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19th Session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC 19) of the UNCCD
Attendees shared experiences on desertification issues to be addressed at the next Conference of the Parties, including Land Degradation Neutrality projects and policy frameworks on drought, gender, and land tenure.
12th Plenary Session of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO-XII) and Mexico City Ministerial Summit
How to Make Hybrid Meetings Work
All three Rio Conventions announced in-person meetings for the final quarter of 2021. The trio of organizations—UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), and UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)—all seem to be going ahead full steam. The UNFCCC Bureau just announced it will hold three weeks of informal talks in June and agreed decision making is an in-person affair, to occur at the next formal meeting. (The day after this article was originally published, the UNCCD announced its COP will take place in 2022. A virtual ExCOP will adopt an interim budget this year.)
60th Meeting of the GEF Council
The 60th meeting of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council adopted a Work Program worth USD 281.1 million that includes eight stand-alone full-sized projects on international waters, four on biodiversity, three on climate change mitigation, and two on chemicals and waste.