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Highlights and images for 27 September 2019
Island Values, Local Knowledge, Global Solutions
Posted by IISD Reporting Services on Sunday, 29 September 2019
On 27 September, the Global Island Partnership (GLISPA) convened a high level event aimed at catalysing partnerships for implementation of the SDGs.
During the event, the Local2030 Islands Network was launched to accelerate action on the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Led by islands for islands, the Local2030 Islands Network will serve as the platform to recognize and accelerate island-led SDG implementation as part of the UN Local2030 partnership. The Local2030 Islands Network aims to catalyze local implementation of the SDGs, connecting communities with the global effort to advance the SDGs.
Founding partners and supporters of the Local2030 Islands Network include the Republic of Seychelles, Republic of Marshall Islands, Grenada, Belize, Curacao, Ireland, Hawai‘i, Guam, UN Development Programme, UN-Habitat, the Global Island Partnership, Hawai‘i Green Growth, and the UN Foundation.
IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB+ meeting coverage, provided photographic and video coverage from the side event on Island Values, Local Knowledge, Global Solutions.
Photos by IISD/ENB | Francis Dejon
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Eugene Rhuggenaath, Prime Minister of Curaçao, and Joshua Tenorio, Lieutenant Governor of Guam
Highlights and images for 2 March 2022
UNEA Flagship Side Events
5th Session of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) on the BBNJ
Despite more progress at this two-week session than over the last decade, delegates were unable to reach consensus on a new high seas treaty addressing marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction and, instead, suspended the session, to be resumed in early 2023. (View coverage of the resumed BBNJ talks in late February - early March 2023)
11th Meeting of the Monaco Blue Initiative
The 11th meeting of the Monaco Blue Initiative (MBI) convened for its first-ever digital edition under the presidency of HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco. The workshops were held with the objective of maintaining momentum on global discussions on oceans, and articulate key recommendations to important global ocean meetings, many of which have also been affected by the global pandemic.
13th Meeting of the Monaco Blue Initiative
In a year when the Ocean features prominently in global environmental negotiations, attendees were urged to view the status quo as "the enemy."
Highlights and images for 8 September 2017
4th International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC4)
The final day of the fourth International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC4) opened in La Serena, Chile, on Friday, 8 September 2017. The day saw many events taking place, all addressing the theme, ‘Our Shared Vision.’ A plenary session took place in the morning, followed by the workshops and symposia. This was followed by a closing plenary session. The high-level meeting will take place on Saturday, 9 September 2017, in Valparaiso, Chile.
The morning’s plenary session saw a panel discussion on the day’s theme, with panel members discussing key actions needed to continue ensuring successful management of marine protected areas (MPAs) and the obstacles faced. Key issues considered included: equitable and effective achievement of the goals under the Aichi Biodiversity Targets and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); increased coordination within regions; engaging youth; illegal fishing; and, local capacity building.
Highlights from the symposia included discussions on: assessing advances towards achieving the Aichi Biodiversity Targets in 2020 and the SDGs in 2030; indigenous, provincial, and federal governments integrating marine spatial plans and MPAs in Canada; Antarctic MPAs; and, meeting the 2020 targets in Canada.
Workshops addressed: twinning and partnerships, as well as tools to enhance collaboration between MPAs; and, guidance for MPA managers and planners on marine mammal protection, and marine renewable energy suitability and siting.
The closing session followed, with participants hearing a wrap-up of the key messages that had emerged during the course of the week. There was a report back on the IMPAC4 activities that had taken place during the week, such as ‘Our Science Camp.’ A musical performance closed the plenary.
Photos by IISD/ENB | Ángeles Estrada Vigil
Closing Ceremony
Carl Gustaf Lundin, IUCN
Claudio Ibáñez González, Mayor of Coquimbo
Alejandra Figueroa Fernández, Ministry of Environment, Chile
François Simard, IUCN
Daniel González, Juan Fernández Fisherman Union
Carlos Gaymer, UCN, Chile
Participants during the closign ceremony
Children from "Our Ocean Science Camp"
Opening plenary session
Mike Wong, IUCN
Sandra Bessudo, Malpelo Foundation
Tukabu Teroroko, Phoenix Islands Protected Area
Mariasole Bianco, IUCN-World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) Young Professionals
Dan Laffoley, IUCN
Julia Miranda, WCPA (World Comission on Protected Areas)
Keobel Sakuma, Palau, receiving the Kenton Miller Award Winner 2017 for his outstanding contribution to marine conservation
Twinning and partnerships, tools to enhance collaboration between MPA
A view of the room
Mathieu Ducrocq, Gabon Parks Agency
Mike De Luca, Rutgers University
Assessing advances towards global 2020 & 2030 targets
Celia Favacho, CONFREM, Brazil
Claudio Maretti, ICMBio
Guidance for MPA managers and planners on marine mammal protection and marine renewable energy suitability and siting
Anne Nelson, Collaborative Ocean Planning
Francine Kershaw, Natural Resources Defense Council
Indigenous, Provincial, and Federal Governments integrating Marine Spatial Plans and MPAs in Canada
Gord McGee, Central Coast Indigenous Resource Alliance, Canada
Danielle Shaw, Wuikinuxv Nation
Christie Chute, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada
Allan Lidstone, Forests Lands and Natural Resource Operations, Canada
(L-R): Meaghan Calcari Campbell, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Allan Lidstone, Forests Lands and Natural Resource Operations, Canada, Christie Chute, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada, Gord McGee, Central Coast Indigenous Resource Alliance, Canada, and Danielle Shaw, Wuikinuxv Nation
Antarctic MPAs
Rodolfo Werner, Pew Charitable Trusts and Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition
Meeting the 2020 Targets in Canada: challenges, successes, opportunities and lessons learnt in developing a national network of MPAs over the past 25 years
Sigrid Keuhnemund, WWF-Canada
Kevin Stringer, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada
Participant during the session
Alexandra Barron, C-PAWS, Canada
Around the Venue
59th Meeting of the GEF Council
The Council meetings included extensive discussions of the COVID-19 pandemic, deliberating the pandemic’s impact on project management, and considered a white paper by the GEF COVID-19 Task Force outlining how environmental action can reduce future threats of disease outbreak. The GEF Council also endorsed a new private sector engagement strategy, outlining how the GEF will work in a systematic manner with industry groups, companies, and investors to reverse unsustainable global trends and deliver global environmental benefits.
Ministerial Conference on Marine Litter and Plastic Pollution
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.
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.