 It seems a long time ago. On the 24th of April we started. We had 150 people from all over the world come, put them on buses, sent them to nine different places. They spent two nights and then came back. We had a tyre puncture from one bus. The bus got stuck in the mud and had to be pushed out. Fortunately, those were the worst of the disasters so we didn't have a major disaster. As I said to the people who, when they started the evening before they went off in the field, I told them what our criteria for marking or evaluating a successful field visit was. It was a combination of self-evaluation and evaluation by the participants. Marking out of ten for ten being the best and the self-evaluation is nine out of ten for everybody coming back safely. So we self-evaluate. Everybody came back safely. We get nine out of ten. And then the participants can evaluate with the one they can give us a half. They can give us point one. They can give us zero. It doesn't really matter. As long as everybody comes back safely, we are very happy. And I'm fortunate to say, very glad to say that they all did. During that field visit we also heard of the very tragic earthquake in Nepal. We had a good group of people here from Nepal. Last year we were in Nepal at almost the same dates, XCBA 8. And so it was a tragic incident. Unfortunately the immediate families of our participants here were all safe. Some of them have actually gone back early. A few have been stayed till the end. And all of our heartfelt sympathy goes out to our Nepali friends in Nepal and those who are still here with us. After we had the field visits and the people came back, we then had a formal opening with about 400 people. We have approximately 400 people from 90 countries represented this time. It's the biggest gathering we've had so far. In Nepal we had 300 plus. We had an opening by Dr. Julio Bokungu, the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Natural Resources of the Government of Kenya, formally opened it. We had Vice-Chair of the IPCC, Jean Pasquale Purcell, give us a very good scientific overview of the fifth assessment report. We had a 10-minute presentation of a two and a half thousand word report and he did it very well. We had the Ambassador from Ireland. We had the Representative from the African Development Bank. We had Stephen and Solotoon from the Amadoukicha Trust. We're very happy to see them here as well. And then in the evening we had a reception and a cultural show hosted by the Government of Kenya and with Alice Kaudia representing the Government of Education. We had a grand opening from UNEP and we had Keith Albuson at the dinner. So a large number of social events and then we had a conference with cleaners. We had 24 sessions, cleaners and parallel sessions of different topics, ranging from monitoring and evaluation, which is a theme for this meeting, ecosystem-based adaptation and a variety of other subjects. We played games. We had some fun playing games with our friends from the Red Cross Centre in developing all kinds of games for us. We had two nights of video sessions, sharing videos and evaluating videos as well, having discussions around them. And then we had a lot of social media, Twittering, tweeting. I'm told that we had over 5,000 tweets and we had several hundred people around the world following us in real time on the website. We've been doing video logs and uploading them regularly and a lot of people around the world have been watching and have been receiving messages from people around the world who have been watching us. So that I think is something we can be proud of that is even though we have 400 people here in Nairobi, there are many other hundred people outside Kenya who have been following us in real time as well. The second last thing I want to do is to share some innovative things. Every time we do these conferences, we try and do something new and different. The two things I would say that have been new and different out of this one is firstly a focus on private sector. We have never been able to engage with the private sector effectively on community-based adaptation. I think this time we made a special effort. We had the private sector, we had KEPSA from Kenya, very much involved, a very good session on private sector and they have decided to take this forward. So one of the outcomes from this conference is that the private sector in Kenya are working with others, government and non-government actors and they're going to take forward the concept of community-based adaptation involving the private sector. And here we have to remember the definition that I think reminded us of. The private sector includes every farmer in the country, every fisherman in the country, every little stall worker. By private sector we're not just talking conglomerates or large-scale industries, they are all private sector. The other innovation I would say, and I'm happy to announce, is a follow-up bilateral South-South cooperation between Kenya and Bangladesh, the government of Kenya and the government of Bangladesh representatives over here. At discussion where they were here, acts in Nairobi and my center in Bangladesh will be facilitating this, but we are planning to have a group of Kenyans go to Bangladesh and a group of Bangladeshes come to Kenya. Without any donor involvement, they will resource themselves and they will initiate a collaborative South-South collaboration on climate change, tackling climate change by government and non-government organizations, academia, media, youth, etc. We'll have a multi-stakeholder group from each country coming to the other country and developing collaborative activities that they can take forward in the future. Something we've not done before, it's innovation in this case. And finally, we tried to, so just one other thing about outputs coming out of this conference, we have proceedings which we normally do which captures the discussions that we have. We are also planning to do a special issue of a journal where we have invited applications or proposals to write papers. You have another few days, I would say no longer than a week to send in your proposals if you want to write a chapter or a group paper. We will look at that and then we will get back to you and you'll have six months to write the paper and send us your manuscript if you're interested. And then, the most important thing which is the final thing that I'll share with you is a declaration from this conference that is aimed at the wider world, at the media and in particular to the government of Kenya on behalf of this meeting, you know, handed over to the official representatives after I've read it. So I'm now going to read the Niroby declaration on community-based adaptation to climate change. From April 2017 to 30th 2015 over 400 representatives from governments, civil society, scientific community, international and national non-governmental organizations and communities gathered in Niroby, Kenya at the ninth international conference on community-based adaptation to climate change. CBA is a participatory community-led, environmentally sustainable approach to adaptation that aims to strengthen the resilience of poor environmental communities. At CBA 9, participants discussed methods for measuring the effectiveness of adaptation to climate change, climate variability and change for the poorest and most vulnerable. Based on discussions, lessons learned and outcomes of this conference, participants of the CBA present in the Niroby present the Niroby declaration which states the importance of addressing the needs and interests of the poorest and most vulnerable in international agreements on sustainable development, development finance and climate change. Climate change has and will continue to have disproportionately negative consequences for the poor and vulnerable. These groups are already adapting and enhancing the resilience to the adverse effects of climate change. It is the responsibility of developed countries to support the adaptation efforts of poor environmental groups. To this end, governments should promote approaches to climate change adaptation that build their capacity of local actors. They should also ensure that vulnerable groups are included in the process of developing goals, strategies for implementation, indicators and evaluative frameworks for adaptation. Consistent with the 2014 Kathmandu Declaration and Read at CBA 8 last year, the CBA community reiterates the importance of securing additional, adequate and transparent adaptation financing especially for community level adaptation efforts. Global agreements must increase and accelerate finance for adaptation in poor and vulnerable communities and establish transparent mechanisms for monitoring adaptation finance. Governments should prioritize the needs and interests of the poorest and most vulnerable in their national adaptation planning processes and provide clear, timely and accurate reports on the extent to which adaptation finances reaches the most vulnerable groups. Finally, world leaders will meet this year to draft agreements on sustainable development goals, financing for development and climate change under the UNFCCC. Leaders must ensure that these agreements reflect the needs and interests of the poorest and most vulnerable communities. Local, regional and national governments should also incorporate the principles of inclusiveness, community leadership and environmental sustainability into all of their plans for adaptation and development.