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2nd Intergovernmental Review Meeting on the Implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-Based Pollution (GPA)
13th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNCCD (COP 13)
Both the CST and the CRIC completed their work ahead of schedule, while several decisions at the heart of the negotiations, including adoption of the 2018-2030 Strategic Framework, alignment of the Convention with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and improved reporting and monitoring procedures, were not as contentious as some expected. The heavy lifting done by the Intergovernmental Working Group on the future strategic framework―and the special methodological session of the CRIC in October 2016―appeared to have paid dividends in Ordos.
Highlights and images for 14 September 2017
13th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNCCD (COP 13)
On Thursday, 14 September, UNCCD COP 13 delegates convened in a morning plenary of the COP and adopted: a decision on the credentials of delegations, as well as the reports of the Committee on the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC) and the Committee on Science and Technology (CST).
The Committee of the Whole (COW) contact groups on budget and on other matters met throughout the day and into the evening to consider draft decisions on, among others: Terms of Reference for the CRIC; the future Strategic Framework; policy advocacy on drought; and synergies with other Conventions.
IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, has provided daily web coverage, daily reports, and a summary and analysis report from the UNCCD COP 13. The summary and analysis report is now available in HTML and PDF.
Photos by IISD/ENB | Francis Dejon
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Conference of the Parties (COP)
L-R: CRIC Chair Aliyu Bananda; CST Chair Hamid Čustović; Pradeep Monga, UNCCD Deputy Executive Secretary; and Jia Xiaoxia, China, on behalf of the COP 13 President
Jia Xiaoxia, China, on behalf of the COP 13 President
CST Chair Hamid Čustović
CRIC Chair Aliyu Bananda
L-R: Carmen Margina, UNCCD Secretariat, and Rajeb Boulharouf, Chef de Cabinet, UNCCD Secretariat
Trevor Benn, Rapporteur
Anja Thust, UNCCD Secretariat
L-R: Cindy Ehmes, Micronesia; Atelaite Matoto, Tonga; and Carmel Jonduo, Papua New Guinea
L-R: Illani Zuraihah Ibrahim; Nasrul Haqiim Mohd Nasir; and Zahida Zam, Malaysia
L-R: Carl Fiati; Charles Quansah; and Asher Nkegbe, Ghana
COP 13 Snapshots
Guang Yang, ENB/IISD, distributing ENB dailies to delegates from Burkina Faso
UNCCD COP 13 registration team
Press clippings about COP 13
Participants peruse publications from the Rio Conventions Pavilion
15th Session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC 15) to the UNCCD
In many ways, the decision to convene CRIC 15 as a special intersessional meeting focusing on methodological issues was taken as a stop-gap measure—a compromise reached to buy more time because delegates at CRIC 14 were unable to reach agreement on the way forward in the transition from the current UNCCD implementation framework to a future strategy.
Summary report 7–9 June 2016
50th Meeting of the GEF Council Meeting
Summary report 24–27 October 2016
51st Meeting of the GEF Council Meeting