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Ending preventable maternal and newborn deaths is crucial for human well-being and prosperous societies. The morbidity and loss of life that biodiversity loss, land degradation and desertification, climate change and pollution and waste are inflicting on humanity illustrate the importance of the universal right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. The symptoms of the crisis are unequivocal. The diagnosis is clear: human-induced pressure is pushing Earth’s biophysical systems towards dangerous tipping points. The treatment is well known: transformative change that fundamentally alters prevailing production and consumption patterns. For some, change on that scale may feel like a hard pill to swallow, but economies will adapt and the natural foundation that sustains all life on Earth will thrive.  Biodiversity is crucial for human well-being, a healthy planet and economic p...</div> </div> </a> </div> </div> <div class="carousel-item update-item-group no-gutters "> <div class="update-item"> <a href="/article/earth-hour-2025"> <div class="scale-img-wrapper"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_desktop_images/public/2025-03/maxime-dore-znuq6n3sjpc-unsplash.jpg?itok=SpxTaO2n 1x" media="all and (min-width: 992px)" type="image/jpeg"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_mobile_images_/public/2025-03/maxime-dore-znuq6n3sjpc-unsplash.jpg?itok=69tVUKAe 1x" media="(min-width: 0px)" type="image/jpeg"/> <img class="img-fluid" loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_desktop_images/public/2025-03/maxime-dore-znuq6n3sjpc-unsplash.jpg?itok=SpxTaO2n" alt="Earth Hour 2025 3" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </picture> </div> <div class="update-item-description p-3"> <div class="update-title"><h3 class="h4">Observing Earth Hour 2025</h3></div> <div class="update-text">On 22 March, from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m., millions around the world will observe Earth Hour. This is a time to pause and reflect on humanity’s relationship with nature. Each of the past ten years were individually the ten warmest years on record. The string of record-shattering temperatures should serve as a warning that current pathways in the pursuit of socio-economic progress are not viable. Climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution and waste share a common root: unsustainable production and consumption. Transformative change is urgently needed.  As a member of the United Nations family, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is firmly committed to “Greening the Blue”. The premises of the Secretariat in Montreal offer smart energy-saving systems that dim non-essential lights in public areas. For Earth hour, the Secretariat will also pause all activities on social media in a bid to raise awareness of the world’s growing digital footprint.  The s...</div> </div> </a> </div> </div> <div class="carousel-item update-item-group no-gutters "> <div class="update-item"> <a href="/article/world-wildlife-day-2025"> <div class="scale-img-wrapper"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_desktop_images/public/2025-03/54304588841_03bc8b950c_k.jpg?itok=fCrQyywD 1x" media="all and (min-width: 992px)" type="image/jpeg"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_mobile_images_/public/2025-03/54304588841_03bc8b950c_k.jpg?itok=RFnffvrc 1x" media="(min-width: 0px)" type="image/jpeg"/> <img class="img-fluid" loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_desktop_images/public/2025-03/54304588841_03bc8b950c_k.jpg?itok=fCrQyywD" alt="World Wildlife Day 2025 1" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </picture> </div> <div class="update-item-description p-3"> <div class="update-title"><h3 class="h4">World Wildlife Day-- 3 March 2025</h3></div> <div class="update-text">Theme: Wildlife Conservation Finance: Investing in People and Planet. Today is World Wildlife Day, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the entry into force of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora --CITES.  On behalf of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, happy 50th anniversary to our colleagues at the CITES Secretariat.  This year’s World Wildlife Day focuses on “Wildlife Conservation Finance: Investing in People and Planet”.  As we celebrate wildlife and the Multilateral Environmental Agreement dedicated to its protection, this is a moment to reflect on achievements, confront challenges, and chart a path toward a future where humanity lives in harmony with nature. Wildlife is part of biodiversity: the lifeblood of the planet we call home. From food and medicine to livelihoods and cultural heritage, wildlife makes multiple contributions to human wellbeing and many Sustainable Deve...</div> </div> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="secondary-update-items-group"> <div id="secondUpdatesCarousel" class="carousel slide" data-ride="carousel" data-interval="false"> <div class="carousel-inner" role="listbox"> <div class="carousel-item update-item-group no-gutters active"> <div class="update-item second-update-item"> <a href="/article/world-water-day-2025"> <div class="scale-img-wrapper"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_desktop_images/public/2025-03/wwd2025_web_banner_2.png?itok=bt8h7Gas 1x" media="all and (min-width: 992px)" type="image/png"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_mobile_images_/public/2025-03/wwd2025_web_banner_2.png?itok=P4dniNZZ 1x" media="(min-width: 0px)" type="image/png"/> <img class="img-fluid" loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_desktop_images/public/2025-03/wwd2025_web_banner_2.png?itok=bt8h7Gas" alt="WWD 2025 1" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </picture> </div> <div class="update-item-description p-3"> <div class="update-title"><h3 class="h4">Statement on World Water Day 2025</h3></div> <div class="update-text"> When we think of water, images of its liquid form spring to mind. But 70 per cent of Earth’s freshwater exists as snow or ice. Glaciers, which are celebrated this year on World Water Day, inspire awe and need protection. These colossal yet mobile masses and their meltwater create unique habitats for various species of plants, animals and microorganisms.    As climate change accelerates habitat loss in high-altitude mountains, it is estimated that the world loses 335 billion tonnes of ice per year to global heating and ocean warming. The influx of freshwater from melting glaciers can alter the salinity of nearby marine ecosystems, potentially impacting the distribution and survival of marine species.  The retreat of glaciers also threatens what biologists call “specialist species”— organisms that adapted to live in this environment. Many species are already being driven to the brink of extinction. In Europe’s subalpine zone, researchers have observed how plant comm...</div> </div> </a> </div> </div> <div class="carousel-item update-item-group no-gutters "> <div class="update-item second-update-item"> <a href="/article/international-womens-day-2025"> <div class="scale-img-wrapper"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_desktop_images/public/2025-03/iwd_2025_2_0.png?itok=4dIIGVzB 1x" media="all and (min-width: 992px)" type="image/png"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_mobile_images_/public/2025-03/iwd_2025_2_0.png?itok=_8vEQK3D 1x" media="(min-width: 0px)" type="image/png"/> <img class="img-fluid" loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_desktop_images/public/2025-03/iwd_2025_2_0.png?itok=4dIIGVzB" alt="IWD 2025 2" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </picture> </div> <div class="update-item-description p-3"> <div class="update-title"><h3 class="h4">International Women’s Day-- 8 March 2025</h3></div> <div class="update-text">“For all women and girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment” "On this International Women’s Day, we at the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity join the global call to promote equal rights, empowerment and opportunities for all women and girls. Almost three decades ago, the world came together to develop the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a visionary and widely endorsed blueprint for securing the rights of all women and girls.  The Beijing Declaration has contributed to reshaping the global agenda, but its promise remains largely unfulfilled.  Women and girls make up half of the world’s population, yet many still face gender-based discrimination, often depriving them of their rights and denying them a level playing field for access to opportunities.  This is nothing less than a moral failing. But more than that: At a time when the world is grappling with a multi-pronged environmental crisis at planetary scale, we need all  t...</div> </div> </a> </div> </div> <div class="carousel-item update-item-group no-gutters "> <div class="update-item second-update-item"> <a href="/article/cop16-resumed-session-closing-2025"> <div class="scale-img-wrapper"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_desktop_images/public/2025-02/cbdcop16b-9771_1.jpg?itok=bk6MOAfi 1x" media="all and (min-width: 992px)" type="image/jpeg"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_mobile_images_/public/2025-02/cbdcop16b-9771_1.jpg?itok=SLdqnXPB 1x" media="(min-width: 0px)" type="image/jpeg"/> <img class="img-fluid" loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_desktop_images/public/2025-02/cbdcop16b-9771_1.jpg?itok=bk6MOAfi" alt="COP 16 Resumed Sessions 2" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </picture> </div> <div class="update-item-description p-3"> <div class="update-title"><h3 class="h4">COP 16 has fulfilled its promise to the world</h3></div> <div class="update-text">On 27 February 2025 COP 16 concluded in Rome with the successful completion of its resumed session. The outcomes of the resumed session completed what the Parties achieved in Cali, Colombia, before COP 16 was suspended on 2 November 2024 for lack of quorum. Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) reached agreements on biodiversity finance, the Planning, Monitoring, Reporting and Review (PMRR) mechanism, and the full set of indicators that will be used to measure global and national progress towards the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF), which was adopted at COP 15 in 2022.  “These days of work in Rome have demonstrated the commitment of the Parties to advance the implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework.  The COP 16 presidency recognises the collective effort to reach consensus of key issues that were left pending in Cali” said Susana Muhamad, COP 16 President.  “We appreciate the willingness of ...</div> </div> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="thirdUpdatesCarousel" class="carousel slide" data-ride="carousel" data-interval="false"> <div class="carousel-inner" role="listbox"> <div class="carousel-item update-item-group no-gutters active"> <div class="update-item third-update-item"> <a href="/article/international-day-of-forests-2025"> <div class="scale-img-wrapper"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_desktop_images/public/2025-03/IDF%202025%201.png?itok=x3eUy7Qn 1x" media="all and (min-width: 992px)" type="image/png"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_mobile_images_/public/2025-03/IDF%202025%201.png?itok=aTUWK-Qe 1x" media="(min-width: 0px)" type="image/png"/> <img class="img-fluid" loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_desktop_images/public/2025-03/IDF%202025%201.png?itok=x3eUy7Qn" alt="IDF 2025 1" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </picture> </div> <div class="update-item-description p-3"> <div class="update-title"><h3 class="h4">Statement on International Day of Forests 2025</h3></div> <div class="update-text">The theme of this year’s edition of the International Day of Forests is “Forests and foods”.  Five billion people depend on forests for food and livelihoods, for fuel and medicine.  Forest habitats harbour 80 per cent of all terrestrial biodiversity. Trees help keep moisture in the soil, feed pollinators and protect crops from winds, thus boosting productivity in nearby fields.  In times of soaring food prices and economic shocks, forests provide a safety net for the most vulnerable communities.  But the world is losing 10 million hectares of forests every year. Their wildlife population has decreased by 53 per cent since 1970. This has far-reaching and disruptive impacts on a wide range of ecosystem services: from pollination and seed disbursal to the water cycle and climate regulation.  Both wildlife and human health and well-being suffer as a consequence.  Urgent action is needed to halt the loss while also preserving high-integrity...</div> </div> </a> </div> </div> <div class="carousel-item update-item-group no-gutters "> <div class="update-item third-update-item"> <a href="/biodiversity-day"> <div class="scale-img-wrapper"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_desktop_images/public/2025-03/yoksel-zok-i0v2m8imex4-unsplash.jpg?itok=oLzUkG4y 1x" media="all and (min-width: 992px)" type="image/jpeg"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_mobile_images_/public/2025-03/yoksel-zok-i0v2m8imex4-unsplash.jpg?itok=7w_gAJD8 1x" media="(min-width: 0px)" type="image/jpeg"/> <img class="img-fluid" loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_desktop_images/public/2025-03/yoksel-zok-i0v2m8imex4-unsplash.jpg?itok=oLzUkG4y" alt="Irises 1" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </picture> </div> <div class="update-item-description p-3"> <div class="update-title"><h3 class="h4">International Day for Biodiversity (IDB): 22 MAY 2025</h3></div> <div class="update-text">The Secretariat is currently developing a suite of communication products to enable a broad uptake of the campaign.  These will include: a logo and digital assets for messaging and advocacy on social media. The suite of communication products will be posted on this page by 11 April 2025. The main campaign hashtag is #BiodiversityDay. Arabic: #يوم_التنوع_البيولوجي    Chinese: #生物多样性日 French: #JournéeBiodiversité  Spanish: #DíaDeLaBiodiversidad Russian:  #ДеньБиоразнообразия.  Secondary hashtags are: #GlobalGoals #KMGBF.  The International Day for Biodiversity (IDB) is celebrated on 22 May annually: to commemorate the adoption of the text of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) on 22 May 1992; to provide an opportunity to foster wide support for the implementation of the Convention, its Protocols and related action frameworks. The IDB 2025 campaign seeks to focus the world’s attention on the linkages between...</div> </div> </a> </div> </div> <div class="carousel-item update-item-group no-gutters "> <div class="update-item third-update-item"> <a href="/article/cop-16-resumed-session-opens-rome-2025"> <div class="scale-img-wrapper"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_desktop_images/public/2025-02/cbdcop16b-3782.jpg?itok=2O0d6aZo 1x" media="all and (min-width: 992px)" type="image/jpeg"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_mobile_images_/public/2025-02/cbdcop16b-3782.jpg?itok=zL6uv-bY 1x" media="(min-width: 0px)" type="image/jpeg"/> <img class="img-fluid" loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_desktop_images/public/2025-02/cbdcop16b-3782.jpg?itok=2O0d6aZo" alt="COP 16 Rome 1" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </picture> </div> <div class="update-item-description p-3"> <div class="update-title"><h3 class="h4">Countries Resume Crucial Biodiversity Discussions in Rome, 25-27 February 2025</h3></div> <div class="update-text">The Resumed Sessions. The resumed sessions of the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol and fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol, opened on 25 February 2025 at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome, Italy. Statement by António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations Statement by H.E. Ms. Susana Muhamad, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development of Colombia and COP 16 President Statement by Astrid Schomaker Executive Secretary, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity   More information Resumed Session of COP 16 (main page) UN Web TV, communication and press materials Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework </div> </div> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <ol class="carousel-indicators"> <li data-target="#firstUpdatesCarousel" data-slide-to="0" class="active" ></li> <li data-target="#firstUpdatesCarousel" data-slide-to="1" ></li> <li data-target="#firstUpdatesCarousel" data-slide-to="2" ></li> </ol> <a class="carousel-control-prev" href="#firstUpdatesCarousel" role="button" data-slide="prev"> <span class="carousel-control-prev-icon" aria-hidden="true"></span> <span class="sr-only">Previous</span> </a> <a class="carousel-control-next" href="#firstUpdatesCarousel" role="button" data-slide="next"> <span class="carousel-control-next-icon" aria-hidden="true"></span> <span class="sr-only">Next</span> </a> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="secretary-block desktop-only"> <div class="secretary-image"> <div class="scale-img-wrapper"> <a href="/secretariat/executive-secretary"> <img class="img-fluid" loading="lazy" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/max_325x325/public/2024-07/Astrid-headshot-4.jpg?itok=RSQCxL7V 244w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2024-07/Astrid-headshot-4.jpg?itok=2p5S4HA_ 488w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/2024-07/Astrid-headshot-4.jpg?itok=ZiZ68sLL 975w" sizes="(min-width: 1290px) 325px, (min-width: 851px) 25vw, (min-width: 560px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_325x325/public/2024-07/Astrid-headshot-4.jpg?itok=RSQCxL7V" alt="Astrid Headshot 4" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="secretary-description p-3"> <a href="/secretariat/executive-secretary"> <div class="secretary-title"><h3 class="h4">Astrid Schomaker | Executive Secretary, CBD Secretariat</h3></div> </a> <div class="secretary-text"> The United Nations Secretary-General has designated Astrid Schomaker of Germany as Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Ms. Schomaker officially took up her appointment as of 1 July 2024. Prior to her appointment, Ms. Schomaker has work on a variety of issues ranging from bilateral and multilateral relations to chemicals, oceans, and the water industry. Most recently, as Director for Green Diplomacy and Multilateralism with the European Commission in Brussels, she promoted a global transition to resource efficient, low emission, nature-positive circular economies. </div> </div> <div class="secretary-links"> <a href="/secretariat/executive-secretary"> <span class="arrow-right-icon"></span> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="updates-content mobile-only"> <div id="updatesCarousel" class="carousel slide updates-carousel mb-grid-xl" data-ride="carousel" data-interval="false"> <div class="carousel slide first-update-item" data-ride="carousel" data-interval="false"> <div class="carousel-inner" role="listbox"> <div class="carousel-item update-item-group no-gutters active"> <div class="update-item"> <a href="/article/world-health-day-2025"> <div class="scale-img-wrapper"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_desktop_images/public/2025-04/whd-hero-banner.tmb-1920v.jpg?itok=CdT_hwmn 1x" media="all and (min-width: 992px)" type="image/jpeg"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_mobile_images_/public/2025-04/whd-hero-banner.tmb-1920v.jpg?itok=fIESziWE 1x" media="(min-width: 0px)" type="image/jpeg"/> <img class="img-fluid" loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_desktop_images/public/2025-04/whd-hero-banner.tmb-1920v.jpg?itok=CdT_hwmn" alt="World Health Day 2025 1" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </picture> </div> <div class="update-item-description p-3"> <div class="update-title">Statement on World Health Day 2025</div> <div class="update-text">“Healthy beginning, hopeful futures” is the inspiring theme of World Health Day this year. Ending preventable maternal and newborn deaths is crucial for human well-being and prosperous societies. The morbidity and loss of life that biodiversity loss, land degradation and desertification, climate change and pollution and waste are inflicting on humanity illustrate the importance of the universal right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. The symptoms of the crisis are unequivocal. The diagnosis is clear: human-induced pressure is pushing Earth’s biophysical systems towards dangerous tipping points. The treatment is well known: transformative change that fundamentally alters prevailing production and consumption patterns. For some, change on that scale may feel like a hard pill to swallow, but economies will adapt and the natural foundation that sustains all life on Earth will thrive.  Biodiversity is crucial for human well-being, a healthy planet and economic p...</div> </div> </a> </div> </div> <div class="carousel-item update-item-group no-gutters "> <div class="update-item"> <a href="/article/world-water-day-2025"> <div class="scale-img-wrapper"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_desktop_images/public/2025-03/wwd2025_web_banner_2.png?itok=bt8h7Gas 1x" media="all and (min-width: 992px)" type="image/png"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_mobile_images_/public/2025-03/wwd2025_web_banner_2.png?itok=P4dniNZZ 1x" media="(min-width: 0px)" type="image/png"/> <img class="img-fluid" loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_desktop_images/public/2025-03/wwd2025_web_banner_2.png?itok=bt8h7Gas" alt="WWD 2025 1" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </picture> </div> <div class="update-item-description p-3"> <div class="update-title">Statement on World Water Day 2025</div> <div class="update-text"> When we think of water, images of its liquid form spring to mind. But 70 per cent of Earth’s freshwater exists as snow or ice. Glaciers, which are celebrated this year on World Water Day, inspire awe and need protection. These colossal yet mobile masses and their meltwater create unique habitats for various species of plants, animals and microorganisms.    As climate change accelerates habitat loss in high-altitude mountains, it is estimated that the world loses 335 billion tonnes of ice per year to global heating and ocean warming. The influx of freshwater from melting glaciers can alter the salinity of nearby marine ecosystems, potentially impacting the distribution and survival of marine species.  The retreat of glaciers also threatens what biologists call “specialist species”— organisms that adapted to live in this environment. Many species are already being driven to the brink of extinction. In Europe’s subalpine zone, researchers have observed how plant comm...</div> </div> </a> </div> </div> <div class="carousel-item update-item-group no-gutters "> <div class="update-item"> <a href="/article/international-day-of-forests-2025"> <div class="scale-img-wrapper"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_desktop_images/public/2025-03/IDF%202025%201.png?itok=x3eUy7Qn 1x" media="all and (min-width: 992px)" type="image/png"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_mobile_images_/public/2025-03/IDF%202025%201.png?itok=aTUWK-Qe 1x" media="(min-width: 0px)" type="image/png"/> <img class="img-fluid" loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_desktop_images/public/2025-03/IDF%202025%201.png?itok=x3eUy7Qn" alt="IDF 2025 1" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </picture> </div> <div class="update-item-description p-3"> <div class="update-title">Statement on International Day of Forests 2025</div> <div class="update-text">The theme of this year’s edition of the International Day of Forests is “Forests and foods”.  Five billion people depend on forests for food and livelihoods, for fuel and medicine.  Forest habitats harbour 80 per cent of all terrestrial biodiversity. Trees help keep moisture in the soil, feed pollinators and protect crops from winds, thus boosting productivity in nearby fields.  In times of soaring food prices and economic shocks, forests provide a safety net for the most vulnerable communities.  But the world is losing 10 million hectares of forests every year. Their wildlife population has decreased by 53 per cent since 1970. This has far-reaching and disruptive impacts on a wide range of ecosystem services: from pollination and seed disbursal to the water cycle and climate regulation.  Both wildlife and human health and well-being suffer as a consequence.  Urgent action is needed to halt the loss while also preserving high-integrity...</div> </div> </a> </div> </div> <div class="carousel-item update-item-group no-gutters "> <div class="update-item"> <a href="/article/earth-hour-2025"> <div class="scale-img-wrapper"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_desktop_images/public/2025-03/maxime-dore-znuq6n3sjpc-unsplash.jpg?itok=SpxTaO2n 1x" media="all and (min-width: 992px)" type="image/jpeg"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_mobile_images_/public/2025-03/maxime-dore-znuq6n3sjpc-unsplash.jpg?itok=69tVUKAe 1x" media="(min-width: 0px)" type="image/jpeg"/> <img class="img-fluid" loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_desktop_images/public/2025-03/maxime-dore-znuq6n3sjpc-unsplash.jpg?itok=SpxTaO2n" alt="Earth Hour 2025 3" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </picture> </div> <div class="update-item-description p-3"> <div class="update-title">Observing Earth Hour 2025</div> <div class="update-text">On 22 March, from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m., millions around the world will observe Earth Hour. This is a time to pause and reflect on humanity’s relationship with nature. Each of the past ten years were individually the ten warmest years on record. The string of record-shattering temperatures should serve as a warning that current pathways in the pursuit of socio-economic progress are not viable. Climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution and waste share a common root: unsustainable production and consumption. Transformative change is urgently needed.  As a member of the United Nations family, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is firmly committed to “Greening the Blue”. The premises of the Secretariat in Montreal offer smart energy-saving systems that dim non-essential lights in public areas. For Earth hour, the Secretariat will also pause all activities on social media in a bid to raise awareness of the world’s growing digital footprint.  The s...</div> </div> </a> </div> </div> <div class="carousel-item update-item-group no-gutters "> <div class="update-item"> <a href="/article/international-womens-day-2025"> <div class="scale-img-wrapper"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_desktop_images/public/2025-03/iwd_2025_2_0.png?itok=4dIIGVzB 1x" media="all and (min-width: 992px)" type="image/png"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_mobile_images_/public/2025-03/iwd_2025_2_0.png?itok=_8vEQK3D 1x" media="(min-width: 0px)" type="image/png"/> <img class="img-fluid" loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_desktop_images/public/2025-03/iwd_2025_2_0.png?itok=4dIIGVzB" alt="IWD 2025 2" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </picture> </div> <div class="update-item-description p-3"> <div class="update-title">International Women’s Day-- 8 March 2025</div> <div class="update-text">“For all women and girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment” "On this International Women’s Day, we at the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity join the global call to promote equal rights, empowerment and opportunities for all women and girls. Almost three decades ago, the world came together to develop the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a visionary and widely endorsed blueprint for securing the rights of all women and girls.  The Beijing Declaration has contributed to reshaping the global agenda, but its promise remains largely unfulfilled.  Women and girls make up half of the world’s population, yet many still face gender-based discrimination, often depriving them of their rights and denying them a level playing field for access to opportunities.  This is nothing less than a moral failing. But more than that: At a time when the world is grappling with a multi-pronged environmental crisis at planetary scale, we need all  t...</div> </div> </a> </div> </div> <div class="carousel-item update-item-group no-gutters "> <div class="update-item"> <a href="/biodiversity-day"> <div class="scale-img-wrapper"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_desktop_images/public/2025-03/yoksel-zok-i0v2m8imex4-unsplash.jpg?itok=oLzUkG4y 1x" media="all and (min-width: 992px)" type="image/jpeg"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_mobile_images_/public/2025-03/yoksel-zok-i0v2m8imex4-unsplash.jpg?itok=7w_gAJD8 1x" media="(min-width: 0px)" type="image/jpeg"/> <img class="img-fluid" loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_desktop_images/public/2025-03/yoksel-zok-i0v2m8imex4-unsplash.jpg?itok=oLzUkG4y" alt="Irises 1" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </picture> </div> <div class="update-item-description p-3"> <div class="update-title">International Day for Biodiversity (IDB): 22 MAY 2025</div> <div class="update-text">The Secretariat is currently developing a suite of communication products to enable a broad uptake of the campaign.  These will include: a logo and digital assets for messaging and advocacy on social media. The suite of communication products will be posted on this page by 11 April 2025. The main campaign hashtag is #BiodiversityDay. Arabic: #يوم_التنوع_البيولوجي    Chinese: #生物多样性日 French: #JournéeBiodiversité  Spanish: #DíaDeLaBiodiversidad Russian:  #ДеньБиоразнообразия.  Secondary hashtags are: #GlobalGoals #KMGBF.  The International Day for Biodiversity (IDB) is celebrated on 22 May annually: to commemorate the adoption of the text of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) on 22 May 1992; to provide an opportunity to foster wide support for the implementation of the Convention, its Protocols and related action frameworks. The IDB 2025 campaign seeks to focus the world’s attention on the linkages between...</div> </div> </a> </div> </div> <div class="carousel-item update-item-group no-gutters "> <div class="update-item"> <a href="/article/world-wildlife-day-2025"> <div class="scale-img-wrapper"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_desktop_images/public/2025-03/54304588841_03bc8b950c_k.jpg?itok=fCrQyywD 1x" media="all and (min-width: 992px)" type="image/jpeg"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_mobile_images_/public/2025-03/54304588841_03bc8b950c_k.jpg?itok=RFnffvrc 1x" media="(min-width: 0px)" type="image/jpeg"/> <img class="img-fluid" loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_desktop_images/public/2025-03/54304588841_03bc8b950c_k.jpg?itok=fCrQyywD" alt="World Wildlife Day 2025 1" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </picture> </div> <div class="update-item-description p-3"> <div class="update-title">World Wildlife Day-- 3 March 2025</div> <div class="update-text">Theme: Wildlife Conservation Finance: Investing in People and Planet. Today is World Wildlife Day, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the entry into force of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora --CITES.  On behalf of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, happy 50th anniversary to our colleagues at the CITES Secretariat.  This year’s World Wildlife Day focuses on “Wildlife Conservation Finance: Investing in People and Planet”.  As we celebrate wildlife and the Multilateral Environmental Agreement dedicated to its protection, this is a moment to reflect on achievements, confront challenges, and chart a path toward a future where humanity lives in harmony with nature. Wildlife is part of biodiversity: the lifeblood of the planet we call home. From food and medicine to livelihoods and cultural heritage, wildlife makes multiple contributions to human wellbeing and many Sustainable Deve...</div> </div> </a> </div> </div> <div class="carousel-item update-item-group no-gutters "> <div class="update-item"> <a href="/article/cop16-resumed-session-closing-2025"> <div class="scale-img-wrapper"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_desktop_images/public/2025-02/cbdcop16b-9771_1.jpg?itok=bk6MOAfi 1x" media="all and (min-width: 992px)" type="image/jpeg"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_mobile_images_/public/2025-02/cbdcop16b-9771_1.jpg?itok=SLdqnXPB 1x" media="(min-width: 0px)" type="image/jpeg"/> <img class="img-fluid" loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_desktop_images/public/2025-02/cbdcop16b-9771_1.jpg?itok=bk6MOAfi" alt="COP 16 Resumed Sessions 2" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </picture> </div> <div class="update-item-description p-3"> <div class="update-title">COP 16 has fulfilled its promise to the world</div> <div class="update-text">On 27 February 2025 COP 16 concluded in Rome with the successful completion of its resumed session. The outcomes of the resumed session completed what the Parties achieved in Cali, Colombia, before COP 16 was suspended on 2 November 2024 for lack of quorum. Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) reached agreements on biodiversity finance, the Planning, Monitoring, Reporting and Review (PMRR) mechanism, and the full set of indicators that will be used to measure global and national progress towards the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF), which was adopted at COP 15 in 2022.  “These days of work in Rome have demonstrated the commitment of the Parties to advance the implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework.  The COP 16 presidency recognises the collective effort to reach consensus of key issues that were left pending in Cali” said Susana Muhamad, COP 16 President.  “We appreciate the willingness of ...</div> </div> </a> </div> </div> <div class="carousel-item update-item-group no-gutters "> <div class="update-item"> <a href="/article/cop-16-resumed-session-opens-rome-2025"> <div class="scale-img-wrapper"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_desktop_images/public/2025-02/cbdcop16b-3782.jpg?itok=2O0d6aZo 1x" media="all and (min-width: 992px)" type="image/jpeg"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_mobile_images_/public/2025-02/cbdcop16b-3782.jpg?itok=zL6uv-bY 1x" media="(min-width: 0px)" type="image/jpeg"/> <img class="img-fluid" loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/updates_desktop_images/public/2025-02/cbdcop16b-3782.jpg?itok=2O0d6aZo" alt="COP 16 Rome 1" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </picture> </div> <div class="update-item-description p-3"> <div class="update-title">Countries Resume Crucial Biodiversity Discussions in Rome, 25-27 February 2025</div> <div class="update-text">The Resumed Sessions. The resumed sessions of the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol and fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol, opened on 25 February 2025 at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome, Italy. Statement by António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations Statement by H.E. 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Ms. Schomaker officially took up her appointment as of 1 July 2024. Prior to her appointment, Ms. Schomaker has work on a variety of issues ranging from bilateral and multilateral relations to chemicals, oceans, and the water industry. 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