DATA DIVE: Megadiverse countries turn to nature credits ahead of GBF progress review
Early submissions of the 7th national reports aimed at tracking progress towards global biodiversity targets show mounting interest in crediting mechanisms among megadiverse countries, according to analysis from Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreOpaque plastic treaty talks end in Japan
At least 17 countries and the EU met in Tokyo for closed-door talks aimed at informally overcoming some of the roadblocks that have so far prevented a legally binding global treaty to tackle the plastic pollution crisis from being agreed.
Read MoreInternational legal hurdles could slow high seas mCDR -report
Marine carbon removal (mCDR) faces significant legal uncertainty under international treaties, which could constrain large-scale deployment, a new report said.
Read MoreCBD 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.
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