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DRAFT PROGRAM
29 November – 8 December, 211
UNFCCC COP17, Durban, South Africa
Rio Conventions Pavilion @ UNFCC COP17 Program
Venue: Pongola Room, Networking Marquee, Climate Change Response and Expo
101 Bram Fischer Rd, Durban 4001, South Africa
Date
Tue 29 Nov
10:00-12:00
Organization/Contact
18:30-20:00
Wed 30 Nov
tbc
Session Description
Indigenous Peoples and Local Knowledge/Opening session
Indigenous Peoples: Key proposals for mitigation and adaptation actions
based on the sustainable use and management of their land, territories and
resources
Session description to follow
Session description to follow
Pavilion Opening Event: Introduction to the Rio Conventions Pavilion program
in Durban, with high level statement on importance of synergies
Chair: Mr Mketeni DEA DDG B&C
Key note: Minister DST opening
Evening Welcome Reception
Theme: Gender and the Rio Conventions
Gender Mainstreaming in the Rio Conventions
tbc
Gender High-Level segment
South Africa/DEA
15:30-17:00
Gender and the Art of Implementation
18:30-19:30
One World: the Musical
South Africa/DEA
IUCN (L. Aguilar)
Responding to Climate
Change (E. King)
Thu 1 Dec
tbc
Theme: REDD+
Key Note Address on REDD Issues
Minister Tina Joemat-Pieterssen
Building Capacities for REDD+
13:30-15:00
15:30-17:00
17:30-18:30
10:00–12:00
12:00-13:30
13:30-17:00
17:30-19:30
Fri 2 Dec
9:00-12:30
13:30-15:00
15:30-17:00
17:30-19:30
Sat 3 Dec
10:00-12:00
12:00-13:30
13:30-15:30
Consultation on UN-REDD Guidelines on Free, Prior and Informed Consent
(FPIC)
Global Partnership on Forest and Landscape Restoration – Restoring 150
million hectares by 2020
 13:30 – 15:00: A World of Opportunity – The nature and scale of the
opportunity and the benefits of landscape restoration
 15:30 – 17:00: Practical tools and approaches for turning forgotten
acres into benefits
Biocultural protocols: Safeguards lessons for REDD+ from the CBD
Theme: Adaptation
Ecosystem-Based Adaptation in Mountain Regions
EBA as a key component of SA government Climate change response
Key note speaker: Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform, with
high-level panel
Landscape Approach to Adaptation
Launch of the ‘Connect 4 Climate’ Initiative, an interactive platform for
dialogue on climate change with a youth focus (reception)
Theme: Adaptation
Ecosystem-based Adaptation: Lessons learnt from islands’ experience and
proposing EbA guidelines
Pacific Voyage to Climate Change Adaptation
Exploring the Synergies between Ecosystem and Community based
Adaptation: Presenting a common conceptual framework and illustrative case
studies that help to integrate effectively Ecosystem and Community based
Adaptation
Conservation Intl.
(K. Hanford)
DEA/Resource Africa
DEA/DST
South Africa/DEA,
UNFCCC, CBD, UNCCD,
GEF
DEA
Rio Conventions
(M. Khan, S. Zelaya)
South Africa DAFF
UN-REDD, UNDP,
IUCN (J. Greenwalt)
UNDP (Jennifer
Laughlin)
IUCN/GPFLR (C. SaintLaurent)
Natural Justice/IPACC
UNDP, UNEP, and
IUCN (C. Peterson)
South
Africa/DEA/SANBI
South
Africa/DEA/SANBI
Connect4Climate (L.
Wong)
IUCN/EC/GLISPA (D.
Benzaken)
Sec. Pac. Reg. Env.
Pro. (SPREP – N.
Woonton)
Ecosyst. Livelih. Adapt.
Network (ELAN)
(C. Bachofen)
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DRAFT PROGRAM
29 November – 8 December, 211
UNFCCC COP17, Durban, South Africa
15:30-17:30
Sat 3 Dec
10:00 –
17:45
Mon 5 Dec
10:00 -tbc
Tbc
Tbc
Tbc
19:00-20:30
Tue 6 Dec
09:00-10:00
10:00-11:15
11:15-13:00
15:00-15:40
15:50-17:30
17:30-18:00
18:00-19:00
Wed 7 Dec
8:30-10:00
10:00-11:30
12:30-15:00
15:30-17:00
Practical design and implementation of joint ecosystem and community
based adaptation strategies at sub-national levels in Least Developed
Countries and Small Island States
Theme: Oceans Day (Separate Venue)
Raise awareness of the central role of oceans in global climate processes, and
the fact that coastal and island communities are at the frontline of climate
change, and will suffer disproportionate impacts from ocean warming, e.g.,
sea level rise, extreme weather events, glacial retreat, and from ocean
acidification;
Support the development of a coastal and ocean caucus of countries and
support the countries in efforts to bring the ocean and coasts issues into the
various UNFCCC negotiations on mitigation, adaptation, financing, and
capacity development/technology transfer;
Mobilize to advance oceans and climate issues in the UNFCCC, Rio+20, and
other relevant fora
 Deputy Minister Mrs. Rejoice Mabudafhasi, Department of
Environmental Affairs and Fisheries, South Africa
 Dr. Biliana Cicin-Sain, President, Global Ocean Forum
 Dr. Wendy Watson-Wright, Executive Secretary, Intergovernmental
Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO
18:15 Cocktail Event
The Nature
Conservancy
(Y. Batista)
South Africa/DEA
Global Ocean Forum
IOC-UNESCO
GEF UNDP/UNEP
African LME projects
Theme: Climate Smart Cities: Local Governments Planning for Nature
Climate Smart Cities: Synergies of Adaptation and Mitigation
ICLEI/Rio Conventions
Cities Becoming Productive Producers
DEA/ICLEA/FAO/TCPA
Cities as Green Economic Drivers: Ecosystem Services for Climate Smart Cities TEEB/ICLEI/TCPA
Cocktail Reception
ICLEI
Session description to follow (dinner by invitation)
GEF (C. Hofer)
Land Day 5: Achieving Zero Net Land Degradation: Impacts on Climate Change Issues
Registration
Opening & Keynote Address
DEA/UNCCD/ICRAF
(W. Mwangi)
Panel 1: Can the world afford not to go land degradation neutral?
Panel 2: How will land degradation neutrality impact climate change issues
such as adaptation, mitigation, and resilience building?
Panel 3: Potential contribution of ‘zero net land degradation target’ in driving
the synergy agenda at all levels: best practices and successful case studies
Summary and Closing
Evening Reception with UNCCD Drylands Ambassador and South African
Gospel Star, Deborah Fraser
Theme: Business, Mitigation, Economics and Synergies
Business Engagement in the Rio Conventions – Breakfast event
CBD (D. Steuerman)
Managing Coastal Ecosystems for Climate Mitigation
Blue Carbon (D. Herr)
Theme: Synergies for the Rio Conventions (*venue tbc)
BIODIVERSITY, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
South Africa/World
– HARNESSING SYNERGIES FOR PREMIUMS
Bank
A Pathway from Durban, to Rio and India to take a leap forward towards
increasing synergies between the three Major Global Environmental Agendas
(Climate Change, Sustainable Development and Biodiversity).
Report on Ecosystem Based Adaptation Case studies prepared by SANBI will
be presented
Speakers: South Africa Minister Water and Environmental Affairs
Environment Minister – India, Brazil, Mali, Zimbabwe
UNEP, World Bank, and GEF
17:15-18:45
Integrated economic assessment – Unlocking the investment potential of land
resources and ecosystem services
Innovative Financing
19:00-20:30
Reception – Launch of TEEB publication
Global Mechanism
South Africa/DEA,
National Treasury
TEEB
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DRAFT PROGRAM
29 November – 8 December, 211
UNFCCC COP17, Durban, South Africa
Thu 8 Dec
8:30-10:00
10:00-12:00
13:30-15:30
16:00-17:30
18:00-19:30
Protected Areas/Closing Event
CSOs for Land Restoration: A land degradation neutral green economy
breakfast event
The LifeWeb Initiative: Conversations on Financing Protected Areas and
Climate Protection
Protected Areas: Nature’s Response to Climate Change
 SA conceptual framework (Facilitator: SANPARKS - Dr Mabunda)
 Transfrontier Conservation Areas – an African Response to Climate
Change
 World Heritage Sites
 Economics of Protected Areas
 UNESCO Biosphere
Panel Discussion: Looking Forward to Rio+20
Closing event that will consider lessons learnt and incorporate into Rio +20
Facilitated by DDG Biodiversity and Conservation
 Keynote address
 Summary reports of Pavilion sessions
 High level panel response to issues
Pavilion Closing Reception
UNDDD/IATF (W.
Mwangi)
LifeWeb
(M. Dias)
DEA
MDTP
South Africa/ DEA,
UNFCCC, CBD, UNCCD,
GEF
South Africa/ DEA,
Pavilion Partners
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