Kunming dialogue on the global review of collective progress in the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

The Twenty-eighth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice and the seventh meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation

Sixth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation

Twenty-seventh meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-27) / First meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Article 8(j) and other provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity related to indigenous peoples and local communities.

Sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity / Eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety / Fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing. Resumed sessions of the meetings will take place from 2025-25-02 to 2025-27-02 in Rome, Italy.

Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Benefit-sharing from the Use of Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources

The Twenty-Sixth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice and the fourth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation

Twelfth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the First meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Benefit-sharing from the Use of Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources

Workshop on recently completed IPBES assessments and the Twenty-fifth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice

Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity / Tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety / Fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

22 December 2021 – The CBD Secretariat, following consultation with the Government of Switzerland, the COP Bureau, the Chairs of SBSTTA and SBI and the Co-Chairs of the Open[1]ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, is pleased to inform Parties and observers that the physical meetings of the resumed sessions of the twenty-fourth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 24), the third meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI 3) and the third meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (WG2020-3), are now planned to take place on 14-29 March 2022, at the International Conference Center Geneva in Geneva, Switzerland. The Secretariat will keep these arrangements under review in light of the evolving COVID-19 pandemic. Resumed sessions of Twenty-fourth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, Third meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation and the Third meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (2022-03-14 - 2022-03-29)

Twenty-fourth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice and Third meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (2021-05-03 - 2021-06-13)

Special virtual session for SBSTTA-24 and SBI-03 on the theme of “Biodiversity, One Health and the response to COVID-19”, will be held on 15-16 December 2020

Second extraordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, First extraordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and First extraordinary 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 (2020-11-16 - 2020-11-19)

Given the COVID-19 pandemic related delays in the scheduling of SBSTTA-24 and SBI-3, which are now due to be held in November 2020, this series of special virtual sessions will facilitate preparations for the meetings of the subsidiary bodies. The further aim of these sessions is to help maintain momentum ahead of the UN Biodiversity Summit and towards COP 15.

Eleventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity (2019-11-20 - 2019-11-22) Twenty-third meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (2019-11-25 - 2019-11-29)

In 2020 the Convention on Biological Diversity will adopt a post-2020 global biodiversity framework as a stepping stone towards the 2050 Vision of "Living in harmony with nature". In its decision 14/34 the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity adopted a comprehensive and participatory process for the preparation of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework.

Fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (2018-11-17 - 2018-11-29) Ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (2018-11-17 - 2018-11-29) Third meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (2018-11-17 - 2018-11-29)

Twenty-second meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (2018-07-02 - 2018-07-07) Second meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (2018-07-09 - 2018-07-13)

Twenty-first meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (2017-12-11 - 2017-12-14) Tenth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity (2017-12-13 - 2017-12-16)

Thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (2016-12-04 - 2016-12-17) Eight meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (2016-12-04 - 2014-12-17) Second meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (2016-12-04 - 2016-12-17)