Highlights for Monday, 21 January 2019
Group photo at the opening of the conference
The Intergovernmental Meeting on the Sixth Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6) opened on Monday, 21 January 2019, at the UN Environment (UNEP) headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya.
In the morning, Jorge Laguna-Celis, Secretary, Secretariat of Governing Bodies and Stakeholders, UNEP, opened the meeting. Delegates then listened to opening remarks from Co-Chair of the High-level Intergovernmental and Stakeholder Advisory Group (HLG) Paolo Soprano (Italy), Joyce Msuya, Acting Executive Director, UNEP, and Keriako Tobiko, Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Kenya. Delegates also addressed organizational matters including election of officers and listened to presentations on the GEO-6 process and the content and key messages of the draft GEO-6 Summary for Policymakers (SPM).
Delegates thereafter shared their general views of the draft SPM, which will remain embargoed until its adoption by member states on Thursday, 24 January 2019.
IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB+ Meeting Coverage, has provided daily web coverage, daily reports, and a summary report from the Negotiation of the GEO-6 Summary for Policy Makers, which is available in HTML and PDF.
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From L-R: Jian Liu, Chief Scientist, UN Environment (UNEP); Keriako Tobiko, Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Kenya; and Joyce Msuya, Acting Executive Director, UNEP
Joyce Msuya, Acting Executive Director, UNEP, and Keriako Tobiko, Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Kenya
Jian Liu, Chief Scientist, UNEP, with Stadler Trengove, UN Legal Officer
Keriako Tobiko, Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Kenya
Joyce Msuya, Acting Executive Director, UNEP
Lori Dando, US
Jorge Laguna-Celis, Secretary, Secretariat of Governing Bodies, UNEP
Co-Chair Paolo Soprano, Italy
Laksmi Dhewanthi, Indonesia
Sebastian Gil, European Union
Martin Gronda, Argentina, with Sergio Salazar Alzate, Colombia
Marta Juárez Ruiz, Costa Rica
Martin Gómez Bustillo, Argentina
GEO-6 Assessment Co-Chair, Joyeeta Gupta, India
GEO-6 Assessment Co-Chair Paul Ekins, UK
Guri Sandborg, Norway
Lonkham Atsanavong, Lao People's Democratic Republic
Joyce Msuya, Acting Executive Director, UNEP, and Jorge Laguna-Celis, Secretary, Secretariat of Governing Bodies, UNEP
Participants conferring before the opening session.
Vanessa Lim, Singapore
Pierre Boileau, Head of GEO-6 Unit, UNEP
Matthew Billot, Regional Coordinator, UNEP
Delegates from Argentina conferring during a break.
Maribe Mujinga Nsompo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Elizabeth Taylor, Colombia
Vincent Fleming, UK
Co-Chair Marek Garztecki, Poland
Sibylle Vermont, Switzerland
Arthur Eijs, the Netherlands
Anne Martinussen, Norway
Ambinintsoa Noasilalaonomenjanahary, Madagascar
Idrees Malyar, Afghanistan
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