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IISD Reporting Services (IISD RS) Coverage
IISD RS is providing daily web coverage (including photos and videos from selected side events) and daily reports of the 46th meeting of the GEF Council. In addition, IISD RS will produce 750-word web summary of the CSOs Forum as well as daily web coverage and daily reports of the 5th GEF Assembly. A combined summary report of the GEF Council meeting and Assembly will be available on Monday, 2 June 2014. Highlights for Wednesday, 28 May 2014. |
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Forty-sixth meeting of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) Forum, 16th meeting of the Least Developed Countries Fund and the Special Climate Change Fund (LDCF/SCCF) Council, and 5th GEF Assembly
25-30 May 2014 | Cancún, Mexico
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Daily Web Coverage (click on the following links to see our daily web pages)
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Highlights for Wednesday, 28 May 2014
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| L-R: Enrique Peña Nieto, President of Mexico, congratulating Naoko Ishii, GEF CEO |
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The fifth Global Environment Facility (GEF) Assembly opened on 28 May 2014 at the Moon Palace Hotel in Cancún, Mexico. In the morning, delegates were addressed by High-level officials and considered Assembly agenda items. In the afternoon, four roundtables were held on: Financing Green Growth; Role of Legislation in Protecting the Global Environment; Mainstreaming Natural Capital into Decision-Making; and Sustainable and Resilient Cities.
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| Delegates watched a video highlighting GEF projects in Mexico |
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| Delegates elected Juan José Guerra (left), Secretary, Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico, as Chair of the fifth GEF Assembly |
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| Participants listening to Naoko Ishii’s speech |
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| Participants watched a video about the findings of the Fifth Overall Performance Study of the GEF |
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| Fifth GEF Assembly group photo |
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High-Level Roundtables
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| The dais during the roundtable on “Financing Green Growth.”. L-R: Peter Seligmann, CEO, Conservation International; Li Yong, Director General, UNIDO; Moderator Joachim von Amsberg, World Bank; Fernando Aportela, Under-Secretary of Finance, Mexico; Mohale Rakgate, Development Bank of Southern Africa; and Daniel Servitje, CEO, Grupo Bimbo. |
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| Participants during the roundtable |
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| The dais during the roundtable on “Role of Legislation in Protecting the Global Environment.” L-R: James Lembeli, Member of Parliament, Tanzania; Lourdes Adriana Lopez Moreno, Deputy, National Congress, Mexico; Juan Jose Guerra Abud, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico; David Barron, Founder, International Conservation Caucus Foundation; Ibrahim Thiaw, Assistant Executive Director, UN Environment Programme (UNEP); Antonio Azuela de la Cueva, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM); and Graham Stuart, Chairman of the Board, GLOBE international |
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| Participants during the roundtable on “Role of Legislation in Protecting the Global Environment.” |
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| The dais during the roundtable on “Mainstreaming Natural Capital into Decision-Making.” L-R: Carlos Roxo, Director for Sustainability, Fibria; Tshekedi Khama, Minister of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism, Botswana; Eduardo Sojo, Director, National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) of Mexico; José Sarukhán Kermez, National Commission for Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity, Mexico; Braulio de Souza Dias, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD); Fernando Aportela, Under-Secretary of Finance and Public Credit, Mexico; and Moderator Rosina Bierbaum, Chair of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) |
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| Participants during the roundtable on “Mainstreaming Natural Capital into Decision-Making” |
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| The dais during the roundtable on “Sustainable and Resilient Cities.” L-R: Gino Van Begin, ICLEI; Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Mayor, Seberang Perai, Malaysia; Moderator Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez, World Bank; Boris Graizbord, Colegio de México, Mexico; and Bernardo Baranda Sepúlveda, Transportation and Development Policy Institute (IPTD). |
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| Participants during the roundtable on “Sustainable and Resilient Cities” |
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| In the evening, Enrique Peña Nieto, President of Mexico, addressed the Assembly |
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Exhibition
Around the Venue
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L-R: Kimo Goree, Vice President, IISD RS, and Guri Sandborg, Deputy Director General of the
Norwegian Ministry of Environment |
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| Funding for coverage of this event has been provided by the GEF |
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