31 October 2026UN Biodiversity Conference charts Yerevan Pathway to accelerate global action for nature. More » |
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30 October 2026Closing statement by the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity at the 2026 United Nations Biodiversity Conference, Yerevan, 30 October 2026. More » |
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29 October 2026High-Level Segment brings renewed momentum and new commitments as Biodiversity Conference enters decisive final days. More » |
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26 October 2026UN Biodiversity Summit Enters Decisive Final Week as Governments Confront Finance Gaps and Economic Drivers of Nature Loss. More » |
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19 October 2026Statement by the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity at the opening of the seventeenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from Their Utilization, Yerevan, 19 October 2026. More » |
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19 October 2026As Global Promises for Nature Reach Halftime Checkpoint, UN Biodiversity Conference Opens in Armenia. More » |
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12 October 2026UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to Formally Launch Report on Progress Against 2022's Global Biodiversity Commitments : The "State of Biodiversity Action". More » |
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27 February 2025Closing speech by the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity,
Astrid Schomaker, at the Second resumed sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol and fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol. More » |
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27 February 2025Governments agree on the way forward to mobilise the resources needed to protect biodiversity for people and planet. More » |
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25 February 2025Opening speech by the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Astrid Schomaker, at the second resumed sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol and fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol. More » |
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27 November 2024Countries to resume crucial biodiversity discussions in Rome, 25-27 February 2025. More » |
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30 October 2024Statement by the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Astrid Schomaker, at the closing session of the high-level segment of the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, 30 October 2024. More » |
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21 October 2024Opening speech by the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Astrid Schomaker, for the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, 21 October 2024. More » |
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18 September 2024COP16 News Conference, Webcast from UN Secretariat, New York, 9:30 am EDT Monday 23 Sept. More » |
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15 December 2023Colombia will host the next United Nations Biodiversity Conference. More » |
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20 October 2023Delegates to UN Biodiversity Convention move from agreement to action by concluding COP 15 in Nairobi. More » |
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16 December 2022Statement by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the High-Level Segment, 15 December 2022. More » |
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7 December 2022Statement by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the opening of the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, 7 December 2022. More » |
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21 June 2022Biodiversity COP15, chaired by China, will conclude in Montreal Dec. 5 to 17 with expected approval of Landmark Global Agreement: Date, venue confirmed as nations convene in Nairobi to continue work on final text of Global Biodiversity Framework to safeguard nature. More » |
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15 October 2021Closing statement of Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Kunming, China, 15 October 2021. More » |
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