Highlights for Thursday, 7 March 2019
Delegates drafting new text
On Thursday, the fourth Open-Ended Committee of Permanent Representatives (OECPR-4) sought to make significant progress toward completing negotiation of draft resolutions, ahead of the fourth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-4). Four working groups convened during the day and the fifth, on environmental governance, met in the evening. Delegates also discussed the draft ministerial declaration in the evening, and informal discussions continued throughout the day.Highlights of the day included:
Agreement on a draft resolution on sustainable nitrogen management;
Progress on marine litter discussions, including consensus that activities relating to scientific and technological knowledge about marine litter, including plastic litter and microplastics, should be strengthened;
Introduction of a revised text on deforestation, renamed “Reducing deforestation in supply chains”;
Discussion on peatlands, emphasizing the need to increase awareness of the extent of peatlands across the globe; and
Affirmation of the importance of sustainable consumption and production (SCP) for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
For more details on the day’s negotiations and to hear what delegates said in the corridors, see our daily Earth Negotiations Bulletin.
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Consultation on the Ministerial Declaration
Gudi Alkemade, EU
Marta Juárez Ruiz, Costa Rica
Working Group 1 - Innovative Solutions for Environmental Challenges and Sustainable Consumption and Production
Secretariat and Working Group 1 co-facilitators during negotiations
Noer Adi Wardojo, Indonesia
Elizabeth Nichols, US
Abdullah Tawlah, Saudi Arabia
Working Group 2 - Resource Efficiency, Chemicals and Waste
Marc Richir and Bénédicte Jenot, EU
Belsis Llorente Díaz, Cuba
Delegates from Japan
Working Group 3 - Ecosystems and Biodiversity Management and Protection
Co-facilitator Julia Pataki, Romania
Laksmi Dhewanthi and Agus Justianto, Indonesia
From L-R: Patrick Luna, Brazil; Co-facilitator Martin Gronda, Argentina; and Francisco López Achával, Argentina
Working Group 4 - Environmental Governance
Secretariat and Working Group 4 co-facilitators during negotiations
Lino Santacruz Moctezuma, Mexico
Zerubabel Getachew, Ethiopia
Michael Makonombera, Malawi
Working Group 5 - UNEP Programme of Work and Related Issues
Sebastian König, Switzerland, and Dan Carl, US
Fernando Coimbra and Patrick Luna, Brazil
Co-facilitators Lori Dando, US, and Lukáš Pokorný, Czech Republic
Denise Musat and Sebastian Gil, EU
Maria del Rosario Lemos, with Sergio Salazar Alzate, Colombia
Between Sessions