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| UNEP Deputy
Executive Director Shafqat Kakakhel, UNEP Executive
Director Achim Steiner, and GC President Roberto Dobles |
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COW Chair Jan Dusik,
Czech Republic, reporting the outcomes of the COW to
Plenary |
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Indonesia, on behalf G-77/China
(right), said the issues of globalization and UN
reform are of particular importance for developing
countries, and proposed that UNEP facilitate
consultations among environment and other relevant
ministers at GC-25/GMEF. He cited decisions on
chemicals, SIDS and support to Africa among the
meeting’s successes,
urging
accelerated implementation of the Bali Strategic Plan and the Gender
Plan of Action, and strengthened UNEP regional presence. |
Osita Anaedu, Nigeria
(left), said that the eyes of Africa
are upon UNEP Executive Director Steiner
and acknowledged his inspiring
leadership. He also expressed hope that
UNEP would grow in stature, commensurate
with other UN headquarters.
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Mahmood
Khwaja, Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI),
Pakistan, representing
civil society (left),
expressed appreciation of the possibilities for civil
society involvement in GC-24/GMEF, noting that the
recently established Global Civil Society Steering
Committee will further promote
civil
society participation in UNEP governance.
Reacting to the decision on chemicals,
and especially mercury, Michael Bender, the Zero
Mercury Working Group (not pictured), lamented that
“collective actions had not matched words”. He called
for a legally binding agreement to protect human health
and the environment and welcomed the establishment of
the ad hoc working group |
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Noting the innovative and historic nature
of GC-24/GMEF, GC President Roberto Dobles (left)
said the week had identified the challenges and
opportunities before GC-25 and urged intensified efforts
to deliver on the decisions adopted.
Committing to pursuing the
objective of being carbon neutral, UNEP Executive
Director Achim Steiner (right) highlighted some of
the figures involved in making GC-24/GMEF happen,
including: the need to plant 15,000 trees to offset the
energy used in the meeting, and 5,200 trees to offset
the CO2 emissions from air travel. He urged peace-making
and diplomacy and highlighted the importance of even
small steps in taking the
challenge of taking environmental issues forward. |
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During
the morning COW, chemicals management contact group
chair Donald Hannah requested more time for the contact
group to conclude its work |
| Contact Group: Chemicals Management |
| Chemicals management
co-chairs Abiola Olanipekun, Nigeria, and Donald Hannah,
New Zealand, with members of the US delegation |
Special Event: EU
Mercury Strategy and Spanish Policies for the Control of
Mercury Emissions |
| This event
presented the EU and Spanish initiatives on the control,
reduction and banning of mercury. |
Timo
Makela, European Commission, Nicolas Martin Cinto,
Spain, and Jaime Alejandre |
| Photos from the closing press
conference |
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| Miscellaneous Photos |
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| ENB writers
Xenya Cherny and Leonie Gordon chatting with UNEP
Executive Director Achim Steiner |
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