IISD RS @ GCSS-12/GMEF, 20-22 February 2012, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya

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Twelfth Special Session of the Governing Council/ Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GCSS-12/GMEF) of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP)

20-22 February 2012 | UN Environment Programme (UNEP) headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya

DAILY WEB COVERAGE

| Mon. 20 Feb. | Tue. 21 Feb. | Wed. 22 Feb. |

Highlights for Tuesday, 21 February 2012

On Tuesday, delegates convened for ministerial consultations in plenary in the morning and afternoon. Five parallel ministerial round-table discussions on the theme “green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication” also took place in the morning. In the afternoon the roundtable discussions focused on IFSD. The COW as well as drafting groups convened throughout the day.

Bird's eye view of the Ministerial Consultations.

Back row L-R: Elliott Harris, International Monetary Fund's Special Representative to the UN; Achim Steiner, UNEP Executive Director and Federico Ramos de Armas, (Spain), President of the GC

Front row L-R: Sha Zukang, Secretary-General, UNCSD; Edna Molewa, Minister of Water and Environment Affairs, South Africa; Janez Potočnik, EU Environment Commissioner; Najib Saab, Secretary-General, Arab Forum for Environment and Development

Sha Zukang, Secretary-General, UNCSD

Elliott Harris, Special Representative to the UN, International Monetary Fund

Zakri Abdul Hamid, Science Advisor to the Prime Minister of Malaysia

Erik Solheim, Minister of Environment and Development Cooperation, Norway

Doris Leuthard, Minister of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications, Switzerland

John Scanlon, Secretary-General, Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species

L-R: Demetrio Ignacio, the Philippines and Iwona Rummel-Bulska, Poland

Elfriede Ana More, Austria

Mostafa Kamel, Egypt.

Kongit Gabrie, Dominica

Posters of UNEP Reports

Posters of the winning entries in the UNEP Children's Painting Competion.

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE (COW)

L-R: Jamil Ahmad, Secretary, Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment (GC/GMEF) in consultation with László Borbély, COW Chair, Romania

Presentation of the UNEP Yearbook Findings for 2012.

Monika MacDevette, UNEP

Renate Christ, Secretary, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak, Secretary-General, Abu Dhabi Environment Agency

Delegates from Austria

John Matuszak, US

Tone Solhaug, Norway

Tom Jacob, Business and Industry Major Groups

L-R: Damdin Tsogtbaatar, Minister for Nature, Environment and Tourism, Mongolia; Oyuna Finch, UNEP; Altangerel Enkhbat, Mongolia

Marco Gonzalez, Executive Secretary, Ozone Secretariat, in a conversation with Maria Nolan, Chief Officer, Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol

L-R: Iwona Rummel-Bulska, Poland; Adnan Amin, Director-General, International Renewable Energy Agency; Mark Halle, IISD; and Kimo Goree, IISD Reporting Services