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On Tuesday, 4 April, delegates to the third session of the Preparatory Committee on the elements of a draft text of an international legally binding instrument on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (PrepCom 3) convened in plenary in the morning and in the afternoon, with the informal working group on cross-cutting issues completing its work in the morning. In the morning, Amb. Peter Thomson (Fiji), UN General Assembly President, encouraged delegates to bring cooperation, flexibility and determination to the BBNJ process and to participate in the upcoming Oceans Conference, stressing the importance of the BBNJ process in oceans stewardship. In the afternoon, plenary further discussed the scope of benefit-sharing from marine genetic resources, as well as access and benefit-sharing modalities. IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, has providing daily web coverage, daily reports and a summary and analysis report from the 3rd Session of the Preparatory Committee Established by the UN General Assembly Resolution 69/292 “Development of an International Legally Binding Instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction.” Our summary and analysis report is available in HTML and PDF. Photos by IISD/ENB | Franz Dejon For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page President of the UN General Assembly, Amb. Peter Thomson, Fiji President of the UN General Assembly, Amb. Peter Thomson, Fiji Chair Carlos Sobral Duarte, Brazil L-R: Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, Director, UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (UNDOALOS); President of the UN General Assembly, Amb. Peter Thomson, Fiji; Chair Carlos Sobral Duarte, Brazil; Alice Hicuburundi, UNDOALOS; and Charlotte Salpin, UNDOALOS Margo Deiye, Nauru, on behalf of the Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS) Daniela Diz, WWF Peni Suveinakama, Fiji Susan Whelan, Holy See Alain Tellier, Canada Kjell Kristian Egge, Norway Driss Meski, Executive Secretary, International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) Veronika Frank, Greenpeace International on behalf of the High Seas Alliance Evan Bloom, US Rolando Castro, Costa Rica Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga, Mexico José Luis Fernández Valoni, Argentina Janine Coye-Felson, Belize, Facilitator of the informal working group on marine genetic resources Riena Dwi Astuty, Indonesia María Claudia Vélez Crismatt, Colombia Ma Xinmin, China Alice Revell, New Zealand Maruthadu Sudhakar, India Metod Špaček, EU Essam Yassin Mohammed, Eritrea Rishy Bukoree, Mauritius Hiroko Muraki Gottlieb, IUCN Maria Rowena Romana-Eguia, the Philippines L-R: President of the UN General Assembly, Amb. Peter Thomson, Fiji, in conversation with Chair Carlos Sobral Duarte, Brazil L-R: Sergey Leonidchenko, Russian Federation, in consultation with Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga, Mexico Delegates from Latin America consulting Amb. Macharia Kamau, Permanent Representative of Kenya to the UN and Special Envoy on Climate Change and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in conversation with delegates from Kenya

On Monday, 3 April, delegates to the third session of the Preparatory Committee on the elements of a draft text of an international legally binding instrument on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (PrepCom 3) convened in the informal working group on capacity building and technology transfer (CB&TT) in the morning. The informal working group on cross-cutting issues, facilitated by Chair Sobral Duarte, met for the rest of the day, addressing the scope of a new legally binding instrument, its relationship with other instruments and its possible institutional arrangements. IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, has providing daily web coverage, daily reports and a summary and analysis report from the 3rd Session of the Preparatory Committee Established by the UN General Assembly Resolution 69/292 “Development of an International Legally Binding Instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction.” Our summary and analysis report is available in HTML and PDF. Photos by IISD/ENB | Franz Dejon For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page L-R: Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, Director, UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (UNDOALOS); Rena Lee, Singapore, Facilitator of the informal working group on capacity building and transfer of marine technology; and Alice Hicuburundi, UNDOALOS Peter Haugan, Chair of Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Mehdi Remaoun, Algeria, on behalf of the African Group Juliette Babb-Riley, Barbados, on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Shara Duncan, Costa Rica Margo Deiye, Nauru, on behalf of the Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS) Lucía Raffin, Argentina Carl Grainger, EU Angel Horna, Peru Evan Bloom, US Takehiro Nakamura, UN Environment Kristina Gjerde, IUCN Blaise Kuemlangan, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) Alain Tellier, Canada Kjell Kristian Egge, Norway Rogelio Villanueva Jr., the Philippines Peni Suveinakama, Fiji Diedre Mills, Jamaica L-R: Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, Director, UNDOALOS; Chair Carlos Sobral Duarte, Brazil; Alice Hicuburundi, UNDOALOS; and Charlotte Salpin, UNDOALOS Efraín Baus Palacios, Ecuador, for the G-77/China Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga, Mexico Djamchid Momtaz, Iran Ramalingam Kirubagaran, India Larisa Chernysheva, Russian Federation Daniela Diz, WWF Delegates from Spain consulting Leonito Bacalando Jr., Federated States of Micronesia, consulting with the Philippines L-R: John Brincat, EU; Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga, Mexico; and Gina Guillén-Grillo, Costa Rica L-R: Sergey Leonidchenko, Russian Federation, in conversation with Evan Bloom, US Delegates from the Philippines

On Friday, the Panel adopted decisions agreeing to the outlines of the Special Report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems (SR2) and the Special Report on climate change and oceans and the cryosphere (SROCC). The Panel also adopted a decision on the IPCC Trust Fund Programme and Budget and agreed on the terms of reference for the Ad Hoc Task Group on the Financial Stability of the IPCC. The Panel agreed that IPCC-46 will convene in Montreal, Canada, during the first week of September 2017. IPCC-45 closed at 5:07 pm. IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, provided daily web coverage from IPCC-45. In addition, IISD Reporting Services has published a summary and analysis report in HTML and PDF. Photos by IISD/ENB | Diego Noguera For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page Plenary Delegates meet for the final day of IPCC-45 Oyvind Christophersen, Norway Ko Barrett, IPCC Vice-Chair Eleonora Cogo, Italy, and Jakub Gibek, Poland Syed Atif Raza, Pakistan Martine Vanderstraeten, Belgium Ramanlal Bhatt Jaivardhan, India Miles Perry, European Union (EU) Abdullah Tawlah, Saudi Arabia Abdelfatah Shibani, Libya Yun Gao, China Kenneth Kerr, Trinidad and Tobago Snaliah Mahal, Saint Lucia Nicolás Zambrano, Ecuador (center) Arthur Rolle, Bahamas The dais during the afternoon session Antonio Cañas Calderón, El Salvador Marie-Hélène Tusseau, France Mirivololona Raholijao, Madagascar Murukesan Krishnapillai, Federated States of Micronesia Frank McGovern, Ireland, and Eleonora Cogo, Italy Celso Pazos Alberdi, Cuba Javier Gutiérrez, Nicaragua Silvia Ribeiro, ETC Group Thelma Krug, IPCC Vice-Chair and Chair of the Scientific Steering Committee for the 1.5°C Special Report Helen Plume, New Zealand (L-R): Andrew Ferrone, Luxembourg; Florin Vladu, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); and Kerstin Stendahl, IPCC Deputy Secretary (L-R): Hayden Montgomery, Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases; Kiyoto Tanabe, Co-Chair, IPCC Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (TFI); and Martial Bernoux, UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Trigg Talley, US, and José Romero, Switzerland Yun Gao, China, and Syed Atif Raza, Pakistan Andrej Kranjc, IPCC Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (TFI), and Elena Kosolapova, ENB (L-R): Andy Reisinger, Working Group III Vice-Chair; Jesbin Baidya, IPCC Secretariat; and Youba Sokona, IPCC Vice-Chair The dais during the press conference after the end of the session (L-R): Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, Belgium; Eric Seyama, Swaziland; Nasimjon Rajabov, Tajikistan; and José Romero, Switzerland Hoesung Lee, IPCC Chair, with the Mexican delegation Hoesung Lee, IPCC Chair, and Murukesan Krishnapillai, Federated States of Micronesia Oksana Ekzarkho, IPCC Seretariat Around the Venue

On Friday, 31 March, delegates to the third session of the Preparatory Committee on the elements of a draft text of an international legally binding instrument on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (PrepCom 3) convened in the informal working group on capacity building and technology transfer throughout the day. Discussions focused on: scope, principles and modalities of capacity building and technology transfer; links with other elements of a new legally binding instrument; intellectual property rights; a clearinghouse mechanism; funding; and monitoring and review. IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, has providing daily web coverage, daily reports and a summary and analysis report from the 3rd Session of the Preparatory Committee Established by the UN General Assembly Resolution 69/292 “Development of an International Legally Binding Instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction.” Our summary and analysis report is available in HTML and PDF. Photos by IISD/ENB | Franz Dejon For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page Rena Lee, Singapore, Facilitator of the informal working group on capacity building and transfer of marine technology Juliette Babb-Riley, Barbados, on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Luis Oña Garcés, Ecuador, on behalf of the G-77/China Ismail Raushan Zahir, Maldives, on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) Mehdi Remaoun, Algeria, on behalf of the African Group Margo Deiye, Nauru, on behalf of the Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS) Marc Richir, EU Christopher Katota, Zambia, on behalf of Landlocked Developing Countries Khurshed Alam, Bangladesh Dhisadee Chamlongrasdr, Thailand Thembile Joyini, South Africa Christoph Reusser, Switzerland Tevita Suka Mangisi, Tonga Zentaro Naganuma, Japan Hina Saeed Baig, Pakistan Kjell Kristian Egge, Norway Linlin Li, China Cristóbal Hernández Castillo, Chile Michael Lodge, Secretary-General, International Seabed Authority (ISA), delivering his intervention Yolannie Cerrato, Honduras Kate Neilson, New Zealand Siai Taylor, Cook Islands Carlos Garcia Reyes, Guatemala Duncan Currie, Greenpeace International Michael Lodge, Secretary-General, ISA L-R: Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, Director, UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (UNDOALOS); Rena Lee, Singapore, Facilitator of the informal working group on capacity building and transfer of marine technology; Alice Hicuburundi, UNDOALOS; Vita Onwuasoanya, UNDOALOS; and Angela Chung, UNDOALOS Thembile Joyini, South Africa, consulting with Mehdi Remaoun, Algeria Michael Googan, Australia, in conversation with delegates from Norway Delegates from GRULAC in informal consultations

On Thursday morning, the Panel continued its consideration for the outline of the Special Report on climate change, oceans and the cryosphere (SROCC). The Panel then considered the revised outline presented by the Scientific Steering Committee for the Special Report on climate change, desertification land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems (SR2). In the afternoon, the Panel addressed the IPCC Scholarship Programme and Other Matters. IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, provided daily web coverage from IPCC-45. In addition, IISD Reporting Services has published a summary and analysis report in HTML and PDF. Photos by IISD/ENB | Diego Noguera For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page Plenary The dais during the morning session Maritza Jadrijevic, Chile Michael Mason, Grenada Aida Velasco, Spain Yun Gao, China Lloyd Gabriel Pascal, Dominica Naikoa Aguilar-Amuchastegui, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Omniah Shawky, Egypt Izumi Mori, Japan Snaliah Mahal, Saint Lucia Jakub Gibek, Poland Tri Handoko Seto, Indonesia Jim Skea, Working Group III Co-Chair (left), talks to Thelma Krug, IPCC Vice-Chair (right) Isabel Di Carlo Quero, Venezuela (L-R): Carolina Vera, Working Group I Vice-Chair; Roberto Sanchez-Rodríguez, Working Group II Vice-Chair; and Álvaro Gabriel Zopatti, Argentina Renata Negrelly Nogueira, Brazil (center) Melinda Tignor, Working Group II Technical Support Unit (TSU), and Anna Pirani, Working Group I TSU Miles Perry, European Union (EU) Youba Sokona, IPCC Vice-Chair and Chair of SR2 Scientific Steering Committee Birama Diarra, Mali Barış Karapınar, Turkey Omar Franco Torres, Colombia Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, Belgium Itchell Guiney, South Africa Abdallah Nassif, Morocco Mariane Diop-Kan, Senegal Yaya Bangoura, Guinea Amparo Martínez Arroyo, Mexico Ayman Shasly, Saudi Arabia Farhan Akhtar, US Murukesan Krishnapillai, Federated States of Micronesia Moussa Labo, Niger Kokou Sabi, Togo Florin Vladu, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Kerstin Stendahl, IPCC Deputy Secretary Delegates from Saudi Arabia meet informally (L-R): Jim Skea, Working Group III Co-Chair; Elizabeth Huntley, IPCC Secretariat; and Debra Roberts, Working Group II Co-Chair Delegates from small island developing states and the US meet informally Delegates check the ENB website Around the Venue