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Intersessional meetings of the subsidiary bodies and working groups

12 - 16 August 2024, Venue to be determined

Workshop to develop a road map for supporting the implementation and monitoring of and capacity development for ecosystem restoration under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

22 - 24 November 2023, Rome, Italy

International Forum facilitated by the Forest Ecosystem Restoration Initiative: Workshop on ecosystem restoration-related planning and capacity-building needs for the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

12 September 2023, Online

Updated draft documents on the establishment of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework Fund by the Global Environment Facility

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/YX/GT/90953 (2023-056)
To: CBD national focal points, ABS focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points

Consultations on the establishment of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework Fund by the Global Environment Facility

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/YX/GT/90953 (2023-041)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points

2023 United Nations High-Level Political Forum

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/ML/GD/90794 (2023-004)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points and ABS Focal Points

Fifth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

3 - 5 December 2022, Montreal, Canada

Invitation to a Biodiversity Science Workshop, 6 December 2022 - Montreal, Canada

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/JC/KM/90687 (2022-074)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Webinar on the monitoring framework for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework

10 November 2022, Online

Information webinar on the outcomes of the meeting of the Informal Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

8 November 2022, Online

Information webinar on the outcomes of the meeting of the Informal Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, 8 November 2022

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/LS/JB/90651 (2022-067)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Documents for the Fifth meeting of the Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, including the report of the meeting of the Informal Group

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/KM/90635 (2022-065)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Webinar - Science background for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, 18 October 2022

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/JC/MC/90616 (2022-064)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Workshop on indicators of the effectiveness of protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures (31 October and 2 November 2022); Webinar on Ecological Connectivity - Insights for post-2020 indicators (31 October 2022)

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/JC/MC/90585 (2022-063)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points, PoWPA Focal Points, Marine and Coastal Biodiversity Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities and relevant organizations

Meeting of the Informal Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

26 - 30 September 2022, Montreal, Canada

Meeting of the Informal Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, 26-30 September 2022 - Montreal, Canada

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/LS/VA/90501 (2022-051)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Media Registration Opens for Historic Biodiversity COP 15 in Montreal: Final Negotiation / Adoption of New Global Agreement to Safeguard Nature (Final Working Group Negotiations: Dec. 3 - 5; COP 15: Dec. 7 - 19 )

"Information Note for Participants" and Side-Events Registration for Part Two of the Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties and concurrent meetings of the Parties to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/IS/90500 (2022-049)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Revised deadline to solicit funding for participation in the fifth meeting of the Working Group on the post-2020 global biodiversity framework and Part Two of the Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention and the concurrent meetings of the Parties to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/IS/90463 (2022-048)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Registration for Part Two of the Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention and the concurrent meetings of the Parties to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols, and for the fifth meeting of the Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, 3 - 19 December 2022 - Montreal, Canada

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/IS/90463 (2022-045)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Negotiation of Global Biodiversity Agreement will resume at Special Three Day Meeting in Montreal, Dec. 3 - 5, Immediately Prior to COP15, Dec. 7 - 19

Fifth meeting of the Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and adjustment of the dates for Part Two of the Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention and the concurrent meetings of the Parties to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/IS/90400 (2022-044)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Side-event organized in the margins of the 2022 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development: The post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework – Building back better and advancing implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals

15 July 2022, New York, United States of America

Elizabeth Mrema: ‘A lot still has to be done for a biodiversity agreement’

After two years of postponements and a change in format, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity’s COP15 biodiversity talks will now take place in Montreal, Canada, this December. There is still much work to do in the coming months, if countries are to secure a new global agreement on protecti ...

CBD Side Event at the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) 2022

Reference: SCBD/IMS/JMF/PT/JB/90432 (2022-042)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, PoWPA Focal Points, Marine and Coastal Biodiversity Focal Points, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, and relevant organizations

Invitation to provide written comments on the draft elements of a possible decision operationalizing the post-2020 global biodiversity framework

Reference: SCBD/IMS/JMF/KM/90422 (2022-043)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Scientists warn deal to save biodiversity is in jeopardy

Some conservation scientists are warning that a global deal to protect the environment is under threat after negotiations stalled during international talks in Nairobi last week. They are calling on global leaders to rescue the talks — and biodiversity — from the brink. Others are more hopeful t ...

Global Biodiversity Framework Talks Achieve “Varying Levels of Progress”

The Open-ended Working Group on the post-2020 global biodiversity framework (GBF), charged by the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) with developing a “new set of global goals and targets to guide parties towards a nature-positive future,” achieved pr ...

Expert workshop on the monitoring framework for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework

29 June - 1 July 2022, Bonn, Germany

Statement by Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the closing of the fourth meeting of the ad hoc Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, Sunday, 26 June 2022

Governments advance text of landmark global agreement on biodiversity, prepare final steps in negotiation to be concluded in Montreal in December

Governments advance text of landmark global agreement on biodiversity, prepare final steps in negotiation to be concluded in Montreal in December

Nairobi – 26 June 2022 – With six days of negotiations behind them, Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity advanced a global plan to bend the curve on biodiversity loss, expected to be adopted in Montreal, Canada in December 2022.

Statement by Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the closing of the fourth meeting of the ad hoc Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, Sunday, 26 June 2022

Statement by Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the opening plenary of the fourth meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

Statement by Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the opening plenary of the fourth meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

Fourth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

21 - 26 June 2022, Nairobi, Kenya

Launch of the upcoming ‘Global Biodiversity Framework Early Action Support Project’ (GBF-EAS Project) and Help Desk

Reference: SCBD/IMS/JMF/JC/MC/90393 (2022-040)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Workshop on options to enhance the planning, monitoring, reporting and review mechanism (SBI-3 agenda item 9)

17 - 18 June 2022, Nairobi, Kenya

Briefing by the Co-Chairs on the outcomes of part II of the third meeting and preparations for the fourth meeting of the Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

7 - 8 June 2022, Online

Briefing by the Co-Chairs on the outcomes of the third meeting and preparations for the fourth meeting of the Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

Reference: SCBD/IMS/JMF/PT/JB/90353 (2022-032)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, UN Organizations and Specialized Agencies, IGOs, NGOs, indigenous people and local communities, and other stakeholders

National Red Listing and its links to the post-2020 global biodiversity framework - Invitation to a webinar organized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, 1 June 2022

Reference: SCBD/IMS/JMF/JC/MC/90352 (2022-030)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Media Advisory - Nations Reconvene in Nairobi June 20-26 to Advance Text of Proposed Global Biodiversity Framework

10 May, 2022 – A meeting critical to advancing an ambitious and transformative post-2020 global biodiversity framework to safeguard nature will resume in-person in Kenya next month.

Fourth meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, 21-26 June 2022 - Nairobi, Kenya

Reference: SCBD/EM/DC/90280 (2022-024)
To: CBD Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Locally-Led Action Essential for Achieving Global Biodiversity Goals

One month from today, negotiators from around the world will meet in Geneva for crucial preparatory talks on the new global biodiversity framework. The framework aims to halt and reverse our current catastrophic loss of biodiversity.

Global biodiversity deal running short on time and ambition

Negotiators and observers left the latest meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) with renewed momentum but with many issues still unresolved, including how to find the missing US$700 billion needed annually to protect and restore nature.

Virtual consultation workshop on a draft manual on the application of landscape approaches in the updating and implementation of national biodiversity strategies and action plans (NBSAPs), 25 and 26 April 2022

Reference: SCBD/IMS/JMF/JC/MC/90009 (2022-020)
To: CBD National Focal Points and relevant organizations

Nomination of experts for a technical meeting on indicators for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework

Reference: SCBD/IMS/JMF/JC/KM/90243 (2022-019)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Funding battles stymie ambitious plan to protect global biodiversity

Scientists are frustrated with countries’ progress towards inking a new deal to protect the natural world. Government officials from around the globe met in Geneva, Switzerland, on 14–29 March to find common ground on a draft of the deal, known as the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, but ...

COP15: Key outcomes for nature loss and climate change from UN talks in Geneva

Preparatory talks for a major UN biodiversity summit, COP15, came to a close in Geneva on Tuesday evening, with countries agreeing to meet again in Nairobi in an attempt to solve issues surrounding a global deal to reverse nature loss.

Governments advance negotiations on ambitious global biodiversity framework but require more time

29 March 2022 – Following 15 days of negotiation in Geneva, world governments have produced a strong basis for a post 2020 global biodiversity framework to safeguard the health of the planet, scheduled for final agreement at UN Biodiversity Conference in Kunming, China this year.