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Daily Web Coverage/Daily Reports
IISD Reporting Services (IISD RS) has produced daily web coverage, daily reports, and a summary report from this meeting. To download our repots, please click below on the HTML or PDF icons. |
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 Second International Conference on Climate, Sustainability and Development in Semi-arid Regions
(ICID 2010)
16-20 August 2010 | Fortaleza, Brazil |
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John Redwood, World Bank; Maria Teresa Farias, COMPAM, Brazil and Antônio Magalhães, Director, ICID 2010; Antônio Magalhães, Director, ICID 2010; and Rene Barreiro, Secretary for Science, Technology and Higher Education, Ceará |
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Highlights from Friday, 20 August
ICID 2010 convened on Friday, 20 August 2010, in plenary to address the lessons and recommendations emerging from conference sessions, the reading, discussion, revision and acceptance of the Fortaleza Declaration, which seeks to elevate the priority of climate change and sustainable development in arid and semi-arid regions in the agenda of the 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20 Earth Summit), in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The conference concluded at 5.38 pm after a closing ceremony.
Following a closing ceremony, the conference concluded with a message from ICID 2010 Director Antônio Magalhães, who emphasized the importance of sustainable development to address the vulnerability of semi-arid regions to climate change and hoped that the Fortaleza Declaration will guide discussion of these issues in the lead-up the the Rio+20 Earth Summit.
Download the IISD RS summary report of the Summit in English (in HTML or PDF format), French (in HTML or PDF format), Spanish (in HTML or PDF format) and Portuguese (in HTML or PDF format).
Visit the web coverage for Friday, 20 August
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Highlights from Thursday, 19 August
On Thursday, ICID 2010 convened in thematic panel sessions and roundtables organized around the four sub-themes of the conference: climate information; climate and sustainable development; climate governance, representation, rights, equity and justice; and climate policy processes. During the morning and evening, poster sessions were presented.
Read the ENB daily report with highlights from Thursday, 19 August in English (in HTML or PDF format), French (in HTML or PDF format), Spanish (in HTML or PDF format) and Portuguese (in HTML or PDF format).
ENB web coverage for Thursday, 19 August |
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Highlights from Wednesday, 18 August
On Wednesday, participants at ICID convened throughout the day in thematic panel sessions and roundtables organized around the four sub-themes of the conference: climate information; climate and sustainable development; climate governance, representation, rights, equity and justice; and climate policy processes. During the morning and lunch period, poster sessions were presented. The day concluded with a keynote speech by Jeffrey Sachs, Director, Earth Institute, Columbia University, US.
Read the ENB daily report with highlights from Wednesday, 18 August in English (in HTML or PDF format), French (in HTML or PDF format), Spanish (in HTML or PDF format) and Portuguese (in HTML or PDF format).
ENB web coverage for Wednesday, 18 August
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| Cheikh Oumar Ba, Initiative Prospective Agricole et Rurale (IPAR), Senegal |
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| Abdou Kaza, Minister of Water, Environment and the Fight Against Desertification, Niger, and Amadou Tidiane Ba, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Senegal |
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Highlights from Tuesday, 17 August
On Tuesday participants at ICID 2010 convened in a plenary on synergies among the UN Conventions, as well as panel sessions organized around the four sub-themes of the conference: climate information; climate and sustainable development; climate governance, representation, rights, equity and justice; and climate policy processes. During lunch, poster sessions and a World Bank film on “Hope for a Changing Climate” were presented.
Read the ENB daily report with highlights from Tuesday, 17 August in English (in HTML or PDF format), French (in HTML or PDF format), Spanish (in HTML or PDF format) and Portuguese (in HTML or PDF format).
ENB web coverage for Tuesday, 17 August |
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Highlights from Monday, 16 August
The Second International Conference on Climate, Sustainability and Development in Semi-arid Regions (ICID 2010) opened on Monday, 16 August 2010 in Fortaleza, Brazil and will continue until 20 August. Participants convened in the morning for an introductory session, opening ceremony and the launch of the UN Decade on Deserts and the Fight Against Desertification. In the afternoon, participants attended thematic panel sessions.
Read the ENB daily report with highlights from Monday, 16 August in English (in HTML or PDF format), French (in HTML or PDF format), Spanish (in HTML or PDF format) and Portuguese (in HTML or PDF format).
ENB web coverage for Monday, 16 August |
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ICID resources
 2nd International Conference: Climate, Sustainability and Development in Semi-arid Regions
ICID 2010 Programme
ICID 2010 Themes
Winning poster of the ICID poster contest
UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) resource
UN Decade for Deserts and the Fight Against Desertification web site
IISD RS resources
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IISD RS coverage of the Eighteenth Session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-18), 3-4 May 2010, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America
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IISD RS coverage of the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, 7-19 December 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark
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IISD RS summary report of the Agriculture and Development Day 2009 at COP 15, 12 December 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark (HTML - PDF)
IISD RS coverage of Ninth session of the Conference of the Parties to the
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IISD RS coverage of CSD-17, 4-15 May 2009, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America
IISD RS summary and analysis of the Dialogue on Climate Change Adaptation for Land and Water Management, 16-17 April 2009, Nairobi, Kenya (HTML - PDF)
IISD RS summary of the CSD-17 Intergovernmental Preparatory Meeting, 23-27 February 2009, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America (HTML - PDF)
IISD RS coverage of the Third International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change, 18-24 February 2009, Dhaka, Bangladesh
IISD RS briefing note of the High-Level Meeting on African Agriculture in the 21st Century, 9-10 February 2009, Windhoek, Namibia (HTML - PDF)
IISD RS archive of meetings on climate change, and background
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