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From L-R: Cristian Torres, National Director of Risk Management Secretariat, Ecuador; Michele Emanuele Giordano, Deputy President, Province of Potenza, Italy; Niels Holm-Nielsen, Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, World Bank; Ibrahim Ozer, Director-General for Disaster Management and Climate Change, Turkish Red Crescent; and Patricia Miranda Menezes, Mayor’s Office Advisor for Global Agendas, Barcarena, Para, Brazil
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UNCCD COP 4
Highlights and images for 11 December 2017
5th Global Meeting of the Mountain Partnership
The Fifth Global Meeting of the Mountain Partnership opened on Monday, 11 December 2017, in Rome, Italy, under the theme ‘Mountains under pressure: climate, hunger, migration.’ International Mountain Day coincided with the first day of the meeting, and participants heard high-level statements and a keynote speech by Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General, World Meteorological Organization (WMO), in the morning. Representatives from the founding members of the Mountain Partnership conveyed their appreciation for progress made during the 15 years of the organization’s existence, including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), the governments of Italy and Switzerland, and UN Environment. This was followed by remarks by the Mountain Partnership Ambassadors, including from: His Holiness Drikung Kyabgön Chetsang, head of the Drikung Kagyu order of Tibetan Buddhism; Arjun Gupta, TeleSoft Partners; and Jake Norton, MountainWorld Productions.
The Framework for Action was launched, followed by government statements, and four sessions on the Framework and linkages to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. On the challenges and responses of the Framework and the 2030 Agenda, panelists discussed: the relationship between mountains and climate change and disaster risk management, and food and water; mountains and their goods and services; and mountain communities and migration.
The high-level segment concluded with a panel session during which panelists showcased practical approaches towards making the Framework work, including from the Kyrgyz Republic, the Secretariat of the Global Snow Leopard and Ecosystem Protection Program, the Aga Khan Development Network, the Global Island Partnership, and the Carpathian Convention.
International Mountain Day and the 15th anniversary of the Mountain Partnership was celebrated appropriately during an evening reception.
IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB+ Meeting Coverage, has provided daily web updates and a summary report from the 5th Global Meeting of the Mountain Partnership in HTML and PDF.
Photos by FAO | Roberto Cenciarelli
Opening of the High-Level Segment and Celebration of International Mountain Day
Panel (L-R): Jake Norton, MountainWorld Productions; Arjun Gupta, TeleSoft Partners; Andrea Olivero, Vice Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forestry Policy, Italy; His Holiness Drikung Kyabgön Chetsang, head of the Drikung Kagyu order of Tibetan Buddhism; Thomas Hofer, Coordinator, Mountain Partnership Secretariat; Maria Helena Semedo, Deputy Director-General, FAO; Andrew Taber, Executive Director, The Mountain Institute and Chair, Mountain Partnership Steering Committee; Dominique Kohli, Assistant Director-General, Federal Office for Agriculture, Switzerland; and Matthias Jurek, Programme Management Officer, UN Environment ©FAO
Andrea Olivero, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forestry Policy, Italy ©FAO
Maria Helena Semedo, Deputy Director-General, FAO ©FAO
Winner in the General Category of the Mountains Matter Video Contest, Jaya Setiawan Gulo ©FAO
Winner in the Professional Category of the Mountains Matter Video Contest, Nurlan Anarbaev ©FAO
Goodwill Ambassadors for Mountains: Arjun Gupta, TeleSoft Partners; His Holiness Drikung Kyabgön Chetsang; and Jake Norton, MountainWorld Productions ©FAO
Launch of the Framework for Action
Panel (L-R): Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General, World Meteorological Organization (WMO); Dominique Kohli, Assistant Director-General, Federal Office for Agriculture, Switzerland; and Grammenos Mastrojeni, Assistant Director-General, Coordinator for the Environment, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy ©FAO
Grammenos Mastrojeni, Assistant Director-General, Coordinator for the Environment, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy ©FAO
Colombia makes a statement in response to the Framework for Action launch. ©FAO
Bhutan provides feedback to the Framework for Action. ©FAO
Pakistan comments on the role of FAO in country offices. ©FAO
The Framework of Action and the 2030 Agenda - Challenges and Responses
Panel (L-R): Thomas Hofer, Coordinator, Mountain Partnership Secretariat; Mumtaz Kassam, Permanent Representation of Uganda to FAO; and Laurie Vasily, Knowledge and Communication Manager, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
Carolina Adler, Executive Director, Mountain Research Initiative ©FAO
Shukri Ahmed, Deputy Strategic Programme Leader – Resilience, FAO ©FAO
Making the Global Framework Work - Showcasing Practical Approaches
Matt Reed, Chief Executive Officer, Aga Khan Foundation, Aga Khan Development Network ©FAO
Moderator Tehmina Akhtar, Deputy Global Manager, Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Programme, UN Development Programme (UNDP) ©FAO
Hersey Kyota, Ambassador of the Republic of Palau to the US and Board Chair, Global Island Partnership ©FAO
Matthias Jurek, Programme Management Officer, UN Environment ©FAO
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World Mountain Forum, 2016 - Mountains for our Future, 17-20 October 2016, Mbale, Uganda
International Mountain Day: Celebrating International Cooperation on Climate Change Adaptation in Mountain Environments - from Rio to Lima to Paris, 11 December 2017, Paris, France
African Mountains Regional Forum, 22-24 October 2014, Arusha, Tanzania
World Mountain Forum, 2014, 23-24 May 2014, Cusco, Peru
4th Global Meeting of the Mountain Partnership, 17-19 September 2013, Erzurum, Turkey
Mountain Day 2, 3 December 2012, Doha, Qatar
Mountain Focus Group, 14 December 2011, UN Headquarters, New York
Mountain Day 1, 4 December 2011, Durban, South Africa
International Conference on the Green Economy and Sustainable Mountain Development: Opportunities and Challenges in View of Rio+20, 5-7 September 2011, Kathmandu, Nepal
International Conference on Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development in Mountain Regions (SARD), 16-20 June 2002, Adelboden, Switzerland
International Year of Mountains 2002, 11 December 2001, UN Headquarters, New York
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Highlights and images for 24 February 2020
2nd Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
Inka Gnittke, Germany, offering carnival props to the Co-Chairs, as a gesture of support against the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus in Northern Italy and the subsequent cancellation of the last two days of the famous Venetian carnival.
The second meeting of the Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (WG) kicked off on Monday, tackling procedural agenda items and listening to general statements on the zero draft of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework (GBF).During the opening, Co-Chair Basile van Havre thanked the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) for the expeditious relocation of the meeting, from Kunming to Rome, following the Coronavirus outbreak in China. Qu Dongyu, FAO Director-General, provided an overview of FAO’s relevant initiatives to promote the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, stressing that biodiversity is vital for food production.Hamdallah Zedan, Ministry of Environment, Egypt, speaking on behalf of CBD 14th Conference of the Parties (COP 14) President Yasmine Fouad, underlined the GBF's importance in providing a detailed plan of action to reduce biodiversity loss, which is taking place at an alarming rate and requires urgent response. Xia Yingxian, Deputy Permanent Representative of China to the FAO, on behalf of the incoming COP 15 President Li Ganjie, underscored the need for goals and targets that follow the Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound (SMART) criteria, and the need to ensure accountability and transparency in the process.Elizabeth Mrema, Acting CBD Executive Secretary, expressed hope that parties and stakeholders would build a common understanding of the different elements on the GBF, in order to make progress at this meeting.During lunch, delegates attended an information session, titled, “Biodiversity, Agriculture, and Food.” This session, chaired by Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, former CBD Executive Secretary, highlighted the FAO’s work for sustainable food production, ecosystem health, and resilient livelihoods. Presentations included:
Hans Hoogeveen, Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture, on expectations of the agricultural sectors from the GBF;
François Pythoud, Chair, FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, on FAO’s work on biodiversity for food and agriculture;
René Castro Salazar, Assistant Director-General, Climate, Biodiversity, Land and Water, FAO, on FAO Strategy on Mainstreaming Biodiversity across the Agricultural Sectors;
Irene Hoffmann, FAO, who provided highlights of the organization’s upcoming work on biodiversity; and
Stephan Weise, Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture, on using agricultural biodiversity for resilience and nutrition.
The opening of the second meeting of the WG confirmed the renewed sense of passion in the biodiversity community, in the past six months. The list of intersessional meetings and multiple consultations was received with great appreciation. While regional groups, intergovernmental organizations, and civil society all highlighted the urgency of addressing biodiversity loss and reversing the alarming negative trends, delegates and participants spared no time delving into the specifics necessary for a successful GBF. The lion’s share of discussions in the margins of the meeting revolved around implementation, monitoring, reporting, and review, spearheaded by a thematic consultation held in Rome prior to the meeting. As negotiations unfolded into concrete thematic discussions, most participants seemed to agree that the building blocks of a successful GBF are within grasp, notwithstanding the significant challenges that lie ahead. Especially the need to strike a delicate balance that keeps parties satisfied, while prioritizing the achievement of the three objectives of the Convention.A reception hosted by the FAO brought the day's work to a festive end, as delegates prepared for rigorous negotiations in contact groups to begin on Tuesday.
IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, provided daily digital coverage. Α summary and analysis report from the 2nd Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework is available in HTML and PDF.
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From L-R: Co-Chair Francis Ogwal; Co-Chair Basile van Havre; and Jyoti Mathur-Filipp, CBD Secretariat
Qu Dongyu, Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), and Co-Chair Francis Ogwal
Elizabeth Mrema, Acting Executive Secretary, CBD Secretariat
Elizabeth Mrema, Acting Executive Secretary, CBD Secretariat, and Qu Dongyu, Director-General, FAO
Qu Dongyu, Director-General, FAO
Xia Yingxian, China
Hamdallah Zedan, Ministry of Environment, Egypt, speaking on behalf of CBD 14th Conference of the Parties (COP 14) President Yasmine Fouad
Co-Chair Basile van Havre
Kent Nnadozie, International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) Secretary
Walters Tubua, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Norbert Bärlocher, Switzerland
View of the dais during the opening plenary
Ana Kobašlić, Croatia for the EU
Rosemary Paterson, New Zealand
Jane Smart, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Aslak Holmberg, Saami Council
Anne Larigauderie, Executive Secretary, Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
Vinod Mathur, India
CBD Deputy Executive Secretary David Cooper, with Nader Ibrahim, CBD Secretariat
Delegates from the African region
Safety precautions were taken due to the recent outbreak of COVID-19 in Northern Italy.
Wadzanayi Goredema-Mandivenyi, South Africa
Marie Haraldstad, Norway
Jyoti Mathur-Filipp, CBD Secretariat
Information Session: Biodiversity, Agriculture, and Food
From L-R: François Pythoud, Chair, FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA) 18; Irene Hoffmann, CGRFA Secretary; and Stephan Weise, Alliance of Bioversity International and International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
René Castro Salazar, Assistant-Director General, Climate, Biodiversity, Land, and Water Department, FAO
CBD Deputy Executive Secretary David Cooper
Hans Hoogeveen, Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture, and Elizabeth Mrema, Acting Executive Secretary, CBD Secretariat
Reception Hosted by the FAO
Summary report 22–29 October 2018
13th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (COP13)
Maria Helena Semedo, Deputy Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization - UNFF16 - 26April2021 - Photo
Maria Helena Semedo, Deputy Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization, discussed the Global Forest Goals Report 2021.
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Proposal by the African Group for a global levy on chemical revenues to supply a new international fund for the sound management of chemicals and waste