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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) 1 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 2 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 3