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UNEA-5 Virtual Side Event: Strengthening Non-State Actor Commitments for Biodiversity -- 18 February 2021

The event will underscore how non-state actor commitments support the urgency of action and ambition on the post-2020 global biodiversity framework.
(You can re-watch the event on Youtube or GoToWebinar.)

 

The Governments of Egypt and China, in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, are organizing a virtual side event “Strengthening Non-State Actor Commitments for Biodiversity in the context of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and SDGs” on the margins of the fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5). The side event will take place on 18 February 2021 from 17:00-18:30 GMT+3 / 9:00 10:30 EST. The concept note and agenda are available on the CBD meetings webpage. 

The objective of the event is to demonstrate how commitments by non-state actors (e.g. civil society organizations, business and financial sectors, cities and other local authorities) can help to raise ambition for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework and support actions to promote its implementation, while also contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Speakers will present their motivations in pledging commitments and share how such commitments are translated into actions.  

The following are foreseen outcomes of the event:

  1. mobilizing and connecting new voices and leadership in support of the biodiversity agenda;
  2. profiling commitments and actions for the post-2020 process, as well as contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals and UN Decade of Action; and
  3. bringing awareness of methodologies to track progress in support of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework.

 

Fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, 17 - 29 November 2018                             COP 15 -Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity Kunming, China, Second quarter of 2021 CBD

 

 

More Information:

Op-ed Published on Thomson Reuters Foundation News website

Notification

Make a Commitment: Sharm El-Sheikh to Kunming Action Agenda for Nature and People

 

Agenda

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 Ms. Elizabeth Mrema, Executive Secretary, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Yasmine Fouad

 Her Excellency Ms. Yasmine Fouad, Minister of Environment of the Arab Republic of Egypt

 

 

 

 

 

Huang Runqiun 1

 His Excellency Mr. Huang Runqiu, Minister of Ecology and Environment of the People’s Republic of China

Francis Ogwal

 Mr. Francis Ogwal (Uganda), WG2020 Co-Chairs 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basile van Havre

 Mr. Basile van Havre (Canada), WG2020 Co-Chairs

Manuel Pulgar Vidal

 Moderator: Mr. Manuel Pulgar Vidal (Former Minister of Environment of Peru; WWF Senior Advisor)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Commitments on biodiversity and broader SDGs

Marina Grossi

 Ms. Marina Grossi, President of the Brazilian Business Council for Sustainable Development, Brazilian Business Commitment for Biodiversity (coalition of 14 companies) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fashion for Biodiversity – Coalition commitments and Kering Biodiversity Strategy

Geraldine Vallejo

 Ms. Geraldine Vallejo, Sustainability Programme Director at Kering

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance for Biodiversity Pledge - Protecting and restoring biodiversity through finance activities and investments

Vicki Benjamin

 Ms. Vicki Benjamin, CEO, Karner Blue Capital 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Science Based Targets for Nature - Methodologies to support commitment tracking 

Erin Billman

 Ms. Erin Billman, Executive Director, Science Based targets Network

Countries and stakeholders to provide views and questions via interventions and the chat function to the panelist.

Reflections on the Action Agenda for Nature and People

Gonzalo Munoz

 Mr. Gonzalo Muñoz, Climate Champion


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Strengthening Commitments for Biodiversity 

Carlos Manuel Rodriguez

 Mr. Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, GEF CEO 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Partnership, stakeholder engagement and collaboration

Neville Ash

 Mr. Neville Ash, Director, UNEP -WCMC

Ms. Elizabeth Mrema, Executive Secretary, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity