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 | Transforming Agri-Food Systems for Biodiversity
"Help us ensure that CBD COP15 and the UN Food Systems Summit become a turning point for agriculture, food systems, biodiversity and sustainable development." Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
More than 300 participants and speakers explored pathways for convergence between the agri-food systems and biodiversity agendas. This event highlighted the unprecedented opportunity of CBD COP15 and the UN Food Systems Summit, and its potential to lead to more inclusive, effective and coordinated solutions that positively impact nature, climate, food security and health.
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 | Resource Mobilization for Biodiversity
"What we're doing today is bringing that debate where it should be." Basile Van Havre, Co-Chair of the post-2020 biodiversity framework.
Over 350 participants and speakers explored how to scale-up finance for biodiversity and achieve a better alignment of investments and policies with the combined needs of nature and people. This event embraced a broader and more integrated approach to the complex issue of resource mobilization across the Global Biodiversity Framework negotiation process, calling for strengthened collaboration between all actors well-beyond the mere address of financial flows, and dedicated targets to redirect negative incentives.
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| | | GROWING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR LEADERS' ACTION |
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 | The World cares: the aggregator tool is now available on our website!
The CBD, in conjunction with over 30 leading environmental organizations, has developed a simple aggregation dashboard, which displays information from biodiversity campaigns, commitments and movements across key sectors of society. The aggregator serves as a visible demonstration of a critical mass of people demanding action for climate, nature and people. It shows growing public support for leaders taking bold action.
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 | Post-2020 Partnership collaborating with EarthX
In order to create an equitable, carbon-neutral, nature-positive future, new global goals must address the interlinked challenges of nature loss, the climate emergency and social justice. Global Goals for Nature, Climate & People is a new TV program that explored these ideas through conversations with 19 knowledge holders and experts from around the world. Get informed |
 | IUCN Global Youth Summit From 6 to 16 April, the Summit strengthened connections between young leaders and their existing global networks, encouraged interdisciplinary learning, provided a space for broader storytelling on conservation, and added momentum to growing youth movements for nature and climate.
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ICLEI World Congress 2021: Exploring critical topics in sustainable urban development "Join us on CitiesWithNature with 170 other cities from around the world to exchange on innovative practices and accelerate the international movement towards green cities." Valérie Plante, Mayor of Montreal, Global Ambassador for Local Biodiversity.
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| | | ALIGNING HIGH CLIMATE AND BIODIVERSITY AMBITIONS |
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 | Aligning High Climate and Biodiversity Ambitions for 2021 and beyond
Alexandra Deprez gives her insights on the key outcomes of the publication on climate and biodiversity ambitions.
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 | "We will re-double our efforts to end traditional silo thinking and to address the interrelated and interdependent challenges of biodiversity loss, land, freshwater and ocean degradation, deforestation, desertification, pollution and climate change." Leaders' Pledge For Nature
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| | | A RESPONSABILITY & TRANSPARENCY MECHANISM |
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"The establishment and implementation of a coherent responsibility and transparency mechanism strengthen collective accountability and cooperation on the implementation of global biodiversity goals and targets, tracking progress and (re)assessing individual and collective ambitions in reaching global goals."
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| | | COUNTRIES: DIALOGUES UNDER WAY! |
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 | | Towards a common youth position on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Network The Global Youth Biodiversity network rolls out an international campaign of consultations aimed at gathering young people’ ambitions, aspirations and demands to world leaders as the road to Kunming opens. National consultations and intergenerational dialogues will be held throughout the first semester of 2021, and consolidated in a common Youth Position in coherence with the Youth Manifesto for Nature.
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 | | Lead the Green Change! The European Union in India launches a nation-wide campaign for Nature Focused on awareness-raising, the private sector, climate and health in India, the initiative under the “Biodiversity means LIFE – Green is living in harmony with Nature” umbrella will highlight the role of biodiversity across sectors and for sustainable development. Launched in April 2021, Lead the Green Change will offer a wide variety of activities on the path to CBD COP15.
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| | THEMATIC EVENTS
Sharing views towards a transformative GBF |
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 | | Operationalizing mainstreaming in and of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework Held on April 6th and 7th, this online informal workshop will gather negotiators and experts to take stock of mainstreaming discussions on the road to CBD COP15 and identify policy options in order to support the implementation of post-2020 biodiversity goals and targets.
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 | Supporting knowledge generation and sharing on integrated spatial planningHeld on 21-22 April by Post-2020 Biodiversity Framework - EU Support and IDDRI, this workshop focused on how spatial planning and landscape approached could contribute to reaching the goals of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, and presented some salient international best cases.
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 | 3 May - 13 June, SBSTTA24 & SBI3 UN Biodiversity Convention’s science and implementation bodies will meet virtually from 3 May to 13 June 2021, with plenaries and contact groups. More information here. |
 | 6 May, Post 2020 Local and Subnational Government Information Webinar
This webinar will focus on the International Day for Biodiversity theme “we’re part of the solution”. This webinar will involve our cities and regions by profiling the solutions they have put in place.
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 | 21 May, South Africa snd Team Europe together for Biodiversity Day South African and European partners are coming together to celebrate International Biodiversity Day, on Friday 21rst of May (09h00-12h30 CEST). Community actors, young people, SMEs and businesses will tell us about solutions for communities to benefit from protecting endangered species; they will explore how to create and grow business that work for both nature and people. They will encourage us all to join local and global partnerships where we can work together for biodiversity. Programme of events to be shared ahead of time together with joining information. Register here. |
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22 May, International Biodiversity Day: We are Part of the Solution For Nature
The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity is pleased to announce the Biodiversity Day 2021 slogan: “We’re part of the solution”.
The slogan was chosen to be a continuation of the momentum generated last year under the over-arching theme, “Our solutions are in nature”, which served as a reminder that biodiversity remains the answer to several sustainable development challenges. From nature-based solutions to climate, health issues, food and water security, and sustainable livelihoods, biodiversity is the foundation upon which we can build back better.
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 | 12 March, ACBA Dialogue on Community Based Natural Resources Management (CBNRM) in Africa The African CSOs Biodiversity Alliance hosted a webinar on “How community based natural resource management (CBNRM) can deliver Inclusive, fair and equitable Conservation for People and Nature”. It aimed to help build a consensus position on how CBNRM contributes to multiple elements of the Global Biodiversity Framework, incl. ecosystem-based adaptation and other effective conservation measures. A detailed report can be found here. |
 | 27-28 May, China-Africa Youth Conservation Workshop on the Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
The African Wildlife Foundation has partnered with Friends of Nature to host the “China-Africa Youth Conservation Workshop on the Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF)”. It will gather youth perspectives on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, and aims to create new connections between empowered and inspired champions for conservation from Africa and China. One of the expected outcomes is a China-Africa joint youth statement on the GBF negotiations. Contact |
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