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…
SUBNATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS RAMP UP ADVOCACY FOR NATURE AHEAD OF THE UNITED NATIONS SUMMIT FOR BIODIVERSITY The outcomes of the Edinburgh Process, which brought together delegates from across the globe, representing all levels of governments, will be presented to the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biodiversity (CBD), in a special webinar…
Brazilian cities and states make their voices heard for nature Last week, Brazilian cities and states came together to formulate their contributions from the Brazilian perspective on key points related to the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. The event ended with the signing of a strong charter, the Carta de São Paulo, and all state…
LIVING IN HARMONY WITH NATURE AT THE NATURE OF CITIES SUMMIT, JUNE 2019 ICLEI Cities Biodiversity Center (CBC), the Post-2020 Biodiversity Framework EU Support, Expertise France and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD) co-convened a seed session at the University of Paris Sorbonne on Living in harmony with nature at The…