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Decision COP XIV/34

CBD/COP/DEC/14/34

Comprehensive and participatory process for the preparation of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework

The Conference of the Parties,

Operational Active Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity
1.Adopts the preparatory process for the development of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework contained in the annex to the present decision, and requests the Executive Secretary to facilitate its implementation, noting that the implementation of the preparatory process will require flexibility in order to adapt to changing circumstances and to respond to emerging opportunities;
Operational Implemented
2.Decides to establish an open-ended intersessional working group to support the preparation of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework as described in the annex to this decision and decides also to designate Mr. Francis Ogwal (Uganda) and Mr. Basile van Havre (Canada) as co-chairs;
Operational Active Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity
3.Requests the Executive Secretary to support the open-ended intersessional working group and the co-chairs;
Operational Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity
4.Also requests the Executive Secretary to set up a high-level panel, subject to the availability of resources, as described in the annex to the present decision;
Operational Implemented
5.Decides that the post-2020 global biodiversity framework should be accompanied by an inspirational and motivating 2030 mission as a stepping stone towards the 2050 Vision “Living in harmony with nature”, which will be supported by a coherent, comprehensive and innovative communication strategy;
Operational Active Parties Other Government(s) IPLC Intergovernmental organizations BUSINESSES OTHERS
6.Urges Parties and invites other Governments, indigenous peoples and local communities, United Nations organizations and programmes, other multilateral environmental agreements, subnational governments, cities and other local authorities, intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations, women’s groups, youth groups, the business and finance community, the scientific community, academia, faith-based organizations, representatives of sectors related to or dependent on biodiversity, citizens at large, and other stakeholders, to actively engage and contribute to the process of developing a robust post-2020 global biodiversity framework in order to foster strong ownership of the framework to be agreed and strong support for its immediate implementation;
Operational Active Parties Other Government(s) IPLC Intergovernmental organizations BUSINESSES OTHERS
7.Also urges Parties and invites other Governments, indigenous peoples and local communities, United Nations organizations and programmes, other multilateral environmental agreements, subnational governments, cities and other local authorities, intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations, women’s groups, youth groups, the business and finance community, the scientific community, academia, faith-based organizations, representatives of sectors related to or dependent on biodiversity, citizens at large, and other stakeholders, to facilitate dialogues on the post-2020 global biodiversity framework and to make the results of these dialogues available through the clearing-house mechanism of the Convention and other appropriate means;
Operational Active Parties Relevant organizations
8. Welcomes the advice for Parties, the Secretariat and other relevant organizations to enable a gender-responsive and gender-balanced process for the development of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework,  and urges Parties, the Secretariat and other relevant organizations to consider this advice in their processes on the post-2020 global biodiversity framework;
Operational Active Parties Other Government(s) OTHERS Private sector IPLC
9.Invites Parties, other Governments, all relevant organizations and stakeholders, including the private sector, indigenous peoples and local communities, women and youth, when organizing meetings and consultations relevant to biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services, to consider dedicated sessions or space to facilitate discussions on the development of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework;
Operational Active Parties Other Government(s) Relevant organizations OTHERS
10.Urges Parties, according to their capabilities, and encourages other Governments and all relevant organizations and stakeholders in a position to do so to provide timely financial contributions and other support to the process for developing the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, including by offering to host global, regional, sectoral, or thematic consultations on this issue;
Operational Active Parties Other Government(s)
11.Invites Parties and other Governments to consider developing, as appropriate to the national context, individually or jointly, and on a voluntary basis, biodiversity commitments that contribute to the achievement of the three objectives of the Convention, strengthen national biodiversity strategies and action plans, facilitate the achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets and contribute to an effective post-2020 global biodiversity framework, without prejudging the outcomes of the process to develop this framework, and contribute to achieving the 2050 Vision for Biodiversity and to share information on these commitments through the clearing-house mechanism and other means;
Operational Active IPLC Relevant organizations OTHERS Private sector
12.Encourages indigenous peoples and local communities and all relevant organizations and stakeholders including the private sector to consider developing, prior to the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, biodiversity commitments that may contribute to an effective post-2020 global biodiversity framework and to make such information available as a contribution to the Sharm El-Sheikh to Beijing Action Agenda for Nature and People; 
Operational Active UNGA
13.Invites the General Assembly of the United Nations to convene a high-level biodiversity summit at the level of Heads of State/Heads of Government in 2020 in order to raise the political visibility of biodiversity and its contribution to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development  and to the development of a robust post-2020 global biodiversity framework;
Operational Parties
14.Encourages Parties to explore opportunities for high-level regional engagement in the preparatory process for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework;
Operational Implemented Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity
15.Notes that several of the biodiversity-related targets under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development have endpoints of 2020, and requests the Executive Secretary to bring the preparatory process for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework to the attention of the General Assembly of the United Nations;
Operational Active SBSTTA
16.Requests the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice at its twenty-third and twenty-fourth meetings to contribute to the development of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework and in support of the work of the open-ended intersessional working group;
Operational Implemented WG8J
17.Requests the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions, at its eleventh meeting, to provide recommendations concerning the potential role of traditional knowledge, customary sustainable use and the contribution of the collective actions of indigenous peoples and local communities to the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, in support of the work of the open-ended intersessional working group;
Operational SBI
18.Requests the Subsidiary Body on Implementation at its third meeting to contribute to the development of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, prepared by the open-ended intersessional working group, and to complement it with elements related to means to support and review implementation;

19. Requests the co-chairs of the open-ended working group to provide further guidance on the elements of work to develop the post-2020 global biodiversity framework to be undertaken by the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice at its twenty-third and twenty-fourth meetings, the Subsidiary Body on Implementation at its third meeting and the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions at its eleventh meeting, and to integrate the outcomes of those meetings along with other considerations into its draft framework, and to develop it further with a view to submitting the final draft framework to the Conference of the Parties at its fifteenth meeting;

20. Requests the Executive Secretary to provide the co-chairs of the open-ended intersessional working group and the Bureaux of the Conference of the Parties and the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice as soon as possible with an overview of the decisions adopted at the fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties that are relevant for the development of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework;

21. Takes note of decision 14/20 on digital sequence information on genetic resources.

Body
Conference of the Parties (COP)

Meeting
COP-14
Fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
17 - 29 November, 2018
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt

AICHI targets
1
Documents
CBD/GB/OM/2019/1/2
Report of the Expert Workshop to Develop Recommendations for Possible Gender Elements in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
CBD/POST2020/PREP/1/INF/1
Synthesis of views of Parties and observers on the scope and content of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework
CBD/POST2020/PREP/1/INF/2
Second synthesis of views of Parties and observers on the scope and content of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework
CBD/POST2020/WS/2019/1/2
Report of the Regional Consultation Workshop on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework for Asia and the Pacific
CBD/POST2020/WS/2019/10/2
Report of the Thematic Workshop on Marine and Coastal Biodiversity for the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
CBD/POST2020/WS/2019/11/5
Report of the Thematic Workshop on Ecosystem Restoration for the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
CBD/POST2020/WS/2019/12/2
Report of the Global Thematic Dialogue for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
CBD/POST2020/WS/2019/14/2
Report on the Workshop on the Evidence Base for the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework: fifth edition of the global Biodiversity Outlook and IPBES Global Assessment
CBD/POST2020/WS/2019/2/2
Report of the Regional Consultation on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework for the Western European and Others Group and Other Members of the European Union
CBD/POST2020/WS/2019/3/2
Report of the Regional Consultation on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework for Africa, Addis Ababa, 2-5 April 2019
CBD/POST2020/WS/2019/4/2
Report of the Regional Consultation on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework for Central and Eastern Europe
CBD/POST2020/WS/2019/5/2
Report of the Regional Consultation on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework for Latin America and the Caribbean
CBD/POST2020/WS/2019/9/3
Report of the Thematic Workshop on Area-based Conservation Measures for the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
CBD/POST2020/WS/2020/3/3
Report on the Thematic Workshop on Resource Mobilization for The Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
CBD/SBSTTA/23/INF/14
Recommendations for Elements of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework Based on the Global Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
CBD/SBSTTA/23/INF/4
Indicators for global and national biodiversity targets – experience and indicator resources for development of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework
CBD/WG2020/1/INF/1
Towards a gender-responsive post-2020 global biodiversity framework: considerations for gender mainstreaming
CBD/WG2020/1/INF/3
Workshop proceedings: Sustainable Wildlife Management Beyond 2020 – report of the Consultative Workshop
CBD/WG8J/11/INF/10
Possible elements of the new programme of work on Article 8(j) and related provisions as part of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework
https://undocs.org/a/res/73/234
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