Following 15 days of negotiation at the United Nations Biodiversity Meetings in Geneva, world governments have produced a strong basis for a post 2020 global biodiversity framework (GBF) to safeguard the health of the planet, scheduled for final agreement at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference of the Parties (COP 15) in Kunming, China later this…
Momentum is growing for a strong new decision on the role of cities and subnational governments in the world’s biodiversity plans and actions until 2030. As the Geneva resumed meeting on the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is ongoing, ICLEI, a major city network involved closely in the negotiations, and the Geneva Cities Hub, a platform fostering local and…
At the Geneva meetings in March ahead of the UN Biodiversity Summit (COP15) later this year, the local and subnational governments major group delivered a strong statement at the Joint Opening Plenary Session of OEWG-3, SBSTTA 24 & SBI-3. The resumed sessions of the twenty-fourth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological…
This event, taking place on 6 November, 2021, 2:30pm – 4:00 pm UK time in the Multi-level Action Pavilion, Blue Zone, is organised by the Scottish Government, in cooperation with NatureScot and the Edinburgh Process partners (including the European Committee of the Regions, ICLEI, Regions4, Government of Québec, the Group of Leading Subnational Governments toward…
Side Event at UNFCCC COP 26 Date and Time: Saturday, 6 November 2021, from 11:45 to 13:15 UK time. Duration: 90 minutes Venue: In-person side event at the COP 26 venue in Glasgow, located in Climate Action Room 1 of the SSE Hydro Bowl (Blue Zone) Live-streaming: on 6 November, the event will be…
This high-level event will take place on 22nd September (08.00-10.30am EDT) at UNGA 76 where government leaders and partners will present transformative actions and financing to reverse biodiversity loss by 2030. These urgent actions will demonstrate that protecting, conserving, sustainably using, and restoring biodiversity can be nature positive and deliver multiple co-benefits for the environment,…