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Many countries called for an ambitious, legally binding agreement on plastics, emphasizing the urgency of coordinated global action to address the entire lifecycle of plastics, from production to disposal.
Highlights and images for 5 July 2019
Facilitator Natasha Walker
On Friday, participants to the Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity heard presentations on communication, outreach, and the role of stakeholders with regard to the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, as well as on key cross-cutting issues, including capacity building, resource mobilization, and research needs. They addressed the draft Co-Chairs' report, which will be finalized in the coming weeks on the basis of participants' input; heard comments on next steps from Conference Co-Chairs' Nina Vik and Finn Katerås, and the Co-Chairs of the Open-ended Working Group of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) on the post-2020 framework Francis Ogwal and Basile van Havre; and heard a closing statement from Ellen Hambro, Norwegian Environment Agency.
Jane Smart, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), stressed the need for increased clarity of the post-2020 framework and its targets, and for alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, Minister of Environment and Energy, Costa Rica, emphasized the need for: phasing out perverse incentives; open and transparent objectives regarding resource mobilization; and aligning public and private investments with national biodiversity strategies and action plans.
Sudhanshu Sarronwala, WWF International, highlighted a WWF study examining consumer mindsets in ten developing countries, where half the people believe that biodiversity is declining, but only 40% see biodiversity and nature as an important source of raw materials for the economy; and only one third associate biodiversity with basic necessities such as food and fresh water. Highlighting how targets are influencing business, Alice Durand-Reville, Danone, explained that Danone has committed to carbon neutrality by 2050 throughout the whole value chain, which entailed rethinking products and energy consumption.
Joji Cariño, Forest Peoples Programme, presented on the contributions of indigenous peoples and local communities to CBD implementation, and lessons shared through the Local Biodiversity Outlooks. Christian Schwarzer, Germany, and Melina Sakiyama, Brazil, Global Youth Biodiversity Network, urged addressing overproduction and consumption, global inequalities, and assassinations of nature defenders. Jamison Ervin, UN Development Programme, highlighted the need for developing capacities to: replicate; scale-up; transform supply chains; tell a good story; unleash private sector capital; create a planetary safety net; and buffer the most vulnerable.
Mark Zimsky, Global Environment Facility (GEF), noted that the GEF's seventh replenishment has been reoriented to address the systemic and underlying drivers of biodiversity loss, adding that a two-track investment strategy is focusing on: cities; sustainable forest management; and food systems, land use, and restoration. Meriem Bouamrane, Man and the Biosphere Programme, UNESCO, highlighted: the contribution of culture and of diverse knowledge and value systems; the role of education and life-learning processes; the need for countries to have endogenous research and monitoring capacities; interdependency between biodiversity and development issues; and the need to address urban issues.
Francis Ogwal and Basile van Havre, Co-Chairs of the CBD Open-ended Working Group on the post-2020 framework, identified new elements to be addressed, including the need to involve new sectors, and consider new factors such as population change, food and agriculture, human health, deforestation, and restoration.
Conference Co-Chairs Nina Vik and Finn Katerås announced that all conference outputs, including the Co-Chairs' report and powerpoint presentations, will be available on the conference webpage. They expressed the hope that the Conference provided knowledge, friendships, inspiration, and motivation to participants, and invited them to provide their feedback in the upcoming month.
Ellen Hambro stressed the scientific basis has never been bolder, and the biodiversity crisis never higher on the global agenda. She expressed her appreciation to all participants for their enthusiasm and dedication, and closed the Conference at 1:00 pm.
Highlights and images for 17 January 2017
United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) Working Group and Special Session
On Tuesday, 17 January 2017, a Working Group of the UN Forum on Forests continued discussions at UN Headquarters in New York City, focused on drafting a Strategic Plan and Programme of Work for the next four years. The Working Group aspires to reach consensus on these documents by the end of the week, so that they can be adopted at a special session on Friday, 20 January, to be considered at the 12th session of UNFF, to be held in May 2017.
In the morning, delegates discussed the Programme of Work for 2017-2020, including themes for upcoming UNFF sessions, intersessional work, and financing.
A revised text was circulated at lunch, and delegates met within regional groups for discussion. In the afternoon, delegates resumed discussion on the Strategic Plan, with a focus on Global Forest Goals.
Translation services ended at 6:00 pm, but delegates continued discussion in an informal capacity, tackling issues such as how to refer to indigenous peoples within the Global Forest Goals. Some delegates expressed concern that the document could become unwieldy if too many targets and thematic areas are included, and encouraged consolidation.
IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, provided daily web updates from the UNFF Working Group and Special Session. In addition, IISD Reporting Services has published a summary and analysis report of this event, which is available in HTML and PDF.
Liubov Poliakova, Ukraine, requested including more information on work undertaken at the regional level.
Markku Aho, Farmers and Small Forest Landowners, said including regional meetings in the 4POW would give opportunity for sharing experiences and best practice.
Sibylle Vermont, Switzerland, requested a report of the Trust Fund be presented at each session.
Javad Momeni, Iran, called for inclusion of resource mobilization to advance SFM and implementation of the Strategic Plan.
Luca Perez, EU, called for aligning the priority thematic areas of discussion for each UNFF session with that year’s HLPF focus.
Elias Sekaleli, Lesotho, suggested including progress reports within the 4POW on mobilization of forest finance from different resources particularly from G3FN.
Adamou Ibro, Niger, suggested that the mission statement should consider “trees outside of forests.”
Delegates conferred during the lunch break.
Delegates queued eagerly to receive the revised draft text.
Launch of the SIDS Coalition for Nature and Call for Action: Advocating for Greater Means for Achieving Ambitious Objectives
This CBD COP 15 side event made a call to action to enhance the means of implementing ambitious objectives for nature in SIDS under the post-2020 global biodiversity framework.
Berlin Forum on Chemicals and Sustainability
Many participants raised the need for a science-policy interface (SPI) on chemicals and wastes—noting any such body should be global, authoritative, “horizon scanning,” prestigious, independent and inclusive.
Highlights and images for 18 February 2016
2nd Meeting of Signatories to the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks (MOS2)
The Second Meeting of Signatories (MOS2) to the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks (Sharks MOU) of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) continued for its fourth day in San José, Costa Rica.
In the morning, MOS2 began with a signing ceremony, welcoming Portugal as the fortieth member of the Sharks MOU. The Credentials Committee reported that all Signatories present at MOS2 have provided their credentials. MOS2 proceeded, continuing its discussion on the MOU’s rules of procedure, including on its purpose, quorum, decision making, procedural motions and observers. MOS2 then discussed the Advisory Committee’s (AC) terms of reference.
In the afternoon, MOS2 discussed: the MOU’s programme of work, including items related to information exchange and supporting synergies; the AC’s draft format for national reporting; and the draft terms of reference for cooperating partners, which they agreed to. They heard presentations from candidate cooperating partners, namely International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), Project Aware, the Shark Trust, Sharks Advocates International, Manta Trust, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) on, inter alia: their conservation strategies; education and outreach activities; capacity building efforts; and efforts to support the Sharks MOU. Afterwards, they signed the Sharks MOU as coordinating partners. MOS2 then proceeded to discuss the terms of reference for the Conservation Working Group, to which they agreed.
Two side events were held during the lunch break, “Golfo Dulce: Scalloped Hammerhead Sanctuary” was organized by Misión Tiburon, and “Global and Regional Perspectives for the Conservation and Management Of Migratory Sharks” was organized by Pretoma and Pew Charitable Trusts.
IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has provided daily web coverage and a summary and analysis report from Sharks MOS2, which is avaiable in HTML and PDF formats.
Signing Ceremony for Portugal to the Sharks MOU
Melanie Virtue, CMS Secretariat, João Loureiro, Portugal, Bert Lenten, CMS Secretariat, Chair Fernando Mora Rodríguez, Vice Minister of Waters, Oceans, Coasts and Wetlands, Costa Rica
Melanie Virtue, CMS Secretariat, Bert Lenten, CMS Secretariat, and João Loureiro, Portugal
Plenary
Lesley Gidding, Australia
Djibril Diouck, Senegal
Francisco Ponce, Chile, Andrea Ramírez, Colombia, and IWG Co-Chair Jamie Rendell (UK)
Ralf Sonntag, DEEPWAVE
Jürgen Friedrich, Germany
Stamatis Varsamos, EU
Øystein Størkersen, Norway
Francisco Ponce, Chile, and Andrea Ramírez, Colombia
Kossi Maxoe Sedzro, Togo
Scott Gallacher, New Zealand
Informal consultation during coffee break
Lesley Gidding, Australia, and Stamatis Varsamos, EU
Signing Ceremony for new Coordinating Partners to the Sharks MOU
Akram Eissa Darwich, International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)
Sonja Fordham, Shark Advocates International
Amie Brautigam, World Conservation Society (WCS)
Isabel Ender, Manta Trust
Ania Budziak, Project AWARE
Ali Hood, Shark Trust
Side Event: Global and Regional Perspectives for the Conservation and Management of Migratory Sharks
Side Event: Golfo Dulce: Scalloped Hammerhead Sanctuary
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Costa Rican delegates
Bo-Alex Fredvik, IISDRS, Brazil/Canada, Asterios Tsioumanis, IISDRS, Greece, and Jennifer Lenhart, IISDRS, Sweden/United States
Tine Lindberg-Roncari, CMS Secretariat, Robert Vagg, Report Writer, CMS Secretariat
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Summary
Funding for coverage of Sharks MOS2 has been provided by CMS
CMS Resources
Sharks MOS2 Website
Provisional Agenda and List of Documents
Sharks MOU Text with Annexes
Report of the First MOU
Fact Sheet on the CMS Sharks MOU
Sharks MOU Website
IISD ENB/ENB Meeting Coverage
11th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP11) of the CMS, 3-9 November 2014, Quito, Ecuador
12th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP 12) and 1st Meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (NP COP/MOP 1), 6-17 and 13-17 October 2014, Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea
Sharks MOS1, 24-27 September 2012, Bonn, Germany
IISD Reporting Services Archive of CMS Meetings
Additional IISD Resources
BIODIVERSITY-L - A Mailing List for News on Biodiversity and Wildlife Policy
Natural Resources Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of UN and Intergovernmental Activities Addressing Biodiversity, Forests, Land and Water Issues
Linkages Update - Bi-weekly International Environment and Sustainable Development News
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Action for Peace and Biodiversity
Experts explained how transboundary conservation areas can contribute to the implementation of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, improve international relations and cooperation, while also contributing to peace.
The Satoyama Initiative: A Decade of Working for Societies in Harmony with Nature
This side event presented the results of 12 years of the Satoyama Initiative—a global effort to realize “societies in harmony with nature” through landscape approaches first proposed at CBD COP 10.
ENBOTS selected side events coverage for 13 May 2017
Bonn Climate Change Conference - May 2017
The following side events were covered by ENBOTS on Saturday, 13 May 2017:
Marrakech Partnership: Building Trust and Inclusiveness in Non-Party Stakeholder Engagement
Global Status of Carbon Capture and Storage and the Progress Made over the Past Two Decades
The Role of Development Finance Institutions in Supporting Client Countries to Deliver on 1.5°C and Sustainable Development Goal Commitments
IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin on the Side (ENBOTS) Meeting Coverage, is providing daily web coverage of selected side events at the Bonn Climate Change Conference, May 2017.
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Marrakech Partnership: Building Trust and Inclusiveness in Non-Party Stakeholder Engagement
Presented by York University and Colorado State University
In this side event, researchers and practitioners discussed the role of multi-stakeholder dialogues under the Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action, focusing on how forums for non-party stakeholders can help address the climate action ambition gap and link climate action to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Idil Boran, York University, moderated the panel. She emphasized the need to reflect on the criteria and principles that guide multi-actor engagement in the climate policy process.
Noting that the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) currently registers 12,000 non-state actor commitments to climate action, Sander Chan, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), drew attention to the “enormous groundswell and enormous potential” of these actors. Observing that 70-90% of all climate actions are led by organizations based in the global North but implemented in the global South, Chan questioned why the international community is not acknowledging these disparities. He identified gaps in transnational climate governance, including: leadership, participation, implementation and performance.
Gamini Thilakasiri, Ministry of Agriculture, Agrarian Development, Irrigation, Industries and Environment, Western Province, Sri Lanka, stressed that every nation’s stability, security and prosperity is threatened by climate change. Describing the journey to a stable climate as “hard and long,” he emphasized that regional governments can make major contributions towards the achievement of climate goals and the SDGs at the grassroots level.
Aniruddh Mohan, Tandem Research and the Wuppertal Institute, concentrated on the crucial role that non-state actors play in fostering equity and trust in transnational governance after the Paris Agreement. Observing that climate change is now perceived as a “system-wide problem” but debates about equity remain stuck “in the old framework,” he called for new paradigms for discussing equity. Mohan also stressed the need for linkages with other transnational regimes, remarking that equity cannot be solely negotiated within the “silo” of the UNFCCC.
Kenneth Shockley, Colorado State University (CSU), asked how the international community can continue to develop the concept of “working together.” He pointed to transdisciplinary models in ecological restoration and suggested that building trust and inclusiveness requires “ongoing adaptive measures.” Shockley also recommended models of “collaborative problem formulation” that allow civil society to participate in the process of problem framing.
During the ensuing discussion, participants addressed, inter alia: the sustainability of grassroots programmes for climate action in light of capacity challenges; the role and challenges of monitoring in polycentric governance structures; and the underrepresentation of non-state actors in developing countries.
(L-R): Idil Boran, York University; Kenneth Shockley, CSU; Aniruddh Mohan, Tandem Research and the Wuppertal Institute; and Gamini Thilakasiri, Ministry of Agriculture, Agrarian Development, Irrigation, Industries and Environment, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Idil Boran, York University, stressed that the participation of non-party stakeholders is critical to building trust and inclusiveness in the UNFCCC process.
Sander Chan, DIE, highlighted interconnections between the Paris Agreement and the SDGs.
(Aniruddh Mohan, Tandem Research and the Wuppertal Institute (center), observed that, in the absence of sanctions and incentives, “notions of trust and norms will hold us together.”
During the discussion, Carmen Vermeer holds the "catch box," a roving microphone.
Contact:
Idil Boran | iboran@yorku.ca
Kenneth Shockley | kennethshockley@gmail.com
More Information:
http://www.yorku.ca/index.html
https://www.colostate.edu/
Global Status of Carbon Capture and Storage and the Progress Made over the Past Two DecadesPresented by the Global Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Institute
This side event, moderated by David Hone, Shell International, provided an update on the potential of CCS to help keep the global temperature rise to below 2°C above preindustrial levels. Hone highlighted CCS as “critical technology” to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, noting that, for many people, “the penny hasn’t dropped yet.”
John Scowcroft, Global CCS Institute, introduced his organization and outlined the global status of CCS in 2016. Noting that fossil fuel demand, while diminishing in percentage terms, has been growing in absolute terms, he emphasized that CCS is an inherent part of a low-emissions future. He said that CCS is critical in a portfolio of low-carbon technologies, and warned that mitigation costs more than double in scenarios with limited CCS availability. Scowcroft also underscored the need for strong policy to drive investment as CCS “must be afforded policy parity.”
Ellina Levina, International Energy Agency (IEA), presented on an IEA report titled ‘20 years of CCS: Accelerating Future Deployment.’ She identified the need to push all available technologies to the maximum potential, and noted that CCS “has come a long way despite opposition, and lack of support and understanding.” Among key lessons from the past 20 years, Levina highlighted that: policy support is critical for CCS development; early opportunities for CCS deployment exist but must be cultivated; CO2 storage must come first; the role of CCS goes well beyond a “clean coal technology”; and community engagement is essential.
Arafat Al Yafei, United Arab Emirates (UAE), introduced Al Reyadah, the first carbon capture company in the Middle East. Noting that all of Al Reyadah’s projects are commercially viable, he presented on the company’s first project with Emirates Steel involving enhanced oil recovery through the injection of CO2 underground. Al Yafei observed that, even though it is not a full carbon capture project, 60% of injected CO2 remains underground. Among regional challenges to CCS deployment, he highlighted the need for a greater number of projects and for financial and policy support from governments.
Hone addressed the role of CCS in the energy transition and pathways to net zero emissions. Noting that the energy sector is comprised of fossil fuels, biomass and no-emission sectors, such as renewables, he explained that CCS can make the biomass sector a negative emissions sector, helping achieve net zero emissions by compensating for the fossil fuels sector. He called for catalyzing CCS through: targeted policy mechanisms; recognition of the value of CCS for society; and development of CO2 storage.
In the ensuing discussion, participants addressed, inter alia: possible risks and uncertainties associated with CCS projects; knowledge sharing; the CCS value chain; the amount of energy used to capture and store a ton of CO2 using various technologies; and the long-term role of CCS in achieving net zero emissions.
(L-R): John Scowcroft, Global CCS Institute; David Hone, Shell International; Arafat Al Yafei, UAE; and Ellina Levina, IEA
Stressing the importance of monitoring and companies’ liability, Ellina Levina, IEA, noted that there is a 99% chance that captured carbon will stay where it is stored.
David Hone, Shell International, pointed out that CCS projects are characterized by high confidence and low risk levels.
Participants during the side event
John Scowcroft, Global CCS Institute, observed that CCS is accepted in the Clean Development Mechanism and by the Green Climate Fund as an “appropriate technology.”
Arafat Al Yafei, UAE, highlighted the need to translate CO2 from waste to commodity.
Contact:
Mark Bonner | mark.bonner@globalccsinstitute.com
More Information:
https://www.globalccsinstitute.com/
The Role of Development Finance Institutions in Supporting Client Countries to Deliver on 1.5°C and Sustainable Development Goal CommitmentsPresented by the Climate Action Network, Christian Aid and the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance
This panel heard discussions on the role of development finance institutions (DFIs) in enhancing ambition towards the 1.5°C goal. Alison Doig, Christian Aid, moderated the event.
Gareth Phillips, African Development Bank (AfDB), highlighted that the Bank is seeking to address climate change at both the “strategic” and the project levels. The former, he noted, comprises macro-level planning in country strategy papers, while the latter includes tools for climate safeguards screening, greenhouse gas accounting and climate finance tracing.
Said Chakri, Association des Enseignants des Sciences de la Vie et de la Terre – Maroc (AESVT Maroc), introduced Morocco’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), which comprises both unconditional objectives and goals whose achievement is conditional on obtaining the necessary finance. He noted the key role of DFIs in realizing Morocco’s Ouarzazate solar project, and recommended that DFIs replicate this successful financing approach to support other mitigation opportunities identified in Morocco’s NDC.
Peter Betts, Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, UK, outlined his country’s overall approach to climate finance and its work with multilateral development banks. He underlined the need to invest finance strategically to enable it to be “transformational.”
Mithika Mwenda, Secretary General, PACJA, expressed strong concerns about the “encroachment” of the private sector and banks on climate change work. Among other issues, he noted the fact that DFIs will not invest where there is no profit to be made and a disregard for the need for free, prior and informed consent of indigenous peoples when investment decisions are made. He called for standards and guidelines to ensure DFIs make a positive contribution to addressing climate change and reaching the most vulnerable.
Stephan Singer, Climate Action Network (CAN) International, underscored the need for public banks to take the lead in steering the world away from fossil fuels if the private sector is to follow. He said that, by 2020, all financial public institutions should cease any support for fossil fuels and nuclear energy, and redirect investment to renewable energy, energy efficiency and energy access for the poor.
In the ensuing discussion, participants raised, inter alia: the fact that there are different types of “green bonds,” some of which support “clean coal”; how to differentiate between development and adaptation finance because “good development finance takes into account adaptation needs”; how to address the social implications of large-scale hydropower projects, including the fact that funding goes to “big industry” instead of local communities; and the fact that the AfDB is technology-neutral and “responds to demand.”
Stephan Singer, CAN International, stressed that “all is nothing if we don't phase out fossil fuels by 2050 at the latest.”
Alison Doig, Christian Aid, underscored the need to deliver on 1.5°C and Sustainable Development Goal commitments in tandem.
(L-R): Peter Betts, Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, UK; Gareth Phillips, AfDB; Alison Doig, Christian Aid; Stephan Singer, CAN International; Mithika Mwenda, Secretary General, PACJA; and Said Chakri, AESVT Maroc
Mithika Mwenda, Secretary General, PACJA, expressed concerns about international “interferences” in the Africa Renewable Energy Initiative, which “make us worry whether there is any commitment to help Africa address energy poverty and climate change.”
Gareth Phillips, AfDB, said NDCs and long-term strategies assist the bank in ensuring states take climate change considerations into account in development planning.
Peter Betts, Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, UK, suggested that, “despite what is often said in negotiations,” most adaptation spending will take place in the private sector and stressed the need to improve understanding of how this should be done.
Contact:
Mohamed Adow (Organizer) | madow@christian-aid.org
Fathiya Abdulmajid (Organizer) | fmajidalbakry@yahoo.com
More Information:
http://www.christianaid.org.uk/images/financing-our-future-sept-2016.pdf
http://www.pacja.org/index.php/en/
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Highlights and images for 23 March 2018
Stakeholder Day and 6th Session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES-6)
On Friday, IPBES-6 delegates finalized their discussions on pending assessments, implementation of IPBES’ first work programme and development of the next work programme. The contact group on land degradation and restoration continued to negotiate the summary for policy makers (SPM) of the assessment throughout the day and into the night.
Highlights of the day included the following:
The SPMs and assessment chapters of the four regional and subregional assessments of biodiversity and ecosystem services were publicly launched at a media event in the morning.
Delegates supported holding an informal meeting in 2018 to consider the draft SPM of the global assessment prior to its submission for approval at IPBES-7.
Delegates agreed that the pending assessment on diverse conceptualizations of multiple values of nature should be considered for approval “no later than” at IPBES-10.
On the pending assessment on sustainable use of wild species, delegates agreed to hold a workshop with IPBES’ UN Partners and appropriate multilateral agreements to provide input to the assessment.
On the sidelines of the meeting, the IPBES Secretariat and the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) signed a memorandum of understanding.
For more about the day’s events, read the Earth Negotiations Bulletin daily report
IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, provided daily digital coverage and daily reports from IPBES-6. In addition, IISD Reporting Services has produced a summary and analysis report of IPBES-6, which is now available in HTML and PDF.
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Media Event on the Launch of the Four Regional Assessments
Participants at the media event officially launching the four regional assessments on biodiversity and ecosystem services (all three photos courtesy of IPBES Secretariat)
Contact Group on the Land Degradation and Restoration Assessment
The dais during the Contact Group
Contact Group Co-Chair Fundisile Goodman Mketeni, South Africa
Grace Nangendo, Wildlife Conservation Society
The dais during the contact group
Luca Montanarella, Co-Chair of the thematic assessment on land degradation and restoration, and Ram Pandit, IPBES Expert
Contact Group Co-Chair Ivar Andreas Baste, Norway
Ben ten Brink and Machteld Schoolenberg, the Netherlands
Jing Xu and Li Gu, China
Participants confer during the session
Cesar Augusto Rey Angel, Colombia
Carl Fiati, Ghana
Contact Group on the Budget and Pending Assessments
Delegates from France confer during the contact group
Marina Samejima, Japan
Thomas Brooks and Elena Osipova, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Contact group Co-Chairs Rashad Allahverdiyev, Iran, and Spencer Thomas, Grenada; and Thomas Koetz, IPBES Secretariat
Christine Dawson, US
South African and Ghanaian delegates confer at the contact group
Signing Ceremony between IPBES and the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI)
IPBES Executive Secretary Anne Larigauderie
Marcos Regis da Silva, Executive Director IAI and IPBES Executive Secretary Anne Larigauderie
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The Chinese delegation poses for a photo with Ram Pandit, IPBES Expert