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European Green Deal: A turning point for nature & climate?

However, only the concrete legislative and policy proposals expected in the coming months will show the extent to which the Commission is actually committed to heeding scientific recommendations for urgent and far-reaching transformational change.

Exhibitions on linkages between various Indian Festivals and biodiversity.

It is proposed to organise a series of exhibitions for showcasing linkages between various Indian Festivals and biodiversity as a part of socio-cultural traditions in India and their role in biodiversity conservationin. The Nodal point for these exhibition will be DIG, Forest Policy of the Minis ...

Expedited Access to GEF Funding for Revising National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan and Submission of Fifth National Report

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/75599 (2011-075)
To: National Focal Points of the Convention, SBSTTA, ABS, Protected Areas, Clearing-House Mechanism

I am very pleased to bring to your attention the communication addressed to the GEF Operational Focal Points from Mrs. Monique Barbut, Chief Executive Officer and Chairperson of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), with respect to the expanded and expedited access to GEF funding for enabling a ...

Explorer Reaches the Deepest Point in the Atlantic Ocean

Explorer and multimillionaire Victor Vescovo just reached the deepest point in the Atlantic Ocean — the bottom of the Puerto Rico Trench.

Extreme heat warning: what first-ever Met Office alert means

Summer 2021 will mark a turning point in how heat is seen by the public and communicated by experts. For the first time in its 167-year history, the UK's Met Office has issued an amber warning for extreme heat for much of Wales and parts of southern, central and western England, where temperatur ...

Farming plays key role in UN climate push on land restoration

With the United Nations Climate Summit underway this week, it has been the focal point of mass protests and media coverage, but another global climate initiative is revving up that focuses on large-scale land restoration as a way to counter the advent and impact of climate change.

Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL)

Fifteen Years to Save the Amazon Rainforest from Becoming Savannah

The pace of deforestation in the Amazon, coupled with last year’s devastating forest fires, has pushed the world’s largest rainforest close to a tipping point beyond which it will turn from a carbon sink to a carbon source.

First National Biodiversity Congress

27 - 30 December 2012, Thiruvananthapuram, India

Fish are being increasingly exposed to endocrine disrupters

Microplastics, owing to their chemical properties, can carry micropollutants into a fish's digestive system where they are subsequently released through the action of its gastric and intestinal fluids. EPFL scientists, working in association with other research institutes, have studied this proc ...

Focal point for climate change is at the top of our world, and agenda

Improved climate modeling can predict fish stocks in the North Atlantic, as well as warming effects across the Northern hemisphere, for instance in Europe and North America.

Forest report points to opportunity for recovery

When it released its “State of the World’s Forests 2018” report in July, the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) seemed to have taken to heart that old corporate PR rule of thumb that in times of crisis you should say “opportunity” rather than “problem.”

From Taxonomic Needs Assessment to Implementation in Ghana – A partnership project building on the UK’s experience with Global Taxonomy Initiative

Launch of a taxonomic needs assessment in Ghana, supported by the UK Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, in partnership with BioNET International and the UK’s Natural History Museum. The assessment will be based on a new methodology developed by the UK National Focal Point for the ...

Funding for Preparation of the Fourth National Report

Reference: SCBD/ITS/LC/MC/67080 (2009-043)
To: CBD National Focal Points of those eligible countries that have not applied for funds for preparation of the fourth national report

I am pleased to inform that Phase III of a medium-sized project to fund the preparation of the fourth national report has recently been approved by the Global Environment Facility. This phase can support a total of 40 countries, with up to 20,000 USD for each country. I would like to urge you ...

Further information regarding the designation of a Focal Point for the Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/74730 (2011-008)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points

As indicated in the letter to Ministers of the Environment (2010-220), dated 17 December, 2010, in decision X/1, paragraph 20, the Conference of the Parties urged Parties to the Convention and other States and regional economic organizations to designate national focal points for the Intergovern ...

GEF Biodiversity Portfolio: Evolution and general trends.

The event will describe the Operational Work of the GEF in the biodiversity focal area for the last two years and its evolution since the GEF began funding the implementation of COP guidance.

GEF-CBD Partnering to Implement the Nagoya outcomes in Central America

Montreal, 10 May 2011 – Participants in the Central American Regional Workshop on Biodiversity and Finance in Support of the Nagoya Outcomes, held in Panama City on 4 May 2011, including national focal points for the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Convention on Biological Diversity (C ...

GTI: International Response to Research, Capacity-Building and Networking

<br>Decision II/8 of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity identified the lack of taxonomists as a significant impediment to the implementation of the Convention at the national level. The Global Taxonomy Initiative (GTI) was established by the Conference of th ...

Geoengineering - meeting extreme climate fixes with extreme precaution.

As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change nears the end of its mammoth fifth assesment cycle, the London Convention grounds its ocean fertilization moratorium on a legal basis, and a spate of new modelling studies point up serious problems, especially with ocean fertilization and Solar Ra ...

Global Biodiversity Outlook 2

Reference: SCBD/EDM/DC/54297 (2006-022)
To: CBD National Focal Points<br>cc: SBSTTA Focal Points and relevant organizations

Global Biodiversity Outlook 2 will be launched during the opening session of eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties and will be made publicly available at that time. Meanwhile an embargoed copy is available to National Focal Points of the Convention at the following restricted access we ...

Global Environment Outlook(GEO) - A UNEP Environment Assessment Initiative - links with GBO and synergies with CBD implementation

Power Point presentation of the UNEP's GEO Asssessment process, including the GEO Data Portal and linkages to CBD implementation and its GBO

Global Strategy for Plant Conservation: Nomination of Focal Points - Second Request.

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/LJ/56803 (2006-126)
To: all CBD National Focal Points who have not nominated a GSPC focal point

The Conference of the Parties encouraged Parties to nominate focal points for the GSPC, or to designate them from among existing focal points.

Global Understanding in Forestry Education

Forest as the one of ecosystem containing with biodiversity was threatening by human activity for supporting of economic growth and social development. People in every sector and level of education should be aware to create good management in forestry to make sustainable natural resources to fu ...

Global warming may have already passed irreversible tipping point

Global warning may have already passed an irreversible tipping point, the scientist who led the biggest-ever expedition to the Arctic has warned.

Group on Earth Observations establishes National Contact Points for Data Sharing

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/RH/85940 (2016-105)
To: CBD and SBSTTA Focal Points

Harm to Table: Turning an Invasive Crab into a Delicacy

On a rocky mudflat nestled between a few islands off Portsmouth, N.H., Gabriela Bradt rustles a clump of seaweed and shifts her ear toward the ground. “Hear that?” she asks. The rasps of something scuttling emerge from underneath the mound. “There’s one,” she says, pointing to the mottled browni ...

Heart of Borneo Side-Event

Concept for HOB side event during CBD/COP8 A. Background The ‘Heart of Borneo’ initiative presents a unique opportunity to conserve a total of 220,000 sq km of pristine equatorial rainforest i.e. almost 30% of the world’s third largest island. WWF aims to assist Borneo’s three nations (Brunei ...

Hidden cradle of early plant evolution discovered in the Middle East

Several new plant fossils from present-day Jordan push back the ages of important seed plant lineages, suggesting these lineages survived the mass extinction event at the end of the Permian. Discovery of these fossils - remarkably preserved in a region where fossils are hard to come by - also po ...

Hon. Mr. Joseph Harmon

How Battling Climate Change Can Help The Economy

The strength of the U.S. economy points not only to recovery from the depths of the pandemic, but also expansion above pre-pandemic levels. Forecasts are for GDP growth above 6% for this year—the growth rate in the first quarter alone was a phenomenal 6.4%. In a widely held view, JPMorgan Chase ...

How the 'Venice of Africa' is losing its battle against the rising ocean

A meth Diagne points to a single tree submerged in the ocean. It is barely visible from the patch of land where he is standing, 50 metres away. The few branches emerging from the water mark the place where he proposed to his wife 35 years earlier.

How the Heavy Rains of Hurricane Maria Shattered the Forests of Puerto Rico

Wind may have been pointed as the main culprit for the knocked down trees in all the attacks of hurricanes. However, a new survey was recently released of the damage in the Puerto Rican forests following the back-to-back hurricanes back in 2017. This particular survey highlighted the power of a ...

How to develop the urban forest

Nature is in trouble. A keynote research report, The State of Nature 2019 identified that 58 per cent of UK species have declined since 1970 (by which point nature had already been depleted).

How to talk about climate change on social media

Extreme weather events, from hurricanes to snowstorms, often serve as focal points for discussions about global climate change. And many of those discussions take place on social media. But do social media serve as good platforms for climate change discussion? And do extreme weather events serve ...

Humans are good at thinking their way out of problems, but climate change is outfoxing us

There is growing evidence that Earth's systems are heading towards climate "tipping points" beyond which change becomes abrupt and unstoppable. But another tipping point is already being crossed—humanity's capacity to adapt to a warmer world.

Hyogo Environmental NGO/NPO Symposium Resolutions

Global climate change is predicted to have profound effects upon ecological systems and human society. The conservation of biodiversity and its sustainable use are also challenges of great importance for mankind as means of addressing global climate change. To slow down global climate change and ...

INFORMAL CONSULTATION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ONLINE SUPPORT TOOL FOR NATIONAL REPORTING TO THE CBD (THE SECRETARIAT OF THE CONVENTION OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY - CBD, THE GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION FACILITY - GBIF)

This side event is jointly organised by the Secretariats of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). The objective of the Side Event is to obtain inputs from countries and, in particular, CBD National Focal Points, on the development o ...

IPCC Report: Joining forces and using indigenous knowledge could avert disaster

In a grim report released on August 9, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says that climate change was “unequivocally” caused by human activity and that within two decades, rising temperatures will cause the planet to reach a significant turning point in global warming.

IPCC report details catastrophe for planet as threats from climate change mount

Many natural landscapes are at the point of no return, and without action on climate change the planet will become unliveable.

IUCN- THE WORLD CONSERVATION UNION AND THE CBD SECRETARIAT

THE IMPORTANCE OF GENDER IN ABS The promotion of gender equity and equality has been pointed out as one of the key elements to sustainable development and poverty alleviation. An analysis of the importance of mainstreaming gender criteria in ABS process will be examine. Suggestions of practical ...

Ice lenses may cause many Arctic landslides

Climate change is driving periods of unusually high temperature across large swaths of the planet. These heat waves are especially detrimental in the Arctic, where they can push surface temperatures in regions of significant permafrost past the melting point of ice lenses.

Identify A-ha moments to trigger fast climate action, say UK scientists

Tipping points could be identified and triggered to deliver fast action to tackle the climate crisis, according to an analysis led by an academic at Exeter University.

Implementing the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas: governance as key for effective and equitable Protected Area systems

The side event, organized by IUCN’s TILCEPA (a joint Theme of the IUCN Commissions CEESP and WCPA) will review the concept and practice of governance of Protected Areas—one of the least understood but most useful entry points for a successful implementation of the CBD Programme of Work on Protec ...

Implementing the PoW on Protected Areas: governance as the key for effective and equitable Protected Area systems

The side event, organized by IUCN’s TILCEPA (a joint Theme of IUCN Commissions WCPA and CEESP) will review the concept and practice of governance of protected areas — one of the less understood and more useful entry points for a successful implementation of the CBD Programme of Work on Pro ...

Importance of oceans for human health, and the need to protect them, is focus of conference in Seychelles

The importance of the oceans in the lives of humans and why they need protecting were some of the main points of discussion during a two-day conference in Seychelles.

Improving coordination and cooperation among the biodiversity-related conventions at the national level

As part of the UNEP project on “Improving the effectiveness of and cooperation among biodiversity-related conventions and exploring opportunities for further synergies” the preliminary results of the findings from the national-level questionnaire, that was sent out to National Focal Points and o ...

Independent mid-term review of the GEF Resource Allocation Framework (RAF)

Reference: SBD/BS/CG/ET/jh/64487 (2008-092)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points

As you may be aware, at its 32nd meeting in November 2007, the Council of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) requested the GEF Evaluation Office to undertake an independent mid-term review of the GEF Resource Allocation Framework (RAF). The findings of the Review will be presented to the GEF ...

India urges caution on 'actions' to tackle climate change from security perspective

India urged caution as the United Nations Security Council deliberated on the impacts of climate related disasters on international peace and security. Participating in the open debate in the UN Security Council on Friday, India pointed out the pitfalls arising from viewing actions to tackle cli ...

InforMEA - A Collaborative Approach to Information and Knowledge Management by MEAs and UNEP

Twelve MEAs and UNEP are developing a joint portal called "InforMEA" to provide a gateway to MEA knowledge. InforMEA is able to harvest and aggregate information from MEAs and on international environmental law from a variety of different sources. With seed funding, a prototype of the InforMEA p ...

InforMEA: Assisting in the Implementation of Obligations and the Aichi Targets

Supported by UNEP, the Multilateral Environmental Agreements Information and Knowledge Management Initiative (InforMEA) aims to assist Parties to Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) and the environment community at large, to access MEAs information from one central location. The Initia ...