Upcoming Events

• Resilient Cities 2015 - 6th Global Forum on Urban Resilience and Adaptation, Bonn, 8-10 June 2015
• 4th Assises of Decentralised Cooperation, 1-2 June 2015, Brussels

Past Events

• ICLEI World Congress, Seoul, 8-12 April 2015
• Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific, Bangkok, 11-13 February 2015
• 1st International BION Conference, Bonn, 17-19 September 2014
• CBD COP 12, Pyongchang, 29 September – 17 October 2014
• URBIO 2014 Conference: “Cities and Water – Conservation, Restoration and Biodiveristy”, Songdo Incheon, 9-12 October 2014
• Biodiversity Summit for Cities and Subantional Governments, Pyongchang, 12-14 October 2014
• Subnational Action towards the Aichi Biodiversity Targets: 2nd meeting of the Advisory Committee of Subnational Governments to the Global Partnership on Local and Subnational Action for Biodiversity. Barcelona, June 17-20, 2013. Click here for the meeting report and work plan 2013-2015.
• Ecological Footprint and Land-Use Planning (title to be confirmed): a meeting of Subnational Goverments for Biodiversity », Catalonia, June 2013. Organized by the Catalan Government in collaboration with CBD Secretariat.
• MITIN: Biodiversity in the Gulf of Mexico (title to be confirmed)», 29th July – 2nd August 2013, Veracruz. Organized by the State of Veracruz and Minister of Environment of Mexico. 
• ICLEI BiodiverCities conference linked to its Local Action on Biodiversity programme (LAB) », September 9-12, 2013, Joondalup, Australia
• Mediterranean Biodiversity Network. From ecological urban planning to management in the Mediterranean – subnational cooperation and knowledge transfer. Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina, 15-17 May 2013, City of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 15-17 May 2013. Hosted by the Canton of Sarajevo in partnership with the CBD Secretariat, the City of Montpellier and ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability
• Meeting of the Advisory Committee of Cities of the Global Partnership on Local and Sub-national Action for Biodiversity. Urban Biodiversity - A Value to Appreciate: a workshop on ecosystem valuation including a meeting on the Implementation of the Plan of Action on Sub-National Governments, Cities and Other Local Authorities for Biodiversity 2011-2020» Montreal, Canada, 21-23 May 2013. Organized by the City of Montreal in collaboration with CBD Secretariat.
• The World Resources Forum 2012, Beijing, China, 21-23 October 2012
• CBD COP 11 , Hyderabad, India, 08-19 October 2012
• Cities for Life: Cities and Subnational Governments Biodiversity Summit, Hyderabad, India, 15-16 October 2012
• 3rd International conference of Urban Biodiversity and Design - URBIO 2012, Mumbai, India, 08-12 October 2012
• Xiamen Forum on Ecosystem Management and Green Economy, 06 September 2012, Xiamen, China
• IUCN World Conservation Congress 2012, 06-15 September 2012, Jeju, Korea
• Nature Workshop Belo Horizonte, 12-14 June 2012, Brazil
• ICLEI World Congress, 14-18 June 2012, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
• Earth Summit, Rio +20, 20-22 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• World City Summit 2012, 01-04 July 2012, Singapore
• Meeting of Subnational Governments in support of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, 24 - 27 April 2012, Parque do Barigui, Curitiba, Brazil
• Third Meeting on the Implementation of the Plan of Action -Including a Meeting of the Advisory Committee of Cities and the Global Partnership on Local and Sub-National Action for Biodiversity, 21-23 March 2012, Nagoya, Japan
• Meeting of Cities for Biodiversity (Natureparif, Association des Maires des Grandes Villes de France and IETF), 24 January, Paris, France
• Mediterranean Regional Workshop for Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans: Coordinating Local and National Action in the Mediterranean Basin, Montpellier, France, from 17 to 19 January 2012
• Third Workshop on the Development of the City Biodiversity Index, October 2011, Singapore. Meeting documents.
• Second Meeting on the Implementation of the Plan of Action on Sub-National Governments, Cities and Other Local Authorities on Biodiversity 2011-2010, Meeting of the Advisory Committee of Cities and the Global Partnership on Local and Sub-national Action for Biodiversity, Septmeber 2011, Bonn, Germany. Documents: Bonn Press release - 6 September 2011, CBD Press release - 15 September 2011. Presentations and other relevant documents
• The First Meeting on the Implementation of the Plan of Action on Sub-National Governments, Cities and Other Local Authorities on Biodiversity was held in Montpellier, France, on 17-19 January 2011
• Skyrise Greenery Conference 2010, Singapore 1-3 November 2010. Visit the Conference web site.
• City Biodiversity Summit 2010, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, October 24-26, 2010
• NEOBIOTA 2010 Conference:"Biological Invasions in a Changing World - from Science to Management". Copenhagen, Denmark, 14-17 September 2010
• Launching events of the TEEB D2 report: A series of simultaneous launch events and workshops were held to celebrate the release of the report in the following 4 cities worldwide: Ghent (Belgium), Curitiba (Brazil), Cape Town (South Africa) and New Delhi (India). 9 September 2010
• BiodiverCities 2010, in Paris, France, September 6-8, 2010
• The World Expo 2010, in Shanghai, China. From May 1st to October 31st 2010
• Second Expert Workshop on the Development of the City Biodiversity Index (CBI), meeting documents are available here. Singapore, Singapore, 1-3 July 2010
• World City Summit & Centre for Urban Greenery and Ecology (CUGE) Conference, Singapore, 30 June - 1 July 2010
• Second International Conference of Urban Biodiversity and Design (URBIO 2010), Nagoya, Japan, 18-22 May 2010. Read the Proceedings of the meeting
• Resilient Cities 2010. ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability and the City of Bonn organized the "1st World Congress on Cities and Adaptation to Climate Change" in Bonn, Germany, 28-30 May 2010
• Cities, Local Authorities and Biodiversity Side Event at WGRI 3. The Global Partnership on Cities and Biodiversity held a side event to the third meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention (WGRI 3) in Kenya, Nairobi. May 26, 2010
• The 2nd International Conference of Urban Biodiversity & Design (URBIO2010) . URBIO is an open worldwide scientific network for education and research with the aim to promote urban biodiversity through a continuing dialogue with the CBD and its initiative on “Cities and Biodiversity”. The conference participants adopted "The Nagoya Declaration - URBIO 2010" to deliver the conference outcomes and their commitments to contribute to the future of urban biodiversity. Nagoya, Japan May 18-22, 2010
• The Secretariat participated in the Montreal Summit on Biodiversity and Greenery, organized by the Montreal Regional Council for the Environment -Conseil regional de l'Environnement de Montreal, 27- 28 April 2010. For more details visit: Sommet sur la biodiversité et le verdissement de Montréal
• The Secretariat participated in the WORLD URBAN FORUM 5, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The theme for Rio 2010, The right to the City – bridging the urban divide is in harmony with UN-HABITAT’s flagship report, State of the World’s Cities 2010-2011. March 22-26, 2010
• Meeting of the Global Partnership on Cities and Biodiversity. Curitiba, 6-7 January 2010, followed on 8 January by Celebrations of the launch of the International year of Biodiversity. You will find the meeting documents here
• UNFCCC COP15 Copenghagen - 9 December 2009: ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability held a panel on "Biodiversity and Climate Change: NOW is the time to make the connections at all levels". The Secretariat is invited to make a presentation on "Cities and Local authorities at the CBD" as part of the panel.