Notification 2014-083

Dear Madam/Sir, I am pleased to call your attention to the informal dialogue session on mainstreaming biodiversity in the sustainable development goals and mobilization of resources for achieving the 2020 Aichi Biodiversity Targets, which will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on 17 June 2014 as part of the Plenary discussion of the fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on the Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (16 20 June 2014). The informal dialogue session, to be chaired by the representative of the COP President, will include two panel discussions, followed by an open dialogue with Parties and observers to the meeting. The panels will be as follows: Panel 1: Mainstreaming Biodiversity in the Sustainable Development Goals: The Road Ahead • Provide an update on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) process; • Discuss the linkages of biodiversity with the achievement of the Strategic Plan and the Aichi Biodiversity Targets and other possible SDGs; • Discuss how the SDGs and other development processes can be integrated with the NBSAPs and other national-level processes. Panel 2: Mobilization of Resources for Achieving the 2020 Aichi Biodiversity Targets • Discuss and understand the broad range of options available to Parties based on their diverse experience for achieving the Aichi Biodiversity Target 20; • Clarify areas of convergence and divergence regarding the means to scale up financing to support the achievement of the 2020 Aichi Biodiversity Targets; • Consider the outcomes of the Second Informal Dialogue Seminar on Scaling up Finance for Biodiversity in Quito, Ecuador (9-13 April 2014) and the findings of the High-level Panel on Resource Assessment for the Implementation of the Strategic Plan. The conclusion of the panels will be reflected in a Chairman’s summary in preparation for the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention. Participants are encouraged to consider the guiding questions in the enclosed background document to ensure focused interventions. The Chair will encourage interventions that ensure a balance between regions and stakeholders. Therefore, regional groups may wish to consider representatives to make interventions on behalf of individual Parties on areas of common view. With a view to contributing to the informal dialogue session and to enlarge opportunities for multi-stakeholder participation, the following two WGRI 5 side-events will be held on Monday, 16 June 2014: (i) “Could the NBSAP revision process and the formulation of the SDGs be mutually supportive?”, organized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, will be held at 1.15-2.45 p.m. in Room 3 (level 1); and (ii) “Scaling up biodiversity Finance: Outcomes of the Quito II Informal Dialogue Seminar and the findings of the High-level Panel, with a focus on the value of biodiversity for policy choices, mainstreaming and funding”, organized by the Stockholm Resilience Centre and the Secretariat, will be held at 1.15-2.45p.m. in Assembly Hall I (level 4). I look forward to your contribution to this important discussion and to the continued support to the work of the Convention. Please accept, Madam/Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration.

Executive Secretary

To: CBD Focal Points and Partner Organizations