsney, Office of the Inter-Parliamentary Union to the UN
Rosemarie Edillon, National Economic and Development
Authority (NEDA), Philippines
Allan Bird, Papua New Guinea
Dalia Marques, Major Group for Children and Youth
Leida Rijnhout, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) Major Group
Challenges in mobilizing means of implementation at the national level
Delegates attend the session on challenges in mobilizing means of implementation
at the national level - financing, technology and capacity building
Macharia Kamau, Co-Chair, Science,
Technology and Innovation (STI) Forum
Chair Héctor Alejandro Palma Cerna, Deputy Permanent Representative of Honduras to the UN
and Vice President of ECOSOC
Felipe Castro, Inter-Institutional Commission for the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda, Colombia
Manuel Montes, South Centre
Paulo Gadelha, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
Paul Gulleik Larsen, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Norway
Mawussi Djossou Semondji, Expert Minister to the Presidency of Togo
Chengyong Sun, Ministry of Science
and Technology, China
David O’Connor, International Union for
Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Christo Janse van Noordwyk, South Africa
Around the Venue
Delegates gather for the third day of the 2016 HLPF
Delegates from Palau and Pakistan
Delegates from China confer with the Secretariat
Delegates meet informally throughout the day
Ouinibani Konate, Burkina Faso
Kadir Topbaş, Mayor of Istanbul, Turkey
Delegates pose with their favourite SDGs
Delegates read the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Earth Negotiations
Bulletin (ENB) to review yesterday's proceedings
Around the UN Headquarters
Highlights and images for 12 July 2016
HLPF 2016
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.”
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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
Daily report for 12 July 2016
HLPF 2016
Highlights and images for 11 July 2016
HLPF 2016
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.”
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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
Summary report 11–20 July 2016
HLPF 2016
Highlights and images for 7 June 2016
1st annual Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (STI Forum)
The first annual Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI Forum) for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) convened by the President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), concluded its work on Tuesday at UN Headquarters in New York.
During the day, representatives of UN Member States and Major Groups and Other Stakeholders heard presentations from panelists and engaged in an interactive dialogue on four topics:
Creating shared value: How do we make it work?
Ministerial Dialogue: Towards a roadmap of effective science, technology and innovation policy frameworks
The Experience of Youth in using Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development
The Way Forward: Adding Value through the Science, Technology and Innovation Forum
In the closing session, Co-Chair Macharia Kamau (Kenya) said we will have to work harder over the next few months to maximize the potential of this Forum over the next 14 years, including through intersessional interactions, given the huge agenda ahead. He expressed hope that the Forum will be able to feed into the work of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF).
Co-Chair Vaughan Turekian (US) said that achieving the SDGs requires better integration of science, technology and innovation, involving a vast number of stakeholders. STI enabling environments are critical to achieve the SDGs over the next 14 years, he added. This STI Forum is “testable,” like scientific inquiry, and can be improved over time, he concluded.
ECOSOC President Oh Joon said it is time to make the Technology Facilitation Mechanism operational and beneficial for all, and called for everyone’s continued cooperation to mobilize great minds and build lasting partnerships. He said we need to strengthen STI capacity in every country, create innovative knowledge societies that use scientific evidence to inform policy, make advances that greatly facilitate technology transfer and diffusion, and support social technologies to change mindsets and behaviors.
ECOSOC President Oh Joon closed the Forum at 5:45 pm.
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Session 5: Creating Shared Value: How Do We Make It Work?
Moderator Romain Murenzi, 10-Member Group for the Technology Facilitation Mechanism
Alexis Bonnell, Global Innovation Exchange, USAID
Tolullah Oni, Next Einstein Fellow
Lynn St. Amour, President and CEO of Internet Matters
Zitouni Ould-Dada, United Nations Environment Programme
Gary Fowlie, International Telecommunications Union
Till Zbiranski, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Norine Kennedy, US Council for International Business
Lydia Cumiskey, Major Group for Children and Youth
Haidar Fraihat, UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
Session 6: Ministerial Dialogue: Towards a Roadmap of Effective Science,
Technology and Innovation Policy Frameworks
Session 6 Panel (L-R):
Megan Smith, United States Chief Technology Officer;
STI Forum Co-Chair Vaughan Turekian, Science and Technology Adviser to the US Secretary of State;
STI Forum Co-Chair Macharia Kamau, Permanent Representative of Kenya to the United Nations;
Under-Secretary-General Wu Hongbo, Department of Economic and Social Affairs; and
Ligia Amada Melo de Cardona, Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology, Dominican Republic.
Under-Secretary-General Wu Honbgo, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Megan Smith, United States Chief Technology Officer
Joe Mucheru, Ministry of Information, Communications and Technology, Kenya
Ligia Amada Melo de Cardona, Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology, Dominican Republic
Dong Wu, UN Conference on Trade and Development
Marcela Angulo González, CORFO-Chilean Economic Development Agency
Asher Lessels, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
Ambassador Wu Haitao, China
Naoto Kanehira, World Bank
Session 7: The Experience of Youth in Using Science,
Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development
Moderator Elenita Daño, Asia Director, Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration (ETC Group)
Hannah Herbst, 2015 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge winner
David Moinina Sengeh, Co-founder, Global Minimum Inc. and 2014 TED Fellow
Gusti Ayu Fransiska Dewi, Co-founder of Asia Pacific Youth Network on Climate Change and Field Coordinator, Climate for Rainforest Alliance
Linda Staheli, Founder and Executive Director, Global Co Lab Network
Mikaela Preston, University of Pennsylvania
Anthony Rock, President and CEO, Association of Science and Technology Centers
Session 8: The Way Forward: Adding Value through the Science, Technology and Innovation Forum
(L-R): STI Co-Chair Vaughan Turekian, US; STI Co-Chair Macharia Kamau, Kenya; and ECOSOC President Oh Joon
Benedicto Fonseca Filho, Vice-Chair of the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development
Heide Hackmann, Co-Chair, 10-Member Group for the Technology Facilitation Mechanism
Summary report 6–7 June 2016
Habitat III Informal Hearings with Stakeholders
Highlights and images for 27 May 2016
UNEA-2
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.
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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.
Highlights and images for 26 May 2016
Bonn Climate Change Conference - May 2016
On Thursday, the Bonn Climate Change Conference concluded. The Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) held closing plenaries in the morning and evening. A special joint plenary was held to thank UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres for her service, with all present congratulating her, including in song, for her leadership culminating in the Paris Agreement. In response, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Figueres thanked everyone, saying that she has “had the enormous privilege to be at your side as you made history.” In the afternoon and evening, the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) held their closing plenaries.
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SBSTA Closing Plenary
View of the dais during the SBSTA closing plenary
SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize
Wanna Tanunchaiwatana, SBSTA Coordinator
Manasvi Srisodapol, Thailand, speaking on behalf of the G-77/China
Aishath Aileen Niyaz, Maldives, speaking on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)
Norbert Bärlocher, Switzerland, speaking on behalf of the Environmental Integrity Group (EIG)
Michel Rentenaar, EU
Andrea Faulkner, Australia, speaking on
behalf of the Umbrella Group
Eddy Pérez, Climate Action Network (CAN)
Shalia Shahid, Women and Gender
Victor Kabengele wa Kadilu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
APA Consultations
Delegates during the APA consultations
APA Co-Chair Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia
Zhihua Chen, China
Delegates read the revised APA draft conclusions
Members of the Secretariat distribute the text
Joint Meeting of the SBI, SBSTA and APA: Farewell to Christiana Figueres
View of the dais during the joint meeting
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres
Incoming UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa
Laurence Tubiana, COP 21/CMP 11 Presidency
Aziz Mekouar, Incoming COP 22/CMP 12 Presidency
Members of civil society sing 'Climate Queen,' a farewell song dedicated to UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres
APA Co-Chair Jo Tyndall, New Zealand, SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland, and Incoming UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa bid farewell
Delegates give UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres a standing ovation in recognition
of her important contribution to tackling climate change over the years
SBI Closing Plenary
View of the dais during the SBI closing plenary
Madeleine Diouf Sarr, Senegal
SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland
Elena Kruspkaia Mejía Villacís, Ecuador
Mohamed Khalil, Egypt
Erwin Rose, US
Ilka Wagner, EU
Chebet Maikut, Uganda, speaking on behalf of the African Group
Emil Eduardo Calles Lossada, Venezuela
Delegates huddle during the final negotiations
APA Closing Plenary
View of the dais during the APA closing plenary
APA Co-Chair Jo Tyndall, New Zealand
Bouzekri Razi, COP 22/CMP 12 Presidency
Anna Serzysko, APA Rapporteur
Alejandro Rivera, Mexico, speaking on behalf of the EIG
Frances Veronica Victorio, the Philippines
Olfa Jelassi, Women and Gender
Marilyn Averill, Research and Independent NGOs (RINGOs)
Jaime Hermida Castillo, Nicaragua, speaking on behalf of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA)
Johnson Hugo Cerda Shiguango, Indigenous Peoples
Héloïse Pichot, Youth NGOs (YOUNGOs)
Around the Venue
Incoming UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa with UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres
Delegates from Germany
Delegates from Ghana
Delegates from Thailand and Singapore speak informally
Delegates in plenary
Incoming UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa sits with members of the UNFCCC Secretariat
Headsets available for delegates
Marcela Main Sancha, UNFCCC Secretariat, speaks with delegates
Wael Hmaidan, CAN, with UNFCCC Executive
Secretary Christiana Figueres
Observers watch proceedings from the balcony
Members of the Arab Group meet informally
World Conference Center Bonn security staff
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres enters the venue for her final session with the UNFCCC
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa thanks delegates for welcoming her into the UNFCCC process
Delegates use a 'poken' to gather materials during the paperless conference
An information booth for COP 22/CMP 12 in Marrakech
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) team covering the meeting (L-R): Kiara Worth; Beate Antonich; Virginia Wiseman; Jen Allan; Mari Luomi; Alice Bisiaux; Rishikesh Ram Bhandary; and Nancy Williams
Highlights and images for 25 May 2016
UNEA-2
The Committee of the Whole (COW) Drafting Groups continued to meet at the second UN Environment Assembly of the UN Environment Programme (UNEA-2) on Wednesday. In the COW plenary, all groups reported progress and briefed delegates on outstanding matters to be resolved. Discussions in all three Drafting Groups continued late into the evening.
Two symposia took place during the day, on “Mobilizing Investment for Sustainable Development” and “Environment and Displacement: Root causes and implications.” The Environment Management Group (EMG) launched the UN System-Wide Framework of Strategies for the Environment at a lunchtime event. The Sustainable Innovation Expo (SIE) hosted a Business Dialogue for Environmental Sustainability in the afternoon, and many other events took place around the conference venue.
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.
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COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE (COW)
L-R: Jacqueline McGlade, UNEP; Ibrahim Thiaw, Deputy Executive Director, UNEP; COW Chair Idunn Eidheim, Norway;
Tim Kasten, UNEP; Masa Nagai, UNEP;
and Hushan Al-Fityan, Rapporteur
Ibrahim Thiaw, Deputy Executive Director, UNEP
COW Chair Idunn Eidheim, Norway
Drafting Group 1 Co-Chairs Tita Korvenoja, Finland and Hesiquio Benitez Diaz, Mexico
Drafting Group 3 Co-Chair Mohammed Khashashneh, Jordan
Drafting Group 2 Co-Chair John Moreti,
Botswana
Drafting Group 3 Co-Chair Corinna Enders,
Germany
L-R: Neranda Maurice-George, Saint Lucia; Christopher Cox, UNEP;
and Alistair Edwards, Saint Kitts
and Nevis
Hussein Roshdy, Egypt
Vita Onwuasoanya, UN Division of Ocean Affairs and Law of the Sea (UNDOALOS)
Konrad Paulsen Rivas, Chile
Michèle Rattray-Huish, Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
Peter Denton, Regional Representative for North America, Science and Technology Major Group
Lucy Mulenkei, Indigenous Information Network
DRAFTING GROUPS
L-R: Drafting Group 3 Co-Chairs Corinna Enders,
Germany and Mohammed Khashashneh, Jordan;
with Masa Nagai, UNEP
Drafting Group 3 discussses a draft resolution
Delegates during Drafting Group 1 discussions
SIDE EVENTS
View of the Symposium on Mobilizing Sustainable Investment
L-R: Eric Usher, UNEP Finance Initiative; Jeremy Ngunze, Kenya; Tumurkhuu Davaakhuu, Mongolia;
Bernard Osawa, Kenya; and Raymond Carlsen, Norway
George Mwangala, Kenya Youth Climate Network
Ayo Olukanni, Fight Against Desert Encroachment (FADE)
Ali Darvishi Boloorani, University of Tehran, Iran
Susanne Homisell, IHS Energy and Samuel Hall
Caroline Usikpedo, Niger Delta Women's Movement for Peace and Development
Marlene Francia, IBON International
Jan Eliasson, UN Deputy Secretary-General
L-R: Yusuf Hassan Abdi, Member of Parliament, National Assembly, Kenya; Anote Tong, Former President of
Kiribati; Robert Glasser, Head, UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction; and Shamsad Akhtar, Under-Secretary-General of the
UN and Executive Secretary of UN Economic
and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Dais during the launch of the UN System-Wide Framework of Strategies for the Environment with (L-R:) Tarja Fernandez, Finland;
Elliott Harris, Secretariat of the Environment Management Group; Franz Perrez, Ambassador
for
the Environment, Switzerland;
Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity;
and Tim Scott, UNDP
Dais during the Partnership for addressing environmental challenges faced by small island developing states with
(L-R:) Elba Rosa Pérez Montoya, Minister of Science, Technology and Environment, Cuba; Wu Hongbo,
UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs; Ahmed Sareer, Permanent Representative of the
Maldives to the UN; and Anote Tong former President of Kiribati
BUSINESS DIALOGUE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
Andrew Revkin, Science and Environment Journalist, New York Times
Amina J. Mohamed, Minister of Environment, Nigeria
L-R: Andrew Revkin, New York Times; Harry Verhaar, Philips Lighting; Jens Holst Nielsen, Confederation of Danish Industry;
Craig Hanson, World Resource Institute; Andia Chakava, New Face New Voices, Kenya Chapter; Esben Lunde Larsen,
Minister of Environment and Food, Denmark; and Jane Nishida, Environmental Protection Agency, US
L-R: Scott Vaughan, President, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD); Paul Isaac
Musasizi, CEO, Kiira Motors; and Jane Nyakang'o, Kenya National Clear Production Center
L-R: Sally Lee, Mayor of Sorsogon City, the Philippines; John Alrichs, Planet Labs; Barrie Bain, International
Fertilizer
Industry Association; and Daniel Calleja, Director-General, Environment DG, European Commission
Scott Vaughan, President, IISD
Sally Lee, Mayor of Sorsogon City, the Philippines