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Intersessional activities on biodiversity and climate change

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/TT/AC/91588 (2024-036)
To: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations

Submission of views and information on biodiversity and climate change

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/SK/TT/AC/90960 (2023-043)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations

Webinar Conference: "Building back better: protecting biodiversity, combating land degradation and mitigating climate change to reduce the risks of future pandemics, and the importance of a coherent approach"

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/NP/CE/88997 (2020-057)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Submission of views on possible targets and indicators for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework related to the interlinkages and interdependencies between biodiversity and climate change

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/AC/88568 (2019-115)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Regional Dialogue on Integrating Climate Change and Biodiversity at the National Level in Central America and the Caribbean, 4 to 7 November 2019 – Belize City, Belize

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/AS/SBG/AC/88343 (2019-079)
To: CBD National Focal Points: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago

Briefing Session: Nature-Based Solutions work stream of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Climate Action Summit

Reference: SCBD/OES/CPP/CST/TMo/88283 (2019-070)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, ABS Protocol National Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Opportunities to provide inputs to the work of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/87787 (2018-104)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, relevant organizations

Nominations for the Regional Dialogue on Integrating Climate Change and Biodiversity at the National Level in North, West and Central Africa, 18 to 22 June 2018 - Dakar, Senegal

Reference: SCBD/SPS/AS/SBG/SK/AC/87318 (2018-039)
To: CBD National Focal Points: Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Tunisia

Peer review of the draft guidelines for ecosystem-based approaches to climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/SBG/SK/LJ/CP/87012 (2018-015)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, other Governments and relevant organizations

Webinar and Workshop on Climate-related Geoengineering

Reference: SCBD/OES/CPP/DC/OES/86924 (2017-103)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, Traditional Knowledge Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local community organizations, and other relevant organizations

Nominations for the Regional Dialogue and Learning Mission on Integrating Climate Change and Biodiversity at the National Level, 27 November to 1 December 2017 – Bogotá, Colombia

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/SBG/SK/TMo/86754 (2017-096)
To: CBD National Focal Points: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

Nominations for the technical workshop for review of the voluntary guidelines for the design and effective implementation of ecosystem-based approaches to climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction, 20-22 November 2017 - Bonn, Germany

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/SBG/SK/LJ/TM/86817 (2017-091)
To: CBD Focal points and relevant organizations

Opportunities under the Green Climate Fund

Reference: SCBD/MCO/DC/AF/NP/ML/YX/86771 (2017-077)
To: National Focal Points of the Convention and the Protocols

Nominations for the Regional Dialogue and Learning Mission on Integrating Climate Change and Biodiversity at the National Level, 2 to 6 October 2017 – Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/SBG/SK/TMo/86388 (2017-067)
To: CBD National Focal Points: Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

CANCELLED: Nominations for the NAP Expo 2017, from 11 to 13 April 2017, in Bonn, Germany

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/SK/AC/86299 (2017-023)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points

Nominations for the NAP Expo 2017, from 11 to 13 April 2017, in Bonn, Germany

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/SK/AC/86299 (2017-013)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points

Tools, guidance and information related to biodiversity and climate change in the context of the Paris Agreement

Reference: SCBD/SPS/CG/SG/SK/AC/86047 (2016-127)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points

Scoping meeting for the IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways

Reference: SCBD/SAM/RH/SK/AC/85609 (2016-056)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points

Nominations for the NAP Expo 2016, from 11 to 15 July 2016, in Bonn, Germany

Reference: SCBD/SAM/RH/SK/AC/85656 (2016-057)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points

REMINDER NOTIFICATION: Nominations for the technical workshop on ecosystem-based approaches to climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction, 28 September - 2 October 2015, Johannesburg, South Africa

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/SK/AC/84706 (2015-083)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Nominations for the technical workshop on ecosystem-based approaches to climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction, from 28 September 2015 to 2 October 2015, in South Africa

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/SK/AC/84706 (2015-064)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Submission of views and experiences on biodiversity and climate change and disaster risk reduction

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/SK/AC/84328 (2015-018)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, and relevant international, regional and national organizations

Tools, guidance and information related to biodiversity and climate change in the context of the expected climate agreement

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/SK/AC/84278 (2015-015)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points

Follow-up to decisions X/33 and XI/20 in relation to climate-related geoengineering

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/SS/AC/84331 (2015-016)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Webinar on increasing awareness of soil biodiversity and carbon, titled "Learning from wetlands – the case for dry soils", on 12 February 2015

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/SK/AC/84276 (2015-009)
To: CBD NFPs and SBSTTA FPs of Africa

Follow-up to decisions X/33 and XI/20 in relation to climate-related geoengineering

Reference: SCBD/SAM/SS/ac/82893 (2013-102)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Nominations for the Least Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG) regional training workshop on adaptation for Asian Least Developed Countries (LDCs), from 20 to 24 August 2013, in Siem Reap, Cambodia

Reference: SCBD/SAM/SK/SS/ac/82075 (2013-054)
To: CBD National Focal Points of the following countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Timor Leste, and Yemen

Nominations for the Least Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG) regional training workshop on adaptation for African Anglophone Least Developed Countries (LDCs), from 29 July to 2 August 2013, in Kigali, Rwanda

Reference: SCBD/SAM/SK/ac/82031 (2013-047)
To: CBD National Focal Points of the following countries: Angola, Eritrea, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Rwanda, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, and Zambia

Follow-up to decision XI/20 on climate-related geoengineering: review procedures for the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Reference: SCBD/SAM/SK/SS/AC/81842 (2013-039)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points

Peer review of draft background papers in preparation for the Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/SS/ac/81673 (2013-028)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and relevant organizations

Nominations for the Sub-regional Workshop for Anglophone Africa on the Integration of Climate Change and Ecosystem-based Adaptation in National Biodiversity Planning Processes, to be held from 25 – 27 March 2013, in Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SK/ac/81286 (2013-013)
To: CBD National Focal Points of the following countries: Angola, Botswana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Egypt, Ghana, The Gambia, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Rwanda, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Nominations for the Least Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG) regional training workshop on adaptation for Francophone least developed countries (LDCs), from 18 – 22 March 2013, in Lomé, Togo

Reference: SCBD/STTM/SK/ac/81285 (2013-012)
To: CBD National Focal Points of the following countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Sao Tomé & Principe, Senegal, and Togo

Second peer review of the draft studies on climate-related geo-engineering and the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/STTM/DC/ac/78659 (2012-013)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points

Peer review of the draft study on the impacts of climate related geo-engineering on biological diversity

Reference: SCBD/STTM/DC/ac/78137 (2011-215)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and Observers

I am pleased to invite you to participate in the technical and stakeholder peer review of the draft study on the impacts of climate-related geo-engineering on biological diversity.

Submission of views and case studies on the integration of biodiversity into climate-change-related activities

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JW/lh/77967 (2011-201)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points

The tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), through paragraph 9(j) of decision X/33, requested the Executive Secretary to compile current and additional views and case studies from Parties on the integration of biodiversity into climate-cha ...

Call for Experts on Climate-Related Geo-Engineering as it Relates to the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JW/ac/74873 (2011-085)
To: SBSTTA Focal Points, Consortium of Scientific Partners on Biodiversity, and Consortium of Universities

At the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Parties to the CBD adopted decision X/33 which includes a section on climate-related geo-engineering and its impacts on the achievement of the objectives of the CBD. This decision contains act ...

Joint Notification from the Secretariats of the CBD and IPCC regarding Preparations for the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JW/ac/75182 (2011-057)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points

The present notification is a follow up to notification ref.: SCBD/STTM/JW/ac/74869 (2011-026) sent on 4 February 2011. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has begun preparations for its Fifth Assessment Report (AR5). This report will consist of three Working Group Reports and a ...

Upcoming Meetings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JW/ac/74869 (2011-026)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points

In light of the increasing focus on the links between biodiversity and climate change, as highlighted in the third edition of the Global Biodiversity Outlook and the recent adoption of decision X/33 on biodiversity and climate change, I am pleased to share with you additional information on the ...

Outcomes of the Cancun Climate Change Conference – Opportunities for Parties to Submit Views related to Biodiversity

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JW/ac/74665 (2011-011)
To: CBD National Focal Points

The Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), through decision X/33, amongst others, stresses the need to enhance synergies between the three Rio Conventions.

CBD SBSTTA Recommendations: XIV/11 on Biodiversity of Dry and Sub-humid Lands, XIV/5 on Biodiversity and Climate Change

Reference: SBCD/STTM/JW/71918 (2010-123)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points

In accordance with notification 2010-119 of 15 June, please be advised that the online survey on possible joint activities between the three Rio Conventions is now also available in French and Spanish.

CBD SBSTTA Recommendations XIV/11: Biodiversity of Dry and Sub-humid Lands and XIV/5 Biodiversity and Climate Change

Reference: SBCD/STTM/JW/71918 (2010-119)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points

The fourteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-14) held from 10to 21 May, 2010, requested the Executive Secretary to consult Parties in order to explore possibilities of developing a proposal on joint activities between the three Rio Conve ...

Invitation for Proposals - The Rio Conventions’ Ecosystems snd Climate Change Pavilion: Promoting synergies between biodiversity, land management and climate change, to be held at the CBD COP 10 and the UNFCCC COP 16

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/AW/71840 (2010-101)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and International Organizations

The secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), in consultation with the secretariats of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), will convene the Rio Conventions’ Ecosystems and Clima ...

CBD Technical Series No.41: Connecting Biodiversity and Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: Report of the Second Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Biodiversity and Climate Change

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JAW/ac/69144 (2009-133)
To: CBD National Focal Points and relevant organizations

I am pleased to announce that the report of the Second Meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on Biodiversity and Climate Change has been published as CBD Technical Series No.41: Connecting Biodiversity and Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation – Report of the Second Ad Hoc Tech ...

Peer review of the draft report of the first and second meetings of the Second Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on biodiversity and climate change

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/JW/ac/67599 (2009-059)
To: CBD National Focal Points; SBSTTA Focal Point; and Relevant organisations

I am pleased to invite you to participate in the peer review of the draft report of the first and second meetings of the Second Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on biodiversity and climate change.

Nominations for the Sub-regional Capacity Building Workshop on Forest Biodiversity and Climate Change Singapore City, Singapore, 2-5 September 2009

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/TC/SGa/67088 (2009-058)
To: CBD National Focal Points in South-Eastern Asia; cc: UNFF National Focal Points in South-Eastern Asia; ASEAN Secretariat; ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity

We are pleased to inform you that a sub-regional capacity building workshop for South-Eastern Asia on forest biodiversity and climate change will be held in Singapore City, Singapore from 2-5 September 2009. With the generous financial support of the government of Germany and the ASEAN Centre fo ...

Selected Experts for the Second Meeting of the Second Ad hoc Technical Expert Group on Biodiversity and Climate Change

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JW/ac/66682 (2009-029)
To: CBD National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that after careful consideration of all nominations, the Bureau of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice has approved the list of experts for the second meeting of the Second Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on biodiversity and clim ...

Online Dialogue for the Preparation of the Second Meeting of the Second Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Biodiversity and Climate Change

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JW/ac/66678 (2009-028)
To: CBD National Focal Points

The ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) convened an Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on biodiversity and climate change through its decision IX/16. Furthermore, the Conference of the Parties, through paragraph 7(b) of annex III to ...

Nomination of Experts for the Second Meeting of the Second Ad hoc Technical Expert Group on Biodiversity and Climate Change

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JW/66077 (2009-008)
To: Relevant organizations

I am pleased to inform you that the second meeting of the Second Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on biodiversity and climate change will be held from 18 to 22 April 2009 in Helsinki, Finland.

Nomination of Experts for the Second Meeting of the Second Ad hoc Technical Expert Group on Biodiversity and Climate Change

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JW/66077 (2009-007)
To: CBD National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the second meeting of the Second Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on biodiversity and climate change will be held from 18 to 22 April 2009 in Helsinki, Finland.

Selected Experts for the Ad hoc Technical Expert Group on Biodiversity and Climate Change

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JW/ac/65087 (2008-133)
To: CBD National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that after careful consideration of all nominations, the Bureau of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice and the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties have approved the list of experts for the first meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expe ...