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13-22 June 2012 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Highlights for the Rio Conventions Pavilion - Wednesday, 20 June 2012

The Rio Conventions Pavilion continued on Wednesday, 20 June, convening for Gender Mainstreaming Day. The event consisted of sessions on: mainstreaming gender in the three Rio Conventions - progress to date and way forward; linking research, policy and practice for gender-responsive action in forestry; political leadership and gender, and stakeholders panel; and a celebration of women’s leadership in sustainable development. A special event on the economics of sustainable development also took place.

President Tarja Halonen, Finland

UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres and Mary Robinson, Former President of Ireland

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Mainstreaming Gender in the Rio Conventions: Progress to Date and Ways Forward

Panel (L-R): UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres; Executive Director of UN Women Michelle Bachelet; UNCCD Executive Secretary Luc Gnacadja; and Jamie Webbe, CBD Secretariat.

Executive Director of UN Women Michelle Bachelet

UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres

Jamie Webbe, CBD Secretariat

UNCCD Executive Secretary Luc Gnacadja

Ann Marie Sloth Carlsen, UNDP

Lorena Aguilar, IUCN

Margaret Groff, CFO, Itaipu Binacional

Participants after the panel

(L-R): UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres; Executive Director of UN Women Michelle Bachelet; and UNCCD Executive Secretary Luc Gnacadja.

Linking Research, Policy and Practice for Gender-Responsive Action in Forestry

Panel (L-R): Anne Larson, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR); Robert Nasi, CIFOR; Anne Marie Tiani, CIFOR; and Moira Moeliono, CIFOR.

Anne Marie Tiani, CIFOR

Anne Larson, CIFOR

Robert Nasi, CIFOR

Moira Moeliono, CIFOR

Political Leadership and Gender, and Stakeholders Panel

Panel (L-R): Carmen Becerril, President, ACCIONA Energy; Julia Duncan-Cassell, Minister of Gender and Development, Liberia; President Tarja Halonen, Finland; UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres; Mary Robinson, Former President of Ireland; Yolanda Kakbadse, President, WWF; and Ed King, Climate Change TV.

UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres

President Tarja Halonen, Finland

Julia Duncan-Cassell, Minister of Gender and Development, Liberia

Mary Robinson, Former President of Ireland

Carmen Becerril, President, ACCIONA Energy

Yolanda Kakbadse, President, WWF

Celebration of Women's Leadership in Sustainable Development

Video Message from Satu Hassi, Member of the European Parliament

Participants at the Celebration of Women's Leadership in Sustainable Development.

Lorena Aguilar, IUCN, hugs Finnish President Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs Rejoice Mabudafhasi, South Africa, was presented with the Vision Award.

Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs Rejoice Mabudafhasi, South Africa, was presented with the Vision Award.

CBD Executive Secretary Braulio Dias

Benjamin Karmorh, UNFCCC Focal Point, Liberia, was presented the Leadership Award.

Cate Owren, Executive Director, Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)

Maria José Ortiz, WEDO, was presented the Advocacy Award.

Feri Lumapao, Aprotech Asia, was presented with the Sustainable Solutions Award.

CBD Executive Secretary Braulio Dias accepts an award in memory of Marie Aminata Khan.

Special Event on the Economics of Sustainable Development

Panel (L-R): Pavan Sukhdev, The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) study leader; Robert Watson, former IPCC Chair and Blue Planet Laureate; Caroline Spelman, Secretary of State for the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, United Kingdom; and Jeffrey Sachs, Director, Earth Institute and Special Adviser to the UN Secretary General.

David Ainsworth, CBD Secretariat

Caroline Spelman, Secretary of State for the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, United Kingdom

Pavan Sukhdev, TEEB study leader, and Robert Watson, former IPCC Chair and Blue Planet Laureate

Robert Watson, former IPCC Chair and Blue Planet Laureate, and Caroline Spelman, Secretary of State for the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, United Kingdom

Participants listen to panel discussions.

Caroline Spelman, Secretary of State for the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, United Kingdom; and Jeffrey Sachs, Director, Earth Institute and Special Adviser to the UN Secretary General

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