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Highlights for Saturday, 4 May 2019 IPBES Chair Robert Watson, UK, gavels the meeting to a close at 2:58 pm. On Saturday morning, the working group on the Global Assessment recovened to review a table listing key knowledge gaps, which the group eventually agreed to add to the summary for policy makers (SPM) of the Global Assessment as an annex.Plenary convened at 11:00 am. Delegates approved the SPM and accepted the chapters of the Global Assessment report without further amendments. They applauded the Chapter Lead Authors, Experts, and the Technical Support Unit involved in preparing the assessment. Plenary then adopted IPBES’ Rolling Work Programme up to 2030 and the budget, and elected new members to the Multidisciplinary Expert Panel and the Bureau. Plenary elected Anna Maria Hernández (Colombia) as new IPBES Chair, and delegates accepted Morocco’s offer to host IPBES-8 in early 2021.CBD Executive Secretary Cristiana Pașca Palmer said biodiversity loss is destroying the “bedrock” of ecosystem services with dramatic economic and social consequences. She outlined forthcoming international biodiversity meetings towards the post-2020 biodiversity framework, noting they present an unprecedented opportunity to find a way forward.IPBES Executive Secretary Anne Larigauderie called the assessment “a landmark report,” stressing that current trends do not allow much optimism, and highlighting that biodiversity is also a development, economic, and security issue. She called on participants to work together to make most of the current momentum for biodiversity.In closing statements, Africa called for facilitating and monitoring the uptake of the Global Assessment’s outcomes. Asia and Pacific stressed the need for successful implementation of the adopted work programme. The Eastern European Region highlighted capacity building under the new work programme. Latin America and the Caribbean highlighted the technical paper on biodiversity and climate change. Western Europe and Others said that its members should use the Global Assessment to trigger decisions at all levels. The US said that IPBES’ efforts will serve and protect generations to come.The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), for the biodiversity-related conventions, underscored the importance of stronger alignment of IPBES with the biodiversity conventions, who in turn, should work to address synergies. The UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) said understanding conservation and connectivity are “crucial.” The International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IIFBES) stated that IPBES is strengthened by inclusion of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) in all programmes. The Open-ended Network of IPBES Stakeholders (ONet) asked members to integrate outcomes into national agendas, into discussions at the UN General Assembly, and into the Rio Conventions.In his farewell speech, outgoing IPBES Chair Robert Watson reminisced on his long history of involvement in environmental assessments, calling chairing IPBES his “most rewarding job.” He stated the Global Assessment gives the private sector and civil society the evidence they need for evidenced-based policy making.He then gaveled IPBES-7 to a close at 2:58 pm.Summary and Analysis: The Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) summary and analysis of IPBES-7 will be available on this site on Tuesday, 7 May 2019. IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, provided daily web coverage and daily reports from IPBES-7. Photos by IISD/ENB | Diego Noguera For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page Working Group I finalizes work before plenary. IPBES-7 meets for its final day at UNESCO Headquarters. IPBES Executive Secretary Anne Larigauderie CBD Executive Secretary Cristiana Paşca Palmer Global Assessment Co-Chair Eduardo S. Brondízio, Brazil/US, celebrates the SPM approval with Rapporteur Alfred Oteng-Yeboah, Ghana. Global Assessment authors and delegates celebrate the SPM approval. Stefan Leiner, EU Olivier Fontan, France Eiji Tanaka, Japan Ana María Hernández Salgar, Colombia, is congratulated by delegates on her election as the new IPBES Chair. Outgoing Chair Robert Watson, UK, receives a standing ovation at the end of IPBES-7. IPBES Executive Secretary Anne Larigauderie and outgoing Chair Robert Watson, UK, at the end of IPBES-7. The Multidisciplinary Expert Panel (MEP) meets before plenary Members of the outgoing and incoming Bureau Around the Venue Family photo of the Global Assessment Report Chapter 6 Authors CBD Executive Secretary Cristiana Paşca Palmer and IPBES Executive Secretary Anne Larigauderie L-R: Sarah Banda, IPBES Secretariat; Global Assessment Co-Chairs Sandra Díaz, Argentina, Eduardo S. Brondízio, Brazil/US, and Josef Settele, Germany; and Ione Anderson, Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research Interpreters at work A view of Paris from UNESCO Headquarters The ENB team with outgoing Chair Robert Watson, UK, and incoming Chair Ana María Hernández Salgar, Colombia.

Highlights for Friday, 3 May 2019 Family photo of members of the IPBES Secretariat and the outgoing Bureau. On Friday, IPBES-7 delegates continued negotiations in two working groups to finalize the summary for policy makers (SPM) of the Global Assessment and the Platform’s future work programme.The working group on the Global Assessment continued discussing the SPM background section before returning to outstanding issues in the key messages. In the evening, they began considering a table outlining possible actions in the various areas addressed in the SPM.Highlights of the working group on the Global Assessment included: A lengthy discussion on recognizing non-human rights, including animal rights and rights of nature. Opinions diverged regarding reference to internationally recognized rights, like the ones on Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) versus the inclusion of non-human rights that are under active international negotiation. Extended debate on reducing consumption and waste, particularly among “the affluent,” as well as regarding the notion of social justice. Some delegates suggested referring to “changes” in consumption and waste rather than “reduction” and to social “equity” instead of social “justice.” This was followed by a lengthy discussion regarding circular economy, with delegates exchanging opinions on whether the concept of resource efficiency includes the idea of the circular economy. Recurrent discussions on various approaches to sustainable land management to be referenced in relation to the need to transform food systems and landscape management. Delegates also discussed the need to avoid overloading the Secretariat with work by asking it to launch several scoping processes in parallel to ongoing assessments, and the need to maintain flexibility for IPBES to react to emerging issues. The working group on the future work programme agreed, after lengthy debate, on launching two assessment scoping processes on the nexus between biodiversity, water, food, and health, and on transformative change. The group also discussed at length how to invite the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to engage in developing a joint technical publication on Biodiversity and Climate Change, preferably to be completed on time to inform discussions on the post-2020 biodiversity framework in late 2020. The eventually agreed to invite the Executive Secretaries of IPBES and IPCC to explore this issue.For extensive details on the day’s negotiations and to hear what delegates said in the corridors, see our daily Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB). IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, provided daily web coverage and daily reports from IPBES-7. In addition, IISD Reporting Services, will publish a summary and analysis report of IPBES-7 on Tuesday, 7 May 2019. Photos by IISD/ENB | Diego Noguera For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page Working Group I Global Assessment Co-Chairs Sandra Díaz and Eduardo S. Brondízio Arthur Cesar Lima Naylor, Brazil José Rafael Almonte Perdomo, Dominican Republic Delegates from France and the US consult on the draft text. Luciano Donadio Linares, Argentina Wadzanayi Goredema-Mandivenyi, South Africa Hien Ngo, IPBES Secretariat, and Christine Dawson, US Neville Ash, Director, UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre, and David Cooper, Deputy Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity L-R: Tom Dixon, Forest Peoples Programme (FPP); Edna Kaptoyo, Indigenous Information Network; and Polina Shulbaeva, FPP The German delegation reviews the draft text. IPBES Chair Robert Watson, UK, addresses members of the Friends of the Chair group. A Friends of the Chair group meets at lunch time to address outstanding issues in the summary for policy makers of the Global Assessment. Working Group II Working Group II Co-Chairs Ana María Hernández Salgar, Colombia, and Ivar Andreas Baste, Norway Mariam Akhtar-Schuster and Barbara Engels, Germany Adam Van Opzeeland, New Zealand Carmel Mbizvo (right), South Africa, discusses with delegates from Malawi and Zambia. Delegates continue deliberations in the evening to complete work before Saturday’s plenary. Around the Venue The IPBES Secretariat sings a song to thank the outgoing Bureau members. Registration staff family photo A view of Paris from UNESCO Headquarters

Highlights for Thursday, 2 May 2019 IPBES Fellows give presents to the IPBES Secretariat. On Thursday, delegates continued negotiating the draft summary for policy makers (SPM) of the Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a working group which met throughout the day and into the night. Another working group met throughout the day and in the evening to finalize the Platform’s second work programme.The working group on the Global Assessment discussed key messages on simultaneously achieving nature conservation and other societal goals, such as food security, climate change mitigation, and sustainable economic development. In the afternoon, delegates completed the key messages section, except for several outstanding issues, and began considering the background section. Highlights of these discussions included: Extended debate on referencing the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLCs) as a way to enhance nature conservation and restoration, while recognizing that indigenous peoples have different rights than local communities and that such rights are recognized in international law, but must be implemented through national law in most countries; Deliberations on whether to reference specific activities that can support nature conservation in key messages on food security, fisheries, and climate change mitigation; and A discussion on sustainable pathways and global financial and economic systems during which delegates debated whether economic systems must “evolve,” “reform,” or “transform” to conserve nature. The second working group on the work programme up to 2030 resumed discussions on the objectives, making textual changes to the sections on capacity building, strengthening knowledge foundations, policy support, communicating and engaging, and reviewing effectiveness. With many noting that specific deliverables should be tailored to the priority topics and possibly be prepared by the task forces for consideration by IPBES-8, delegates agreed to remove references to “deliverables” and consider the elements in the draft work programme as objectives. Coming back to the issue of which topics to consider and what reports to prepare, they also debated: how to consider the topic of connectivity, which many Multilateral Environmental Agreements raised in the first call for inputs, and the need for follow-ups to the Global and Regional Assessments.For extensive details on the day’s negotiations and to hear what delegates said in the corridors, see our daily Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB). IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, provided daily web coverage and daily reports from IPBES-7. In addition, IISD Reporting Services, will publish a summary and analysis report of IPBES-7 on Tuesday, 7 May 2019. Photos by IISD/ENB | Diego Noguera For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page Working Group I Ingrid Visseren-Hamakers and Kai Chan, IPBES Experts Yasuo Takahashi and Hirohide Matsushima, Japan Georgina Catacora-Vargas, Bolivia Daniel Alvarez, Chile Nicola Toki and Anne-Gaelle Ausseil, New Zealand Sara Carlson and Christine Dawson, US A Friends of the Chair group meets over lunch break to finalize amendments to a section of the summary for policy makers of the Global Assessment report. Working Group II Eiji Tanaka and Ryo Kohsaka, Japan Anne Teller and Marco Fritz, EU Sofía Treviño Heres, Mexico, and Nina Vik, Norway Mary Rowen, US The French delegation discusses additions to the text. The delegation from the Republic of Korea during the session Bureau Meeting The IPBES Bureau meets over dinner break Around the Venue Nikolay Tzvetkov, Bulgaria, and Ioana Hotea, Romania A participant reviews Thursday’s schedule. Participants discuss informally between working groups. Participants share a laugh at the end of the day. A view of the Eiffel Tower from UNESCO Headquarters