Climate Change and Biodiversity Climate Change and Biodiversity About Climate Change and Biological Diversity Introduction Programme Background COP Decisions Implementation Activities Case StudiesPartnersResourcesGeoengineering Related Information Meetings DocumentsNotificationsRelated Links Climate Change and Biodiversity Thursday // 5.1.2025 Climate Change and Biodiversity It is now widely recognized that climate change and biodiversity are interconnected. Biodiversity is affected by climate change, with negative consequences for human well-being, but biodiversity, through the ecosystem services it supports, also makes an important contribution to both climate-change mitigation and adaptation. Consequently, conserving and sustainably managing biodiversity is critical to addressing climate change. More » What's new22 April 2025Statement by Astrid Schomaker, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the International Mother Earth Day 22 April 2025Notifications1 May 2025-2025-060Technical Information Exchange on enhanced cooperation and policy coherence to support the implementation of the Rio Conventions25 March 2025-2025-040Sub-regional workshop and dialogue for the Pacific small island developing States: Workshop on strengthening national contributions to global environmental commitments through the synergistic implementation of multilateral environmental agreements, Dialogue on biodiversity monitoring and reporting, 26 to 30 May 2025, Apia, Samoa5 March 2025-2025-025Consultations for the development of a supplement to the Voluntary Guidelines for the Design and Effective Implementation of Ecosystem-based Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk ReductionUpcoming Meetings7 September 2025, New York, United States of America International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies9–15 October 2025, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates IUCN World Conservation Congress18 October 2025, Panama City, Panama Workshop on the assessments adopted by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in 2024 and forthcoming assessments Biodiversity and Climate Change Island BiodiversityDry and Sub-Humid Lands BiodiversityPolar BiodiversityForest BiodiversityMarine and Coastal BiodiversityMountain BiodiversityInland Waters BiodiversityAgricultural Biodiversity
Climate Change and Biodiversity Thursday // 5.1.2025 Climate Change and Biodiversity It is now widely recognized that climate change and biodiversity are interconnected. Biodiversity is affected by climate change, with negative consequences for human well-being, but biodiversity, through the ecosystem services it supports, also makes an important contribution to both climate-change mitigation and adaptation. Consequently, conserving and sustainably managing biodiversity is critical to addressing climate change. More » What's new22 April 2025Statement by Astrid Schomaker, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the International Mother Earth Day 22 April 2025Notifications1 May 2025-2025-060Technical Information Exchange on enhanced cooperation and policy coherence to support the implementation of the Rio Conventions25 March 2025-2025-040Sub-regional workshop and dialogue for the Pacific small island developing States: Workshop on strengthening national contributions to global environmental commitments through the synergistic implementation of multilateral environmental agreements, Dialogue on biodiversity monitoring and reporting, 26 to 30 May 2025, Apia, Samoa5 March 2025-2025-025Consultations for the development of a supplement to the Voluntary Guidelines for the Design and Effective Implementation of Ecosystem-based Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk ReductionUpcoming Meetings7 September 2025, New York, United States of America International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies9–15 October 2025, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates IUCN World Conservation Congress18 October 2025, Panama City, Panama Workshop on the assessments adopted by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in 2024 and forthcoming assessments Biodiversity and Climate Change Island BiodiversityDry and Sub-Humid Lands BiodiversityPolar BiodiversityForest BiodiversityMarine and Coastal BiodiversityMountain BiodiversityInland Waters BiodiversityAgricultural Biodiversity