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95th Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol

2 - 6 December 2024, Montreal, Canada

Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Risk Assessment

27 February - 1 March 2024, Montreal, Canada

Extension of deadline: Submission of views related to the work programme of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services and its contribution to support the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/JC/91497 (2024-019)
To: CBD focal points, SBSTTA focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations

Online discussion of the Liaison Group on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

7 - 21 February 2024, Online

Submission of views related to the work programme of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services and its contribution to support the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/JC/91497 (2024-006)
To: CBD focal points, SBSTTA focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations

93rd Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol

11 - 15 December 2023, Montreal, Canada

First meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Risk Assessment

1 - 3 November 2023, Montreal, Canada

Global risk assessment workshop

30 - 31 October 2023, Montreal, Canada

Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Invitations to nominate experts and fellows and contribute to external reviews of draft assessments

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/JC/MC/91279 (2023-113)
To: CBD national focal points, ABS focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, SBSTTA focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations

The 2023 SDG Summit – the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development under the auspices of the General Assembly

19 - 20 September 2023, New York, United States of America

Global Soil Partnership Plenary Assembly (FAO)

12 - 14 July 2023, Rome, Italy

8th Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (STI Forum)

3 - 4 May 2023, New York, United States of America

Open-ended Online Forum on Risk Assessment

10 - 21 April 2023, Online

Diving into Freshwater Microplastic pollution - Connecting Water, Environmental and Social Sciences

6 - 8 March 2023, Paris, France

Invitation to a Biodiversity Science Workshop, 6 December 2022 - Montreal, Canada

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/JC/KM/90687 (2022-074)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Western, Central and Eastern Asian Training Course on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms

17 - 21 October 2022, Antalya, Türkiye

Fifty-seventh session of the IPCC (IPCC-57) - Approval session for the Synthesis Report andFifty-seventh (bis) session (IPCC-57bis)

26 September - 6 October 2022, TBC, Geneva, Switzerland

Francophone Africa Training Course on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms

19 - 22 September 2022, Dakar, Senegal

Fifty-sixth session of the IPCC (IPCC-56) and WGIII AR6 Approval Plenary (WGIII-14)

21 - 25 March 2022, TBD

Fifty-fifth session of the IPCC (IPCC-55) and WGII AR6 Approval Plenary (WGII-12)

14 - 18 February 2022, TBD

12th Conference of the Parties to the Vienna Convention (part II) and 33rd Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (COP12(II)/MOP33)

25 - 29 October 2021, To be confirmed

54th session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and WGI-AR6 Approval Plenary

4 - 10 October 2021, To be determined

43rd Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (OEWG 43) - Ozone Secretariat

12 - 16 July 2021, Online

8th Session of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES-8 Plenary)

14 - 24 June 2021, Online, Bonn, Germany

53rd session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

6 - 10 October 2020

85th Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol

25 - 29 May 2020, Montreal, Canada

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

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/AC/88272 (2019-067)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, relevant organizations

International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation General Assembly

2 - 4 May 2019, Windhoek, Namibia

The fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention (BC COP-14), the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention (RC COP-9) and the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention (SC COP-9)

29 April - 10 May 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

Second Global Session of the UN Science-Policy-Business Forum on the Environment

8 - 10 March 2019

Negotiation of the Summary for Policy Makers of the sixth Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6)

21 - 24 January 2019, Nairobi, Kenya

A global platform for sharing information about the world’s biodiversity has passed a major milestone, with the publication of the one-billionth species record of where a species lives through the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Big data for biodiversity: Global Biodiversity Information Facility surpasses one billion

9 July 2018 – A global platform for sharing information about the world’s biodiversity has passed a major milestone, with the publication of the one-billionth species record of where a species lives through the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Workshop on the outcomes of the sixth session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

30 June - 1 July 2018, Montreal, Canada

Dr. Cristiana Paşca Palmer, CBD Executive Secretary, said: “These assessments are sobering. They show that the pressures on biodiversity and its associated ecosystem services from human activities, including climate change, are increasing. They show that the status of biodiversity is decreasing. They show that while the world is taking actions, more needs to be done to halt the loss of biodiversity.”

Scientific assessments by Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) confirm need for imperative actions to safeguard life on Earth

23 March 2018 - Landmark regional scientific reports were issued today in Colombia on the status of biodiversity in the following regions of the world: the Americas, Asia and the Pacific, Africa as well as Europe and Central Asia. They show that pressures on biodiversity and resulting loss of b ...

46th session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and WGI-13/WGII-11/WGIII-13

6 - 10 September 2017, Montreal, Canada

International Congress for Conservation Biology: "Insights for Sustaining Life on Earth"

23 - 27 July 2017, Cartagena, Colombia

First External Review for the IPBES Global Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/RH/MC/85598 (2017-053)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and relevant organizations

Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Expert review of the second order drafts of the IPBES thematic assessment on land degradation and restoration and of the four regional assessments on biodiversity and ecosystem services

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/RH/KM/85598 (2017-038)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points and relevant organizations

Fifth Session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES-5)

7 - 10 March 2017, Bonn, Germany

Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Regional consultations and stakeholder day (IPBES-5)

6 March 2017, Bonn, Germany

Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Call for comments on the draft scoping report for the thematic assessment of the sustainable use of biodiversity and release of assessments on scenarios and models and on pollinators, pollination and food production

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/RH/85952 (2016-106)
To: CBD and SBSTTA Focal Points, and relevant organizations

Group on Earth Observations establishes National Contact Points for Data Sharing

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/RH/85940 (2016-105)
To: CBD and SBSTTA Focal Points

Meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Risk Assessment and Risk Management

16 - 20 November 2015, Brasilia, Brazil

The Science behind GBO4 - Introducing the Technical Support Document

A number of chapter lead authors of the GBO4 technical support document will introduce delegates to the different lines of evidence used for the assessment of the state of biodiversity. They will also provide more detailed information on findings and country case studies related to specific targ ...

Meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Risk Assessment and Risk Management

2 - 6 June 2014, Bonn, Germany

Meeting the CBD targets 11: state of play of Marine Reserves globally and role of India

Marine species are in decline, habitats are being destroyed and degraded by unsustainable activities, and progress towards meeting the CBD target of 10% marine protected areas by 2020 is seriously lagging behind that on land. According to the World Database on Protected Areas (2011), 12.7% of th ...

Third Series of Regional Real-time Online Conferences on Risk Assessment and Risk Management under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety: Asia and the Pacific

19 - 20 April 2012, Online

Third Series of Regional Real-time Online Conferences on Risk Assessment and Risk Management under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety: Africa

17 - 18 April 2012, Online

Third Series of Regional Real-time Online Conferences on Risk Assessment and Risk Management under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety: WEOG and CEE

12 - 13 April 2012, Online

Third Series of Regional Real-time Online Conferences on Risk Assessment and Risk Management under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety: Latin America and the Caribbean

11 - 12 April 2012, Online

Meeting of the Sub-working Groups of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Risk Assessment and Risk Management

13 - 15 February 2012, Bonn, Germany

Workshop on Capacity-building for research and information exchange on socio-economic impacts of Living Modified Organisms under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

14 - 16 November 2011, New Delhi, India

Caribbean Training Course on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms

26 - 30 September 2011, Belize City, Belize

Third meeting of the Ad hoc Technical Expert Group on Risk Assessment and Risk Management of Living Modified Organisms

30 May - 3 June 2011, Mexico City, Mexico

Fourth meeting of the Chairs of the Scientific Advisory Bodies of the Biodiversity-related Conventions (CSAB)

13 - 14 February 2011, Gland, Switzerland

CONTRIBUTION OF ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES TO BIODIVERSITY SURVEY AND CLIMATE CHANGE MONITORING-1 (FEAT. JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY)

Contribution of artificial satellites to biodiversity survey and climate change monitoring (the first part). Current plan on the topic is as followed: Lecture on highlighting the contribution of artificial satellites to REDD-plus including forest monitoring and greenhouse gases monitoring.

The Census of Marine Life: A New Scientific Baseline for Policy

The Census of Marine Life, a 10-year scientific initiative to assess and explain the diversity, distribution, and abundance of life in the oceans will be released in October 2010. This unprecedented effort involved over 2500 scientists from 80 countries and spanned all realms of the ocean, from ...

Expert Workshop on Scientific and Technical Aspects relevant to Environmental Impact Assessment in Marine Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction

18 - 20 November 2009, Manila, Philippines

Second Ad hoc Intergovernmental and Multi-stakeholder meeting on an Intergovernmental Science-policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services (IPBES)

5 - 9 October 2009, Nairobi, Kenya

International Scientific Congress on Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions

10 - 12 March 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark

Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Workshop on Capacity-Building and Exchange of Experiences on Risk Assessment and Risk Management of LMOs

10 - 12 December 2007, Bridgetown, Barbados

Second Meeting of the Steering Committee of the Consortium of Scientific Partners and Institutions

17 October 2007, Paris, France

Meeting on Observational Priorities for Conservation and Biodiversity

3 - 4 November 2005, Washington, United States of America

“Loss of biodiversity threatens human well-being” says the Head of Biodiversity Convention

“To protect vital ecosystem services, countries must make a stronger effort to substantially reduce the rate of loss of biodiversity,” urged Hamdallah Zedan, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity.

UNEP/CBD/COP/5/INF/1

Operations of the Convention<br>Report of the Brainstorming Meeting on Scientific Assessment (Oslo, Norway, 17-19 November 1999)

4th Session of the Meeting of the Parties to EUROBATS

22 - 24 September 2003, Sofia, Bulgaria

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/6/9/ADD1

Scientific assessments<br>Report of the brainstorming meeting on scientific assessment, Oslo, 17-19 November 1999

Board of the Millennium Assessment

10 March 2001, Montreal, Canada

7th International Congress on Ethnobiology

23 - 27 October 2000, Athens, United States of America

Global Invasive Species Programme Synthesis

18 - 22 September 2000, Cape Town, South Africa

Coloque international des spécialistes francophones en évaluation d’impacts

22 - 24 May 2000, Paris, France

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Brainstorming Meeting on Scientific Assessment for the CBD