The following email was just sent to the RINGO listserv. I am repeating here as well. Please note as the email indicates – the website will be the main method of communication during SB50.
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Dear all RINGOs – Potential SB 50 attendees,
Welcome to SB 50
This email is being sent to all who are on the RINGO listserv as well as to the Designated Contact Points of the different RINGO organizations. Kindly forward it to all the persons in your organization who will attend the SB meeting in Bonn.
You are receiving this email because you are either on the RINGO listserv, were forwarded the email and/or are have selected RINGO as your constituency in your observer application. To join the RINGO listserv, visit RINGO listserv.
Communication at the SBs
We will be using the RINGO website as our primary communication tool at the SBs – so please continue reading to learn more!
RINGO Website
Communication– We will be using our website (www.ringos.net) as a primary means of communication and announcements during the SBs. The page dedicated to SB 50 can be by clicking on the SB 50 tab on the RINGOs website. The site will be updated during the SBs as we receive new information and opportunities – so remember to check it regularly. You are able to subscribe to our blog on the website (see the right hand side of the page) – but as the note at the top of the SB 50 page indicates:
This page is the main repository of information for RINGOS for SB 50. More details will be added here as they become available. Last minute updates (ie meeting location change or new meeting added and occurring in the next few hours) will be posted here as well as posted as a new blog entry. To subscribe to the blog entries so that you will receive an email with the new post, please see the information on the right hand panel. Note – edits to this post will not generate an email – so please plan on checking this regularly.
Notes– We will be posting notes from sessions RINGO members attend on the meeting notes page.
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From the RINGO SB 50 webpage:
During SB 50 in Bonn, Germany from June 17 – June 27, RINGOs are invited to:
1.RINGO Constituency meetings:
RINGO will meet each morning beginning Monday, June 17 during SB 50 at 9:00 AM in Meeting Room Bonn. These daily meetings are intended to provide a platform for discussion about the ongoing negotiations, as well as facilitate networking and give the opportunity to share research results
Constituency meetings are not posted on the SB 50 daily programme after the first day, but the date and time remain the same unless otherwise indicated.
As we initiated at COP 24, we will highlight special topics relevant to out RINGO members during our meeting time. Topics scheduled this far include:
- Tuesday June 18 – Standing Committee on Financeled by RINGO co-focalpoint Tracy Bach
- Wednesday June 19 – Update on the Research Dialogueled by Johanna Nalua, Griffith University and Joanna Post, UN Programme Officer – Research and Systematic Observation
We are open to your suggestions about other special topics you would like RINGO to offer.
- Briefings with observer organizations:
Briefings with observer organizations will be posted as details are confirmed.
SBI Chair meeting with Constituency Focal Points
Date: Tuesday, 18 June 2019 (tbc)
Time: tbc
Venue: tbc
The SBI Chair would like to discuss the Constituency’s views on SBI Agenda Item 17 (Arrangements for intergovernmental meetings, AIM)
Joint SBI-SBSTA dialogue with observer organizations
Date: tbc
Time: tbc
Venue: tbc
Chair: Ms. Majda Dabaghi (BINGO)
Executive Secretary’s meeting with observer organizations
Date: Thursday, 20 June
Time: 15:30-16:30
Venue: tbc
Chair: Ms. Tasneem Essop (ENGO)
- Meeting notes from constituency members:
It is impossible to be everywhere during the SBs. To support one another, RINGO members are often willing to share notes from meetings they attend. Please email notes that you are able to contribute to beth@ringofocalpoint.org. Meeting notes will be posted on the notes page as they become available.
- Side events and exhibits:
Note: Because of the large number of side events and exhibits organized by our members, we are unable to promote individual side events on this page. Please see the UNFCCC side events webpage for a schedule of side events and the UNFCCC exhibits page for a list of exhibits.
- Meetings of potential interest to RINGOs
Research Dialogue
RINGO representatives are invited to the eleventh meeting of the annual SBSTA Research Dialogue on Thursday 20 June 2019, World Conference Centre Bonn (WCCB).
The focus of this year’s dialogue is Science for Transformation. The research dialogue takes part in 2 sessions:
- 13:15-14:45 Poster Session in Foyer
- 15:00-18:00 Dialogue Session in Chamber Hall – with panel discussions and breakout groups.
The dialogue will gather experts from the scientific community, Party and non-Party representatives to showcase and discuss the latest science informing transformative change in energy systems and other sectors and for climate-resilient development. The dialogue will also identify research gaps. The outcomes are intended to guide research efforts and science driven policy goals, as well as strengthen scientific support to relevant workstreams under the Convention. At the poster session, as well as posters on transformation of energy and other sectoral systems and transformative adaptation and climate resilient development, two cross-cutting themes – changing levels of risk due to climate change and the role of the ocean will also be presented and experts and expertise from these themes will also support the conversations in the dialogue.
Further details including an information note by the SBSTA Chair and agenda are available online. The website will be updated regularly in advance of the event.
Durban Forum – 8th Durban Forum on Capacity-building
Date: Thursday 20 June (during the fiftieth session of the Subsidiary Bodies)
Time: 14:00 – 17:00
Venue: Conference room ‘Nairobi’, WCCB, Bonn, Germany
https://unfccc.int/8th-durban-forum