Rio Conventions Pavilion - Day of Science - The diagnosis: Scientific Assessment to inform Policy

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Facilitator: Barron Joseph Orr

13:00 Welcome address
Ibrahim Thiaw, UNCCD Executive Secretary

13:15 Introduction to Session 5
Jean-Luc Chotte

13:20 Land Restoration and Sustainable Development
Jeffrey Herrick, UN Environment International Resource Panel (IRP)
IRP Think Piece “Land Restoration for Achieving the SDGs”

13:35 Convergence of Evidence
Michael Cherlet, EC-Joint Research Centre
World Atlas of Desertification

13:50 Land, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Josef Settele, IPBES
Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

14:05 Land and Climate Change:
• The interconnections between climate and land
Fatima Denton, IPCC SRCCL Coordinating Lead Author
• Achieving co-benefits through managing land and climate risks
Jagdish Krishnaswamy, IPCC SRCCL Coordinating Lead Author

14:35 Making Assessments Matter: The Knowledge Hub Approach
Douglas Cripe, GEO
Group on Earth Observations

14:50 Reflections
Barron Joseph Orr

COFFEE BREAK (15:00-15:30)

Date

Thursday 5 September 2019 13:00–15:00

Location

MET-11 / Rio Pavilion

Closed

No

Programme_SPI_Science_Day_5_Sept_2019_UNCCD_COP14_final_2.pdf