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21

Nov

Post COP16 analysis: From biodiversity commitments to action

21 November 2024 14:00 to 15:30 | Seminar
A picture from the plenum negotiations at COP16

Did the UN Biodiversity Conference COP16 live up to the hype? Join this webinar to find out – actors who participated in COP16 will share their analyses of what the outcomes mean for future biodiversity and climate action.

Expectations were high ahead of the UN Biodiversity Conference COP16 which was meant to lay the foundation for the successful implementation of the ambitious Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework adopted in 2022. But did COP16 deliver the necessary outcomes?

In this webinar, we bring together leading experts from different backgrounds who attended the conference which took place in Cali, Colombia, between 21 October and 1 November. You will meet researchers, country delegates, topic experts and representatives from Indigenous communities who will share their experiences and insights.

The online event is a collaboration between Focali, SIANI, Stockholm Environment Institute, the Centre for Environmental and Climate Science (CEC) at Lund University and Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate (BECC) of the University of Gothenburg and Lund University.

Speakers

Alexandre Antonelli, Director of Science Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Professor Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences University of Gothenburg, member of BECC.

Charlotta Sörqvist,  CBD chief negotiator for the Swedish delegation and Chair of Working Group 1, Senior Adviser, Division for Natural Environment, Ministry of Climate and Enterprise, Government Offices of Sweden.

Pernilla Malmer, Senior advisor SwedBio, expert in the Swedish delegation to COP16 and co-chair for the contact group on the COP16 agenda item on issues related to Indigenous Peoples and local communities participation.

Representative from the Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity (IIFB) (TBC).

Ashanapuri Hertz, Programme Officer SwedBio

Jesica López, Researcher, BECC, Centre for Environmental and Climate Science, Lund University.

Bulimo Peter, Project Co-Coordinator of Youth4Nature’s INUKA Project, Kenya

Moderator: Stephen Woroniecki, Forest, Climate and Livelihood Research Network – Focali, & Principal Scientific Officer, WWT London

Registration

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About the event

Location:

Online meeting, Zoom.

Contact:

maria [dot] olund [at] wexsus [dot] se