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Governments set stage to take ambitious actions for nature and people: UN Biodiversity Conference opens in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

18 November 2018 – The 2018 UN Biodiversity Conference opened yesterday in the seaside town of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt with an opening ceremony that included an address from President of Egypt, H.E. Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil el-Sisi, who emphasized the crucial importance of the meeting f ...

Green Pulse Podcast: Saving biodiversity: It should be in our nature

The world is full of amazing plant and animal life, without which humans could not survive. Nature, from forests to coral reefs, to soils and grasslands, provides humanity with food and materials to live. Yet nature is under great threat from our rush for resources to grow our economies and cities.

Greenhouses in Kunming preserve 2,500 rare plants

More than 2,500 rare plants are on display at greenhouses in southwest China's city of Kunming, Yunnan Province. Known as "Kingdom of Plants," the greenhouses are a vivid showcase of how biodiversity has developed in China.

Habitat loss threatens all our futures, world leaders warned

As a UN conference convenes to work out a new deal for protecting the planet’s biodiversity, the focus falls on the nations that are not attending

Halt destruction of nature or risk ‘dead planet’, leading businesses warn

World leaders must do more to prevent the destruction of nature, business leaders have warned before a summit in China that aims to draw up a draft UN agreement for biodiversity.

Heating up: World leaders take center stage at climate talks

It’s time for more than 130 world leaders to feel the heat. They will traipse to the podium Monday and Tuesday at crucial international climate talks in Scotland and talk about what their country is going to do about the threat of global warming. From U.S. President Joe Biden to Seychelles Presi ...

Here Are the Goals of the COP26 Climate Change Meetings—and Where the World Stands in Accomplishing Them

Next week, thousands of ministers and diplomats from across the world will descend on an event campus in Glasgow, Scotland for the most important climate conference in recent years—and perhaps the most significant international meeting of our lifetimes.

High Level Segment - 5th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties

24 May 2000, Nairobi, Kenya

High Level Segment of COP 9, 28 to 30 May 2008, Bonn, Germany

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ab/63979 (2008-068)
To: CBD National Focal Points

On behalf of the Government of Germany, the Secretariat is pleased to forward to you, for your kind attention, additional information about the High Level Segment of the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 9) to the Convention on Biological Diversity, to be held from 28 to 30 May ...

High Level Segment of COP-10

27 - 29 October 2010, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

High Level Segment of COP-9

28 - 30 May 2008, Bonn, Germany

High Level Segment of the thirteenth meeting of Conference of the Parties and concurrent meetings of the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols

2 - 3 December 2016, Cancun, Mexico

High-Level Dialogue on Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought

9 June 2020, New York, United States of America

High-Level Segment and Kunming Declaration of the Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention and of the concurrent meetings of the Parties to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/CE/89822 (2021-068)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points

High-Level Segment for Part Two of the United Nations Biodiversity Conference

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/CE/90565 (2022-057)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points

High-Level Segment of the Thirteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/BD/DC/CE/85746 (2016-091)
To: CBD National Focal Points

High-Level Segment of the Thirteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/BD/DC/CE/85746 (2016-095)
To: CBD, ABS, CPB National Focal Points and Participants of the High-Level Segment

High-Level Segment of the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and concurrent meetings of the Parties to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/moc/85746 (2016-072)
To: CBD, CPB and ABS National Focal Points

High-Level Segment of the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity 15-17 October 2014 – Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea

Reference: SCBD/OES/BD/ar/83378 (2014-048)
To: CBD and CPB National Focal Points

High-Level Segment of the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, 15-16 October 2014 – Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea

Reference: SCBD/OES/BD/AF/fd/83806 (2014-103)
To: CBD National Focal Points

High-level Segment of the 2018 United Nations Biodiversity Conference

Reference: SCBD/MCO/AF/CE/87388 (2018-061)
To: CBD National Focal points, ABS Focal Points and CP Focal Points

High-level Segment of the 2018 United Nations Biodiversity Conference

Reference: SCBD/OES/CPP/DC/87388 (2018-075)
To: CBD National Focal points, ABS Focal Points and Cartagena Protocol Focal Points

High-level Segment of the 2018 United Nations Biodiversity Conference (Fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and third meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing, 17 - 29 November 2018; High-level Ministerial Segment of the meetings, 14 - 15 November 2018, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.)

Reference: SCBD/OES/CPP/DC/CE/87388 (2018-088)
To: CBD National Focal Points, CPB and ABS Focal Points

High-level Segment of the 2018 United Nations Biodiversity Conference (Fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and third meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing, 17 - 29 November 2018; High-level Ministerial Segment of the meetings, 14 - 15 November 2018, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.)

Reference: SCBD/OES/CPP/DC/CE/87388 (2018-091)
To: CBD National Focal Points, CPB and ABS Focal Points

High-level Segment of the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/BD/AF/di/cr/83806 (2014-123)
To: CBD National Focal Points

The upcoming High Level Segment of the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 12) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is organized around a series of discussion sessions on topics of importance to the CBD Parties. For vibrant exchange of ideas, the participating delega ...

High-level UN conference debates precious commodity: Land

The 15th session of the Conference of Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), kicked-off on Monday, in the Ivorian "economic" capital.

High-level segment of the UN Biodiversity Conference: Cancun Declaration

Reference: SCBD/OES/BD/DC/CE/85746 (2016-137)
To: CBD, CPB and ABS National Focal Points, and relevant organizations

High-level segment of the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

15 - 17 December 2022, Montreal, Canada

High-level segment of the fourteenth meeting of Conference of the Parties and concurrent meetings of the Parties to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols

14 - 15 November 2018, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt

Hit $100bn target or poor countries face climate disaster, the Gambia tells Cop26

Rich countries must hit their $100bn climate finance target in the last week of Cop26 or it will be catastrophic for the poorest nations suffering the most from the climate crisis, the Gambian environment minister has warned.

Hope for a 'eureka' moment on climate change persists as COP26 begins in Scotland

As the UN climate summit began in Scotland, an event billed as the "last, best hope" to save the planet from catastrophic consequences, there were more than enough reasons to feel as gloomy as the Glasgow weather that welcomed delegates.

Horse trading set to begin over agreement at COP26

The UK presidency team have set out an ambitious stall in their first attempt to capture progress here at COP26. As well as the specific items mentioned in the document, it also gives us a sense of how the negotiations are going more generally.

Hotel Accommodation and Transportation, 2018 United Nations Biodiversity Conference

Reference: SCBD/OES/CPP/DC/87388 (2018-081)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, UN Organizations and Specialized Agencies, IGOs, NGOs, indigenous people and local communities, and other stakeholders

Hotel Accommodation for the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties (COP-MOP 6) to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 11) to the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/BD/ar/80134 (2012-085)
To: All CBD and CPB Focal Points, International organizations

Hotel Booking System for the UN Biodiversity Conference 2024 in Cali, Colombia

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/CE/91649 (2024-041)
To: CBD national focal points, ABS national focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, SBSTTA focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Hotel reservations for delegates attending COP-MOP 4 and COP 9 meetings Bonn, Germany, May 2008

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ab/62947 (2008-032)
To: CBD National Focal Points, National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

The Secretariat would like to remind delegates attending the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 4) and the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity ( ...

Hotel reservations for delegates attending COP-MOP 4 and COP 9 meetings, Bonn, Germany, May 2008

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ab/62947 (2008-055)
To: CBD National Focal Points, National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

The Secretariat would, once again, kindly like to remind delegates attending the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 4) and the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Bi ...

How climate damage could break the Glasgow talks

The climate talks have shifted from global pronouncements to technical skirmishes as negotiators work behind the scenes to address dangers faced by millions of people from today’s rising temperatures.

How to combat the aggravating climate change and biodiversity crisis

Guests at the UN biodiversity conference held in the southwestern Chinese city of Kunming have brainstormed on how to combat the aggravating climate change and biodiversity crisis in a positive and pragmatic manner.

Hundreds of mosaicultures to greet UN biodiversity meeting placed in China's Kunming(1/7)

Hundreds of mosaicultures set to greet the upcoming 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) appeal to tourists in Kunming, capital city of southwest China's Yunnan Province. (China News Service/Liu Ranyang)

Hyderabad / Montreal, 5 October 2012 – Governments are meeting in Hyderabad, India, from 8 to 19 October 2012, at the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 11) to the Convention on Biological Diversity to agree on the next steps in support of implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, agreed at COP 10 in 2010 in Nagoya, Japan. The Strategic Plan, a ten-year framework for action in support of implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity, and its 20 Aichi Biodiversity Targets, have been established as the overall framework for biodiversity work in the United Nations system. In line with their commitments in Nagoya, countries have been updating their national biodiversity strategies and action plans to achieve the Aichi Targets.

I am honoured to have this opportunity to address you on the occasion of the visit of His Excellency Enrique Peña Nieto, President of Mexico at this United Nations Biodiversity Conference, in Cancun, Mexico, 2016.

I am pleased to welcome you all to the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol, and the second meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol, here in Cancun, Mexico.

I would like to start by acknowledging and welcoming the good results of a successful 2016 United Nations Biodiversity Conference here in Cancun, Mexico, where, after arduous negotiations

In Sharm el Sheikh, a Time for Action on Biodiversity

The global community has gathered in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt for the Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity, or CBD—an international treaty to which every country in the world other than the U.S. is a member (but that’s another story).

In bid to boost biodiversity, over 100 nations to adopt 'Kunming Declaration'

As of October 13, more than 100 countries have signed on to the so-called Kunming Declaration to protect biodiversity. Speaking at a U.N. climate conference in the Chinese city of Kunming, China's Environment Minister Huang Runqi praised the declaration and the enthusiasm, but added that it was ...

In harmony we grow

China has over-fulfilled three of the 2020 global biodiversity targets (the Aichi targets) and made progress on 13 targets, none of which have been fully met globally. Our solutions are in nature.

In its inaugural remarks at the High-Level Segment of COP 11, Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India, launched the Hyderabad Pledge by announcing that the Government of India has earmarked US$ 50 million to strengthen the institutional mechanism for biodiversity conservation in India.

In pics: Kunming ready to welcome guests for biodiversity conservation meeting

The COP 15 meeting, which is scheduled to run between Oct. 11 and 15, is ready to welcome guests from home and abroad. The press center for the meeting, which opened on Oct. 9, will serve 853 journalists from 169 media outlets based in China and foreign countries, providing coverage for the even ...

Include wetland conservation in upcoming biodiversity, climate change negotiations: Experts

Wetland conservation should feature as an independent topic of discussion in the negotiations at the upcoming biodiversity and climate change conferences for effective carbon sequestration, according to a new report.