The CBD Secretariat at the UN Ocean Conference

The Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Astrid Schomaker, and CBD staff, will be participating in the third UN Ocean Conference.

As the third UN Ocean Conference gets underway this week in Nice, let us leverage a renewed commitment to the ocean to fulfil the vision of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework: a world living in harmony with nature.

 

Monday, 9 June

The CBD Executive Secretary will be speaking at:

Side event: Accelerating Partnerships and Action for Effective and Equitable Ocean Protection – the ocean pathway to 30x30 

Time: 14:00-15:15

Location: Room 4, Blue Zone

 

Tuesday, 10 June

The CBD Executive Secretary will be speaking at the following events:

Side event: From mountains to oceans: preserving biodiversity across environmental boundaries for sustainable future

(High-level dialogue organized jointly by Armenia as the host of CBD COP17 and France as the host of the 2025 UN Ocean Conference)

Time: 10:30 - 11:45

Location: Room 3, Blue Zone

 

World Island Forum—Panel 4: Protect, restore and promote island ecosystems and resources

Time: 13:00-14:30

Location: Green Zone, La Baleine

 

Joseph Appiott, coordinator for marine, coastal and island biodiversity, will be speaking at:

Addressing and minimizing ocean acidification: Success stories, opportunities, and new commitments

Time: 14:00-15:00

Location: Ocean Literacy Pavilion, Green Zone, La Baleine

 

 

Wednesday, 11 June

The CBD Executive Secretary will be speaking at the following events:

Twenty-fourth Global Meeting of the Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans (RSCAPs)

(This is a list of sessions in which SCBD is involved during this meeting)

• A session on the Sustainable Ocean Initiative (SOI) Global Dialogue with Regional Seas Organizations (RSOs) and Regional Fishery Bodies (RFBs)
• Award ceremony for new World Restoration Flagships in the framework of UN Decade on Ecosystems Restoration
• Reception for the Annual Meeting of the Regional Seas Programme (co-sponsored by the SOI Global Dialogue)

Time: All-day event

Location: Museum of Fine Arts

 

CBD Side event: Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework: Elevating Ambition for Increased Momentum Towards the 2030 Targets

Time: 10:30-11:45

Location: Room 5, Blue Zone

 

Launching of the ISA Deep-sea Biobank Initiative

Time: 12:30-13:00

Location: Green Pioneer ship, Gare Maritime de Villefranche-sur-Mer

 

 

Thursday, 12 June

The CBD Executive Secretary will be speaking at the following events:

High-level breakfast of key UN agencies/processes on the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

(Co-organized by the SCBD and the French Biodiversity Agency)

Time: 7:30-9:30

Location: Tara Research Vessel (a boat) (red zone; Port Lympia)

 

Ocean Action Panel 7: Leveraging ocean, climate and biodiversity interlinkages

Time: 10:00-13:00

Location: Conference venue, Blue Zone

 

Press briefing on CBD COP 17

Time: 13:00-13:30

Location: Press briefing room

 

Side event: Conservation of Marine Animal Species for Healthy Ecosystems and Long-term Ocean Sustainability

Time: 17:30-18:45

Location: Room 2, Blue Zone

 

Joseph Appiott, coordinator for marine, coastal and island biodiversity, will be speaking at the following events:

Side event: UN-Oceans as a mechanism to mobilize multilateral ocean action and amplify collective impacts toward the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14

Time: 10:30-11:45

Location: Room 5, Blue Zone

 

Side event: Small-scale fishers: At the center of ocean governance and food security

Time: 17:30-18:45

Location: Room 4, Blue Zone

 

Friday, 13 June

The CBD Executive Secretary will be speaking at:

Side event: Protecting the Ocean Twilight Zone: Driving Global Action for Biodiversity, Climate Stability, and a Sustainable, Healthy Ocean

Time: 14:00-15:15

Location: Room 5, Blue Zone