Small Island Developing States

On Thursday, SBI 2 delegates met in plenary in the morning, afternoon, and evening, and addressed conference room papers (CRPs) on: mainstreaming of biodiversity within and across sectors and other strategic actions to enhance implementation; resource mobilization, including elements of methodological guidance for identifying, monitoring and assessing the contribution of indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLCs) to the achievement of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity and the Aichi Targets, and taking the voluntary guidelines on safeguards in biodiversity financing mechanisms into account when selecting, designing and implementing financing mechanisms and when developing instrument-specific safeguards; global multilateral benefit-sharing mechanism under the Nagoya Protocol on access and benefit-sharing (ABS); capacity building, technical and scientific cooperation and technology transfer; national reporting, and assessment and review, under the Convention and its Protocols; the trust fund for facilitating the participation of parties in the Convention process; mechanisms to facilitate review of implementation; integration of Article 8(j) and provisions related to IPLCs in the work of the Convention and its Protocols; review of the effectiveness of processes under the Convention and its Protocols; monitoring and reporting under Article 33 of the Biosafety Protocol; national reporting under the Convention and its Protocols; specialized international ABS instruments in the context of Article 4(4) of the Nagoya Protocol; review of implementation of the financial mechanism; proposals for a comprehensive and participatory process for the preparation of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework; and cooperation with other conventions, international organizations and partnerships. For extensive details on the day’s negotiations and to hear what delegates said in the corridors, see our daily Earth Negotiations Bulletin. IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has provided daily web coverage, daily reports, and a summary and analysis from SBSTTA 22 and SBI 2. Photos by IISD/ENB | Franz Dejon For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page L-R: Jyoti Mathur-Filipp, CBD Secretariat; SBI 2 Chair Francis Ogwal (Uganda); and Amy Ann Fraenkel, CBD Secretariat SBI 2 Chair Francis Ogwal (Uganda) Jyoti Mathur-Filipp, CBD Secretariat CBD Executive Secretary Cristiana Paşca Palmer L-R: Hesiquio Benítez Díaz and Edda Fernández Luiselli, Mexico Laure Ledoux, EU Shirin Karryeva, Turkmenistan Nicky Black, International Council on Mining and Metals Elizabeth Munro, Cook Islands Luciano Donadio, Argentina Rosemary Paterson, New Zealand Jorge Murillo, Colombia José Luis Echeverría Tello, Guatemala Kelly Torck, Canada Larbi Sbaï, Morocco Gaute Voigt-Hanssen, Norway Stephanie Aktipis, US Edison Mayorga, Venezuela Parveen Ejaz, Pakistan Marci Gompers-Small, Suriname Ana Paula Francisco, Mozambique L-R: Patrick Wargute and Samuel Mutuku Kasiki, Kenya L-R: Victor Alvarado, Hesiquio Benítez Díaz and Mariana Bellot Rojas, Mexico CBD Secretariat staff advising SBI 2 Chair Francis Ogwal (Uganda) Delegates from South Africa consulting SBI 2 Snapshots Delegates from ASEAN countries with participants from the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity L-R: Erie Tamale, CBD Secretariat; and SBI 2 Chair Francis Ogwal (Uganda) L-R: Alissa Takesy, Federated States of Micronesia; and Joan Yang, Palau Delegates from Small Island Developing States L-R: Sol Guerrero Ortiz and Natalhie Campos-Reales Pineda, Mexico Participants from the Philippines and the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity

HLPF 2018 continued on Wednesday at UN Headquarters in New York. In the morning, two thematic reviews based on the theme of transformation towards sustainable and resilient societies took place: perspectives of small island developing States (SIDS); and perspectives of least developed countries (LDCs), landlocked developing countries (LLDCs), and middle-income countries (MICs). In the afternoon, the review of SDG implementation continued, with a session on SDG 11 (sustainable cities and communities). For extensive details on the day’s negotiations and to hear what delegates said in the corridors, see our daily Earth Negotiations Bulletin. Visit our coverage of selected side events at HLPF 2018 IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, provided daily digital coverage, daily reports, and a summary and analysis report from HLPF 2018. Photos by IISD/ENB | Kiara Worth For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page Thematic Review: Transformation Towards Sustainable and Resilient Societies - SIDS Perspective View of the dais during the session Moderator Elizabeth Thompson, Permanent Representative-designate of Barbados to the UN Marc Pecsteen, Vice-President of ECOSOC Alexander Teabo, Minister for Environment, Lands and Agriculture Development, Kiribati Addys Claribel Then Marte, Executive Director, NGO Alliance Rhonda Robinson, Deputy Director, Water and Sanitation, Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) Tessa Williams-Robertson, Head, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Unit, Caribbean Development Bank Adrianus Vlugman, Water Sanitation, Environmental Health, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/ World Health Organization (WHO) Vishal Luchoomun, Mauritius Lucas Tavares, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) Pennelope Beckles, Trinidad and Tobago, speaking on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Thematic Review: Transformation Towards Sustainable and Resilient Societies - Perspectives of LDCs, LLDCs and MICs View of the dais during the session Moderator Karin Fernando, Center for Poverty Analysis (CEPA), Sri Lanka Idriss Maïga Alzouma, President, African Disability Forum, and Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities Maruxa Cardama, Cities Alliance, Belgium Kaba Urgessa, State Minister for Environmental Sustainability, Ethiopia Felipe Castro Pachón, Director, Monitoring and Evaluation of Public Policy, National Planning Department, Colombia Fekitamoeloa Katoa ‘Utoikamanu, UN High Representative for the LDCs, LLDCs, and SIDS Tareq Md. Ariful Islam, Bangladesh, speaking on behalf of LDCs Rubén Escalante Hasbún, El Salvador Maimuna Kabatesi, NGO Major Group Bhakta Bishwakarma, Asia-Pacific Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) Review of SDG Implementation: SDG 11: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable Benjamin Rae, Statistics Division, UN DESA Leilani Farha, UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing Moderator Rohit T. Aggarwala, Columbia University Jean Todt, Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Road Safety Meera Al Shaikh, Member of the SDG 11 Global Council, and Smart Dubai, UAE Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Executive Director, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) Wim Dries, Mayor of the City of Genk, and President, Flemish Association of Local Councils, Belgium Penny Abeywardena, Commissioner for International Affairs, New York City Shaila Shahid, International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), and Women’s Major Group Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister of State, Housing and Urban Affairs, India Bogdan Toader, Romania Pablo Fernández Marmissolle Daguerre, Mexico   Around the Venue Elizabeth Thompson, Permanent Representative-designate of Barbados to the UN, and Irena Zubcevic, UN DESA Delegates from Norway Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister of State, Housing and Urban Affairs, India, speaks with a delegate A delegate takes a photo of Vani Catanasiga, Fiji Council of Social Services, during an intervention Delegates between sessions An exhibition about Singapore's answer to SDG 6: ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all Alan Bigelow, Solar Cookers International, explains how to harness zero-emissions solar energy to cook food, to two children from Palestine enjoying the exhibits on display

The second meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI 2) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) opened on Monday, following the 22nd meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 22) and a Sunday seminar on transformational change for the biodiversity agenda. Delegates heard opening remarks, addressed organizational matters, and engaged in discussions on: review of progress in the implementation of the Convention and the Strategic Plan 2011-2020; assessment and review of the effectiveness of the Nagoya Protocol on access and benefit-sharing (ABS); and mainstreaming of biodiversity within and across sectors, and other strategic actions to enhance implementation. In the evening, an opening reception was held on the theme “Indigenous peoples, local communities and the future of biodiversity.” For extensive details on the day’s negotiations and to hear what delegates said in the corridors, see our daily Earth Negotiations Bulletin. IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has provided daily web coverage, daily reports, and a summary and analysis from SBSTTA 22 and SBI 2. Photos by IISD/ENB | Franz Dejon For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page L-R: Roberta Bondar, Canada's first female astronaut, and founder, Roberta Bondar Foundation; Jyoti Mathur-Filipp, CBD Secretariat; SBI 2 Chair Francis Ogwal (Uganda); Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez, Vice Minister, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico; CBD Executive Secretary Cristiana Paşca Palmer; and CBD Deputy Executive Secretary David Cooper Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez, Vice Minister, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico SBI 2 Chair Francis Ogwal CBD Executive Secretary Cristiana Paşca Palmer Jiří Hlaváček, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) SBI 2 observed a moment of silence in memory of Olivier de Munck, CBD Secretariat SBI 2 keynote speaker, Roberta Bondar, Canada's first female astronaut, and founder, Roberta Bondar Foundation View of a presentation by Roberta Bondar, Canada's first female astronaut, and founder, Roberta Bondar Foundation Belal Alhayek, Syrian Arab Republic Eugenia Arguedas Montezuma, Costa Rica Jesus Guerra Bell, Cuba Soonhwan Hwang, Republic of Korea Prudence Tangham Galega, Cameroon Wolfram Tertschnig, Austria, for the EU Wilson Rojas, Ecuador Senka Barudanovic, Bosnia and Herzegovina Shoni Munhedzi, South Africa Fionna Cumming, New Zealand Arora Sujata, India Crisanta Marlene Rodriguez, the Philippines Jing Xin, China View of a presentation on mainstreaming biodiversity by UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and African Wildlife Foundation Neville Ash, UNEP-WCMC Jimmiel Mandima, African Wildlife Foundation SBI 2 Snapshots L-R: Roberta Bondar, Canada's first female astronaut and founder, Roberta Bondar Foundation; and CBD Executive Secretary Cristiana Paşca Palmer Roberta Bondar, Canada's first female astronaut, and founder, Roberta Bondar Foundation, with CBD Secretariat, and SBSTTA 22 Chair Mundita Lim Delegates from Small Island Developing States consulting L-R: CBD Executive Secretary Cristiana Paşca Palmer and Kent Nnadozie, Secretary, International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) geared towards enhancing cooperation between the two Secretariats. SBSTTA 22 Chair Mundita Lim (center) with participants from the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity L-R: Lahcene Rekik, Lisa Pedicelli, and Florence Blot, CBD Secretariat