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Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático de Bakú - Noviembre 2024
Tras tensas negociaciones, las partes aprobaron un nuevo objetivo de financiación climática, pero muchos consideraron los 300 mil millones USD anuales como un “insulto”. Si bien las partes adoptaron decisiones sobre los mercados de carbono en el marco del Acuerdo de París, en muchos otros temas, incluyendo la transición energética, no pudieron ponerse de acuerdo. (English, français, 日本語)
Twelfth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF12)
Delegates focused on solutions to address the housing crisis' complex impacts, including promoting social cohesion and inclusivity, and addressing environmental sustainability concerns.
40th UN-Water Meeting
The newly appointed UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Water and approximately 130 UN-Water Members, Partners, and observers discussed links between the water agenda and the three Rio Conventions, and brainstormed priority collaborative actions to advance the UN System-wide Strategy on Water and Sanitation.
Working together to realize societies in harmony with nature: Mechanisms and tools to support on-the-ground initiatives
Biodiversity conservation and sustainable use in landscapes and seascapes are central to achieving the broad goals of the 2050 Vision for Biodiversity. The International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI) fosters collaboration among governments, Indigenous communities, businesses, and other stakeholders. This event showcased examples of on-the-ground multi-stakeholder collaboration to help realize the vision of living in harmony with nature.
Cooperation Day
Highlighting the role of cooperation with different processes, conventions, and multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) for the efficient and effective implementation of the Kunming Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) goals and targets, Cooperation Day provided a space for stakeholders to gather and showcase their cooperation initiatives that were presented and shared throughout the different thematic days of the COP 16.
Monitoring Biodiversity within the Territories of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
Monitoring is essential for effective biodiversity conservation—and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) emphasizes the participation of Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IPLC) in this monitoring. This event featured the perspectives of Indigenous rights’ advocates, entrepreneurs, academics, and conservation practitioners on community-based monitoring for biodiversity conservation.
High-Level Segment Reception: Accelerating Biodiversity Action
Throughout COP 16, many events and official statements focused on the importance of accelerating action on implementation of National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs). On the eve of the last day of COP 16, ministers and leaders from various sectors came together during a high-level reception to hear how the NBSAP Accelerator Partnership (AP) is helping to implement action and to learn about new commitments from countries.
COMDEKS Phase 4 and the Satoyama Initiative: Societies in harmony with nature
The Community Development and Knowledge Management for the Satoyama Initiative (COMDEKS) is a flagship programme of the Satoyama Initiative, which supports conservation and sustainable management of socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes. During this session, panelists shared examples of successful projects in Turkey, Cambodia, and Colombia. Rissa Edoo, UN Development Programme (UNDP), moderated the event.
Ministerial Lunch: Engaging Agrifood Sectors in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
The food and agriculture (agrifood) sector plays an important role in the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) as biodiversity is the cornerstone of agriculture. Integrating the agrifood sector into National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plans (NBSAPs) is a crucial step for countries to promote biodiversity conservation, food security, and nutrition.