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STRENGTHEN THE MULTILEVEL GOVERNANCE COOPERATION FOR HALTING THE LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY

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European Union Committee of the Regions – EU CoR, ICLEI Europe, UNEP – Regional Office for Europe/ Liaison Office to the EU

Date and Time
1 January 0001 0:0 - 0:0

Meeting
Twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

Halting biodiversity loss can only be achieved by an effective implementation of actions which are relevant to people’s everyday lives and which highlight individuals’ impacts on nature. Therefore, there is continuous need for a high commitment of local authorities and subnational governments in implementing biodiversity actions. As appropriate implementation scale matters, actions require intense collaboration between the national, subnational and local levels, in line with Decision CBD X/22. The event aims at sharing relevant best practices in multilevel governance cooperation. Method: Panel discussion with high level speakers, "speakers corner" for interested stakeholder giving the audience the possibility to formulate their opinions and comments during the panel discussion. Moderator and speakers are expected to include: UNEP Europe representative (moderator) Member of the Committee of the Regions of the EU Janez Potocnik, European Commissioner for the Environment (tbc) A Member of the European Parliament (tbc) A Mayor of a European member city of ICLEI