CBD meeting defers key financial decisions to COP17
The sixth meeting of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD) Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI-6) closed in Rome on Thursday, delivering some progress, but leaving parties divided on financing and resource mobilisation.
Read MoreCBD meeting in Rome opens with mixed national reporting progress
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) does not have a credibility gap, despite the varied progress on national reporting, its head said as its subsidiary body meeting opened in Rome.
Read MorePREVIEW: Biodiversity talks face implementation test as SBI6 opens amid delivery concerns
A spectre of under-delivery is now stalking the biodiversity COP17, as delegates head to Rome next week for the sixth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI6) of the CBD, with less than half of the parties having submitted their action plans and a notable lack of ambition in those who have.
Read MoreStricter biodiversity rules for China’s global infrastructure push could help close GBF gaps, says research institute
Transforming the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) into a green development strategy could position China as a pivotal actor in delivering the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) by embedding stronger biodiversity safeguards across its overseas infrastructure footprint, found a new report.Â
Read MoreNational biodiversity plans are stronger when Indigenous Peoples have decision-making power, report says
An Indigenous rights organisation has reviewed the national biodiversity plans of 10 Asian countries, highlighting Indigenous Peoples’ (IPs) experiences with the process and concluding that planning is weakened by missed engagement opportunities.
Read MoreLebanon considers biodiversity credits in national plan
Lebanon is considering biodiversity credits as a source of innovative financing to support progress towards a target of mobilising at least $100 million per year for nature by 2030, according to an updated national plan.
Read MoreNew chair of global plastics treaty elected to revive stalled negotiations
UN member states elected this weekend a new chair of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) to try and conclude what has so far been a division-packed process to create a legally binding global treaty on plastic pollution.
Read MoreEcoscape restoration in marine spatial planning seen as pathway to meet GBF targets -report
Embedding ecoscape restoration directly into climate-smart marine spatial planning (MSP) could accelerate global biodiversity recovery, researchers said in a new perspective paper.
Read MoreChina moves to host High Seas Treaty secretariat
China has proposed hosting the secretariat for a UN treaty aimed at conserving biodiversity in the high seas, seeking to take a central role in multilateral environmental agreements, according to media reports.
Read MoreHigh Seas Treaty still needs more countries to join, WWF says
More high-income countries need to sign the High Seas Treaty into law so that it has enough funding to enable fast action on global ocean protection, said a WWF executive as the agreement came into force on Saturday.
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