The United Nations Biodiversity Conference, COP16, is underway in Cali, Colombia. This Sixteenth meeting of the Conferences of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is the first Biodiversity COP since the adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework at COP15 in December 2022 in Montreal, Canada. The framework lays out a set of 23 targets to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030. Now comes time for governments to review the state of the implementation of the “Paris Agreement for nature.” According to the CBD, only 29 out of 196 countries have submitted updates to their national plans.

COP16 will continue developing the monitoring framework and also finalize and operationalize the multilateral mechanism on the fair and equitable sharing of benefits from the use of digital sequence information on genetic resources.

Members of Future Earth’s Secretariat and networks will have an onsite and online delegation. Below is who is on our delegation and where you can find us. This page will be updated throughout the conference.

Attending in person:

• Rajkishore Singh – Associate Director, Future Earth South Asia Hub
• Juan Camilo Cardenas Campo – Earth Commission and Universidad de los Andes, Professor and Director SDG Center for Latin America and Caribbean
• Beatriz Lima Ribeiro – PhD candidate at Indiana University Bloomington
• Andrea Ventimiglia – Advancement Manager Future Earth Canada hub

Attending virtually:

• Pallavi Saxena, Hindu College, University of Delhi, Delhi, Assistant Professor ; Department of Environmental Science
• Cornelia Krug, Executive Officer, University of Zurich. Zurich, Switzerland

23 October Events:

From Science to Action: For a Just World on a Safe Planet*

9 – 9:45 am COT
Green Zone*, Sala 4, Banco Occidente, Cra. 4 #7 – 61, San Pedro

Join us to discuss how to work with the Global Commons Alliance Earth Commissions latest research on the Safe and Just Earth System Boundaries in Latin America and beyond.

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*To register for Green Zone events, you must visit proco16.com and click on the date October 23: “De la ciencia a la acción: límites seguros y justos – un marco para las personas y el planeta” to complete the registration form. Once you complete the registration, you will receive a QR code via email that confirms your attendance. You will be required to show this QR code along with ID to access the event. If you have any questions, please contact alejandra@globalcommons.org

25 October Events:

From Science to Action: For a Just World on a Safe Planet

1pm COT

Pabellón Colombia, Blue Zone

Come and Join us at COP 16 in Cali, Colombia, to discuss how the Global Commons Alliance Earth Commissions latest research on the Safe and Just Earth System Boundaries  can be integrated  into policy for implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework.

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