LocationsThe 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
UN CBD COP16
July 16, 2024
Event Details
21 October - 01 November 2024
Cali, Valle Del Cauca, Colombia Venue: Centro de Eventos Valle del Pacifico
COP16 Theme: Peace with Nature
Official website: https://www.cop16colombia.com/es/
COP16 will be the first Biodiversity COP since the adoption of the Global Biodiversity Framework (also known as The Biodiversity Plan). During COP 16, governments will review the progress made to implement the Biodiversity Plan, as well as the level of alignment of National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) with the Plan. At COP16, governments plan to further negotiate the monitoring framework, advance resource mobilization (in particular how the implementation will be financed), and finalize the multilateral mechanism on fair and equitable Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) from the use of digital sequence information on genetic resources.
Attended by participants from over 190 countries, COP16 will bring together governments, observer organizations, indigenous communities, businesses, youth groups, civil society, academia, and the general public.
UNDP at COP16
COP16 can be seen as the ‘first implementation COP’. This means it will be the COP where various actors - from governments to non-state actors like indigenous communities, youth groups, businesses, financial institutions and civil society - will come together to share progress to date and explore plans for the future to contribute to the implementation of the Biodiversity Plan (otherwise known as the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework).
Countries are expected to submit updated National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) this year.
Many governments are taking steps to update and assess, commit, transform and disclose their actions on nature, including at the sectoral level, and by developing a nature strategy. Achieving the goals of the Biodiversity Plan, and halting and reversing nature loss by 2030 will require collective action.
