Summary
In the morning, UNCCD COP 13 participants convened in plenary for a dialogue with civil society organizations (CSOs), focused on the theme, “Land and Climate,” and in the afternoon the Committee on Science and Technology (CST) met in plenary and forwarded six decisions to the COP. Contact groups met throughout the day to discuss draft decisions related to the COP, the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC) and CST agendas.
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CSO Open Dialogue Session
Monique Barbut, UNCCD Executive Secretary, delivering her statement to the
CSO Open Dialogue Session
Jia Xiaoxia, China, on behalf of the COP 13 President
Rajeb Boulharouf, Chef de Cabinet, UNCCD Secretariat
Liu Fangfei, Anchor, China Central Television, Moderator
Bariş Karapinar, Lead Author, Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change (IPCC)
COP 13 participants showing the "The Green Handkerchief Initiative" sign
L-R: Sophiko Akhobadze, Executive Director, Regional Environmental Center for the Caucasus, Georgia; Ahmed Sékou Diallo, Executive Director, Association de Formation et d’Appui au Développement (AFAD), Mali; Vũ Thi Bích Hợp,
Executive Director, Center for Sustainable Rural Development, Vietnam; and Bariş Karapinar, Lead Author, IPCC
Sophiko Akhobadze, Executive Director, Regional Environmental Center for the Caucasus, Georgia
Andrew Lesa, Youth Representative, New Zealand
L-R: Andrew Lesa, Youth Representative, New Zealand; Robert Tansey,
Advisor, The Nature Conservancy; and Juan Riet, Uruguay
Yoko Watanabe, Global Manager, Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Programme
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, M'Boro Indigenous Women and People Association, Chad
Alfredo Blum, Uruguay
Britta Hackenberg, Namibia
Adrián León, Venezuela
Zhang Kebin, China
Emmanuel Seck, Enda Énergie, Senegal
John Kwon Hyuk Dae, Future Forest
Damary Vila, Fundación Antonio Núñez Jimenez, Cuba
Miguel Ángel Crespo, Productividad Biósfera y Medio Ambiente (PROBIOMA)
Fatima Ait Ben Alla, Réseau des Associations de Sud Est, Morocco
Bhawani Shanker Kusum (center), Gram Bharati Samiti, India
Participants from the CSO Open Dialogue showing the "The Green Handkerchief Initiative" sign
Committee on Science and Technology (CST)
L-R: Victor Castillo, UNCCD Secretariat; Hamid Čustović, Bosnia and Herzegovina, CST Chair; Carmen Margina, UNCCD Secretariat; and Rajeb Boulharouf, Chef de Cabinet, UNCCD Secretariat
Jean-Luc Chotte, CST Rapporteur
Murukesan Krishnapillai, Micronesia
Flavia Witkowski Frangetto, Brazil
Pablo Viegas Aurelio, Argentina
Participants at the afternoon session of the CST
Hamid Čustović, Bosnia and Herzegovina, CST Chair, gaveled the meeting to a close at 4:13 pm
COP 13 Snapshots
View of the Ordos International Convention and Exhibition Center grounds
L-R: Mbaihoulam Gaou, Chad; Jean-Charles Kemanda-Danguiza, Central African Republic; and Paul
Babidou Zarabingui, Central African Republic
Delegates from Africa consulting