In a meeting with H.E. @marinasilvaoficial.bsky.social
and the delegation of Brazil, the Host Country of #CMSCOP15, we discussed the importance of weaving finance & fiscal considerations, including reducing harmful subsidies, into whole-of-government policies that deliver for people and #ForNature.
👉 Save the date for the upcoming CO-OP4CBD regional workshop and networking session for Central and Eastern European UN CBD NFPs & experts.
📆 8–10 June 2026 | 📍Budapest, Hungary
Register here (before the 30th of March): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#Science4Biodiversity #ForNature
Save the date for the upcoming CO-OP4CBD training session for Central and Eastern European UN CBD National Focal Points & experts.
📆8–10 June 2026 | 📍Budapest, Hungary
If you want to participate, fill out this form before 30 March: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#Science4Biodiversity #ForNature
Global fashion company H&M Group has set science-based targets for land – aimed at reducing land-related pressures on nature across its supply chain.
Find out more about H&M’s targets here: sciencebasedtargetsnetwork.org/news/news/hm...
#ScienceBasedTargets #forNature #LandTargets #NatureAction
Teal poster with orange silhouette of wildflower meadow and two logos with white text, one with a branch and dragonfly, one with a cartoon owl wearing shades
BFBI partners with SustainabilityExamples.com to help our members share biodiversity initiatives for collective knowledge exchange to inspire action #ForNature across the Irish business community 🙌
Read more: businessforbiodiversity.ie/site-to-show...
"Was sind die Kosten, die Natur zu ignorieren?
Der IPBES #BizBiodiversity Bericht zeigt Risiken des Verlusts der biologischen Vielfalt für Lieferketten, Finanzwesen & Wachstum.
Angesichts von 7,3 Billionen Dollar, die in schädliche Aktivitäten fließen, lasst uns handeln #ForNature!" - @ipbes.net
What’s the cost of ignoring nature? 🌍
The 🏡 IPBES #BizBiodiversity report shows the risks that biodiversity loss poses to supply chains, finance & growth. With $7.3T flowing to harmful activities, let's act #ForNature!
🧪 Via Rhett Ayers Butler, Mongabay: https://ow.ly/QZUi50YrJLa
Looking for some inspiring weekend reading?
Explore real-world solutions helping to restore ecosystems and protect nature.
Nature is in crisis, but every action #ForNature counts and we all have a part to play in protecting it:
www.unep.org/news-and-stories/series/...
Photos from an IPBES capacity-building workshop in a conference room. Approximately 20 participants wearing lanyards stand in a semicircle while a facilitator addresses the group. A whiteboard covered with colorful sticky notes under the heading "Learned," with handwritten notes referencing IPBES structure, upcoming assessments, business and biodiversity 2025, and IPBES work since 2012. Participants stand in conversation near a large paper sheet on the floor labeled "STRATEGY." Conference tables and a whiteboard are visible in the background.
Photos from an IPBES capacity-building workshop in a conference room. Approximately 20 participants wearing lanyards stand in a semicircle while a facilitator addresses the group. A whiteboard covered with colorful sticky notes under the heading "Learned," with handwritten notes referencing IPBES structure, upcoming assessments, business and biodiversity 2025, and IPBES work since 2012. Participants stand in conversation near a large paper sheet on the floor labeled "STRATEGY." Conference tables and a whiteboard are visible in the background.
Photos from an IPBES capacity-building workshop in a conference room. Approximately 20 participants wearing lanyards stand in a semicircle while a facilitator addresses the group. A whiteboard covered with colorful sticky notes under the heading "Learned," with handwritten notes referencing IPBES structure, upcoming assessments, business and biodiversity 2025, and IPBES work since 2012. Participants stand in conversation near a large paper sheet on the floor labeled "STRATEGY." Conference tables and a whiteboard are visible in the background.
Photos from an IPBES capacity-building workshop in a conference room. Approximately 20 participants wearing lanyards stand in a semicircle while a facilitator addresses the group. A whiteboard covered with colorful sticky notes under the heading "Learned," with handwritten notes referencing IPBES structure, upcoming assessments, business and biodiversity 2025, and IPBES work since 2012. Participants stand in conversation near a large paper sheet on the floor labeled "STRATEGY." Conference tables and a whiteboard are visible in the background.
🤝 25 experts from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan & Azerbaijan are at a workshop on IPBES assessments to strengthen the science-policy interface #ForNature.
Thanks to the German Ministry of Environment, @bfn-de.bsky.social & Institute for Biodiversity Network for organizing!
Nature is our greatest treasure.
Today, we celebrate the biodiversity that sustains life and the collective action needed to protect it.
Learn more: birdlife.org/campaigns-ap...
#WorldWildlifeDay #ForNature
We thank @green-talent.eu for the opportunity to present our work at the first workshop of their Bulgarian DemoHub!
#Science4Biodiversity #ForNature #ForOurPlanet
#humanity #earth #savehumanity #saveearth #savenature #savenaturesaveearth #digitalactivism #forhumanity #forearth #fortheearth #fornature #forthenature #raiseawareness #raisingawareness
#SBI6 plenary makes good progress on draft recommendations
Outstanding issues remain, evening plenary announced to allow completion of work
@unbiodiversity.bsky.social #biodiversity #GlobalAction #ForNature
#InternshipOpportunity
@unbiodiversity.bsky.social is seeking an Intern to support work with indigenous peoples and local communities in the lead-up to #COP17.
📍 Montreal or remote
🗓️ Apply by 7 March
⏳ 6 months (unpaid)
Apply 👉 careers.un.org/jobSearchDes...
#UNCareers #Internship #ForNature
#SBI6 plenary hears report on contact group negotiations on cooperation with other conventions, addresses unresolved items in the draft recommendation
@unbiodiversity.bsky.social #biodiversity #GlobalAction #ForNature
The air we breathe.
The water we drink.
The food we eat.
Our medicines. Our livelihoods.
Earth’s ecosystems have extraordinary value & humanity’s survival depends on them. To protect our planet & future, countries must transform economies #ForNature.
Pressed for time, #SBI6 plenary continues consideration of draft recommendations
Delegates focus on capacity-building and technical and scientific cooperation as preconditions for implementation of Kunming-Montreal Global #biodiversity Framework
@unbiodiversity.bsky.social #GlobalAction #ForNature
On its last day, #SBI6 continues text-based negotiations
Plenary approves first CRP with draft recommendation on midterm review of #gender plan of action
CRPs available at www.cbd.int/meetings/SBI... under Plenary
@unbiodiversity.bsky.social #GlobalAction #ForNature #biodiversity
#SBI6 continues text-based negotiations on draft recommendations in conference room papers
Divergences persist on resource mobilization
Evening high-level roundtable by COP 17 Armenian Presidency, @unbiodiversity.bsky.social, @fao.org to showcase agrifood systems taking action #ForNature
#SBI6 plenary engages in lengthy text-based negotiations on resource mobilization
Divergences reflect the need for trust-building in view of the significant workload to be completed by @unbiodiversity.bsky.social COP 17 in October 2026 towards bridging the #biodiversity finance gap
#ForNature
#SBI6 hears reports from evening contact groups deliberations
Divergences persist on specialized international access and #BenefitSharing instruments, including a process for intersessional work
@unbiodiversity.bsky.social #GlobalAction #ForNature #biodiversity
#SBI6 negotiates draft recommendation on the midterm review of #gender plan of action
Delegates diverge on whether implementation efforts should take into account national circumstances
@unbiodiversity.bsky.social #GlobalAction #ForNature
Inadequate funding (including for new technical-scientific cooperation support centers helping implement the Kunming-Montreal Global #Biodiversity Framework) stood out as delegates addressed the gap between policy commitments and implementation
Read ➡️ enb.iisd.org/subsidiary-b...
#ForNature
#SBI6 plenary initiates text-based negotiations on draft recommendation on national biodiversity strategies and action plans #NBSAP
Delegates highlight technical and financial constraints to submission by end of February as per current deadline
@unbiodiversity.bsky.social #GlobalAction #ForNature
#SBI6 address mechanisms for cooperation with other conventions and processes
Ensuring synergies while respecting each convention’s mandate and Party membership remains a challenge
@unbiodiversity.bsky.social #GlobalAction #ForNature
#SBI6 deliberations turn to the process and criteria for identifying specialized international access and #BenefitSharing instruments
Many highlight need for legal clarity, complementarity, coherence with #NagoyaProtocol objectives
@unbiodiversity.bsky.social #GlobalAction #ForNature
#biodiversity community continues #SBI6 discussions on capacity-building, scientific and technical cooperation
Delegates highlight data gaps, need for sustainable financing, South-South and triangular cooperation, alignment with Parties' needs
@unbiodiversity.bsky.social #GlobalAction #ForNature
Delegates at #CBDSBI6 addressed a series of items crucial to implementing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework #KMGBF, with the aim of enabling national action commensurate with GBF's ambition
Read ➡️ enb.iisd.org/subsidiary-b...
#Biodiversity #ForNature
#SBI6 hears updates on national #biodiversity strategies and action plans, discusses data gaps and needs for the global review of collective progress
@unbiodiversity.bsky.social #GlobalAction #ForNature
#SBI6 tests pilot modalities for early submission of statements in an effort to streamline discussions
Delegates focus on resource mobilization and the financial mechanism as necessary means of implementation of #biodiversity commitments
@unbiodiversity.bsky.social #GlobalAction #ForNature
