Kunming, China, signs Edinburgh Declaration ahead of United Nations CBD COP15 Kunming, China, has become the 244th signatory to the Edinburgh Declaration, a statement of intent that has been agreed between subnational and local governments across the world and calls on Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to take bold action to…
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…
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…
2021 IN SUMMARY FOR NATURE ADVOCACY 2021 has been an important year for biodiversity. To maintain momentum towards the next Biodiversity COP, postponed to April/May 2022 due to the ongoing pandemic, the CBD Parties held informal and formal online sessions of the CBD Subsidiary Bodies and Inter-sessional Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity…
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…
Part one of UN Biodiversity Conference closes, sets stage for adoption of post-2020 global biodiversity framework at resumption in 2022 COP-15, part one, addressed critical areas of work, demonstrated capacity of countries to adjust to changes and advance on path towards global sustainability High Level Segment of the Meeting adopted Kunming Declaration, with countries…
PRESS RELEASE UN Biodiversity Conference’s High-Level Segment sees creation of Kunming Biodiversity Fund, adoption of Kunming Declaration, building political impetus for adoption of ambitious post-2020 global biodiversity framework Kunming Declaration demonstrates global commitment for ambitious post-2020 global biodiversity framework President Xi Jinping announces 1.5-billion-yuan commitment to establish the Kunming Biodiversity Fund GEF, UNDP and…