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25th
Session of the UNEP Governing Council/
Global Ministerial Environment Forum
(GC-25/GMEF) 16-20
February 2009 | Nairobi, Kenya
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Highlights
for Wednesday, 18 February 2009
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On Wednesday morning, GC-25/GMEF delegates convened in ministerial consultations and the Committee of the Whole (COW). In the afternoon, deliberations continued in the COW, and ministers also attended a meeting on climate change organized by the Government of Denmark. Two contact groups, on the budget and programme of work for 2010-2011 and on chemicals management, as well as the drafting group, met throughout the day. An informal group on support to Africa also convened in the afternoon.
Above photo: Jamil Ahmad, Secretary of
the Governing Council, in a discussion with Achim
Steiner, UNEP Executive Director.
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MINISTERIAL CONSULTATIONS:
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| Katherine Sierra,
World Bank, moderated the panel discussion on "Global crises: national chaos?
Coping with multiple challenges and capturing the
opportunities." |
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| Hilary
Benn, Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and
Rural Affairs, United Kingdom |
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Jean-Louis
Borloo, Minister of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Territorial Development,
France |
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Batilda
Burian, Minister of State for the Environment,
Tanzania |
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Erik
Solheim, Minister of Environment and Development
Cooperation, Norway |
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| Khalid
Al-Irani, Minister of Environment, Jordan |
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Ligia
Castro de Doens, Minister of Environment, Panama |
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Yvo
de Boer, Executive Secretary, UN Framework Convention on
Climate Change |
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Jos
Delbeke, Deputy Director-General, Environment-Directorate,
European Commission. |
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Oliver Dulić, Minister of Environment, Serbia,
GC-25/GMEF President. |
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| Robert
Watson, University of East Anglia |
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COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE:
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| Jukka
Uosukainen, Finland, confers with the Czech Republic and
Indonesian delegations. |
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| Members of the
Tunza Youth and Environmental Network presented
their statement to the COW: L-R: Anne Walraven
and Margaret Koli of Tunza. |
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| CONTACT GROUPS AND INFORMAL GROUPS:
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| CHEMICALS:
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| L-R: John Roberts (UK)
and Per Bakken (UNEP Chemicals); delegates negotiated the revised draft decision on mercury paragraph-by-paragraph. |
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AROUND THE BREEZEWAYS:
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ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: "
Towards a Low-Carbon Future: Making the climate neutral case to the
public"
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| One year
after the launch of UNEP’s Climate Neutral Network and with
less than 300 days to go before the Copenhagen COP 15, the
roundtable presented an opportunity to take stock of the
experiences in moving towards low-carbon economies and
societies and debate what is needed to make a strong
political, business and consumer case for a low-carbon future. |
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SASAKAWA PRIZE:
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The UNEP Sasakawa prize is awarded
yearly to individuals or institutions who have made a substantial
contribution to the protection and management of the environment. The
theme for the 2008 awards was "Moving towards a low carbon
economy," the theme of the World Environment Day. This year the
Sasakawa prize went to Sunlabob Rural Energy Ltd. (Lao PDR) and
Practical Action (Peru).
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| Takeju Ogata,
President, Nippon Foundation with Achim Steiner, UNEP Executive
Director |
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| Takeju Ogata,
President, Nippon Foundation with Achim Steiner,
UNEP Executive Director presented the Sasakawa Award
to Alfonso Carrasco Valencia, Practical Action. |
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Takeju
Ogata, President, Nippon Foundation with Achim Steiner,
UNEP Executive Director presented the Sasakawa Award to Andy
Schroeter, Sunlabob Rural Energy Ltd. |
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Takeju
Ogata, President, Nippon Foundation; Angela Cropper,
UNEP Deputy Executive Director; Andy Schroeter; Alfonso
Carrasco Valencia; Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai
and Achim Steiner, UNEP Executive Director |
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GC-25
Related Links
UNEP
website for the 25th Session of the Governing Council/ Global
Ministerial Environment Forum
Official
GC-25 Documents: Working documents
Official
GC-25 Documents: Information documents
Notification
by the Executive Director
Overview
of GC/GMEF
Information
for Participants
Pre-Session Events
Official
website: 10th
Global Civil Society Forum (GCSF-10)
Network
of Women Ministers and Leaders for the Environment (NWMLE)
Exhibition:
Green Technology Tent
Links to IISD RS Resources
IISD
RS coverage of the 10th Session of the Global Civil Society Forum
(GCSF-10) 14-15 February 2009, Nairobi, Kenya
IISD
RS coverage of the 10th
Special Session of the UNEP Governing Council/Global Ministerial
Environment Forum (GCSS-10/GMEF), 20-22 February 2007, Principality of
Monaco
IISD
RS coverage of the 9th
Special Session of the UNEP Governing Council/Global Ministerial
Environment Forum (GCSS-10/GMEF), 4-9 February 2006, Dubai, United
Arab Emirates
IISD
RS coverage of the GC-24,
4-9 February 2007, Nairobi, Kenya
IISD
RS coverage of the GC-23,
21-25 February 2005, Nairobi, Kenya
IISD
RS coverage of meetings on Biodiversity and Wildlife
IISD
RS coverage of meetings on Chemicals Management
IISD
RS coverage of meetings on Climate and Atmosphere
Linkages
Update - Bi-weekly international environment and sustainable
development news
MEA
Bulletin - Newsletter on key MEAs and their secretariats
CLIMATE-L
- News and information on the actions of international organizations
in responding to the problem of global climate change
Linkages
Africa - Fortnightly newsletter reporting on sustainable
development events in Africa
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