Side events at COP16

List of side events and press conferences organized by members of the CBD Alliances [to be completed].

Side events are organized

 

Below is a list of side events, both in the Blue and Green Zone. Please contact us if your event is missing here.

Monday, 21 October

Business, Biodiversity and Finance: Peace or Conflict with Nature?

CBD Alliance - Monday, 21 October, 13:20 - Blue Zone: Chiribiquete, Asia and the Pacific room

Biodiversity Offsets and Credits: examining risks and challenges

TWN | GYBN | FOE | GFC - Monday, 21 October, 18:00 - Blue Zone: Malpelo, Contact Group 1 room

 

Tuesday, 22 October

Gender-responsive and Rights-based Approach to Halt Biodiversity Loss: Peoples’ Solutions to Save the Planet

Side event - Tuesday, 22 October - Global Forest Coalition

 

Wednesday, 23 October

Women’s Land, Coastal and Water Rights: From Global Commitments to Local Actions

CBD Women Caucus | ILC | ICCA Consortium | and others - Wednesday, 23 October, 11:40 - Blue Zone: Cocuy, Marie Khan Women's Caucus meeting room

Breaking Ground on Youth Indicators for Biodiversity

GYBN | UNESCO - Wednesday, 23 October, 15:00 - Blue Zone: Mavecure, Business and Industry Organizations room

Climate geoengineering and biodiversity - why the CBD needs to affirm precaution

ETC Group | HBF | TWN | IEN | CIEL | CoA  - Wednesday, 23 October, 16:30 - Blue Zone: Cano Cristales, CEE room

Current guidance on risk assessment with focus on gene drive organisms is unfit for purpose

ENSSER | TWN | EcoNexus | VDW - Wednesday, 23 October, 16:30 - Blue Zone: Nuqui, Academia & Research room

 

Thursday, 24 October

Look Before We Leap: Why the CBD Needs Horizon Scanning, Monitoring and Assessment

EcoNexus | ETC Group | CBD Women Caucus - Thursday, 24 October, 15:00 - Blue Zone: Sanquianga, GRULAC

Biodiversity and Climate Change: when policies collide

FOE | ECONEXUS - Thursday, 24 October, 15:00 - Blue Zone: Paramos, NGO room

Incentives for Target 22: Spotlighting Investor-ready Youth-led Solutions Towards Effective Implementation of the Biodiversity Plan in Africa

GYBN Africa | IUCN  - Thursday, 24 October, 16:30 - Blue Zone: Cocuy, Marie Khan Women's Caucus room

 

Friday, 25 October

 

Monday, 28 October

Why development banks must stop financing factory farming

Green zone - Monday, 28 October - Stop Financing Farming Coalition, Global Forest Coalition

 

 

Tuesday, 29 October

 

Wednesday, 30 October

 

Thursday, 31 October

 

date and time to be confirmed

Can KM-GBF stop Biodiversity Loss? The Challenges and Opportunities

Blue zone event - tbc - Global Forest Coalition

 

Achieving the KM-GBF Targets Through Small-Scale Fisheries (SSF)Youth Participation

Implementation of the SSF Guidelines and a Human Rights-Based Approach towards Coastal and Marine Conservation

tbc - Side event - tbc - CoopeSoliDar, ICSF and the SSF movements

 

 

GE trees

Press conference - Time and date: tbc - Global Justice Ecology Project

Material: https://stopgetrees.org/open-letter/

Business, Biodiversity and Finance