Participants will review the state of implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, including through alignment with national biodiversity strategies and action plans as well as resource mobilization. At the previous summit, COP15, which was held in Montreal in December 2022, countries agreed to the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). The GBF is a set of four goals to 2050 and 23 targets to 2030 with the overarching mission of reversing the decline of biodiversity around the world by 2030. (Read the goals and targets here: The Montreal Moment for Biodiversity: Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework adopted)
Australia submitted its 6th national report to the CBD in 2020, and is due this year to submit a new national report.
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5th meeting Subsidiary Body on Implementation
The 5th meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI5) is meeting prior to COP16, from 16-18 October.
To date, 94 parties have submitted their national targets and 29 have submitted their updated National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs), with numbers still rising.
Many parties stressed the need for financial resources and capacity building, as well as technology transfer, and technical and scientific collaboration.
Also stressed data gaps and challenges related to the development of indicators and monitoring capacity, including toward assessing the contribution of national actions to achieving global goals. They also underscored linkages between development and implementation of NBSAPs in developing countries on the one hand, and implementation of financial commitments by developed countries on the other.
18 October SBI meeting ends
IISD/ENB summed up the closing of the 5th meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation in their 18th October Daily Report section From the Corridors:
On the last day of SBI 5, questions of prioritization and time management took center stage. Connectivity issues slowed progress in the morning during consideration of draft recommendations. In addition, many delegates expressed concern at the time spent on minor preambular details, rather than focusing on more substantive matters. While some expressed frustration over the slow pace of deliberations, others commented that lengthy debates on seemingly innocuous provisions usually reflect principled differences over crucial issues – in this case the role of the GEF in the implementation of the Convention and its Protocols. At the same time, delegates celebrated the announcement that 100 parties have submitted national targets aligned with the GBF, applauding these first steps toward national-level implementation.
With COP 16 around the corner, issues regarding resource mobilization and the financial mechanism of the Convention will be in the spotlight, with discussions on the GEF expected to continue and intensify. Other agenda items feature similarly high on the agenda. These include the multilateral mechanism on benefit-sharing from use of digital sequence information on genetic resources and the new programme of work on Article 8(j) of the Convention regarding Indigenous Peoples and local communities and traditional knowledge, alongside the GBF’s monitoring framework, the mechanism to strengthen technical and scientific cooperation, and several other ecosystem-related and cross-cutting items. Resolution of technical problems and good time management will certainly remain of essence, as will be the resolve to move forward in good faith and a spirit of compromise.
The COP16 meeting will formally open on Monday 21 October.
Australia's actions in leadup
14 October 2024 - Environment Minister announces National roadmap for protecting and conserving 30% of Australia’s land by 2030 (DCCEEW)
8-10 October 2024 - Inaugural Global Nature Positive Summit. Holding this summit was an undertaking Australia made at CBD COP15. See Climate Citizen: Inaugural Global Nature Positive Summit more financial greenwash than tackling decline in nature and biodiversity
8 October 2024 - Environment Minister announces ‘Huge environmental win’: Australia to protect 52% of its oceans, more than any other country, Plibersek says. Sub-Antarctic marine park expansion welcomed but scientists say some areas important to penguins and seals missed out on sanctuary-level protection (Guardian), and under the Biodiversity convention definition only about 25% is now adequately protected according to Dr Ian Cresswell.(Guardian). Marine scientists say Australia has squandered the chance to show global leadership failing to protect important areas for marine biodiversity. (The Conversation) Meanwhile 400km from the Nature Positive Summit The NSW Forestry Corporation has started logging in Bulga state forest, inland from Port Macquarie,in habitat of threatened species including endangered koalas and the endangered greater glider. (Guardian)
7 October 2024 - Australian Government spends around 50 times more on subsidising activities that harm the environment than it spends on helping biodiversity each year argues the Biodiversity Council. The assessment found that around 4% of the federal budget goes to subsidising activities that are likely to have a medium to high adverse impact on biodiversity; a total of $26.3 billion per year. (Biodiversity Council)
30 September 2024 - Nature Positive market? Economics editor Ross Gittins nails the problem of nature market offsets and credits and the solution: "how else can we pursue nature positive? Well, here’s a radical thought: governments could stop logging native forests, stop further land clearing, stop subsidising fossil fuels, stop permitting new mines and gas fields, and start spending a lot of money restoring land and habitat." (The Age)
17 September 2024 - The big Labor fail in updating Australia's Nature laws to include climate impacts and beefed compliance. Adam Morton on The environment was meant to be ‘back on the priority list’ under Labor. Instead we’ve seen a familiar story (Guardian) "Every year since the act came into force in 2000, Austalia’s threatened species populations have actually fallen 2-3%. When development, agriculture and infrastructure projects do get assessed under these laws, about 99% are approved. Experts have found the laws permit ongoing destruction of critical habitat for threatened species.... our government is showing worrying signs of letting industry and developers control their environmental agenda." (The Conversation) Biodiversity Council has urged Labor Government to establish a robust EPA and EIA (Biodiversity Council).
3 September 2024 - 20 more species added to Australia’s threatened wildlife and flora list, including a species of Waratah. One ecological community – the King Island scrub complex, was also added.The fresh listings bring the total number of endangered plants, animals and ecosystems to 2,245. This listing comes days after the Albanese Government suggested watering down new EPA legislation. (Guardian)
20 August - New report: Koalas or coal mines, how the federal government can save Australia’s most iconic species’ - national report launched by alliance of climate and nature conservation groups focussed on mining threat to endangered Koala habitat (Mackay Conservation Group PDF)
7 August 2024 - More species added to Australia's endangered list. Australia’s government now recognises 2,224 species as being under threat of extinction. (Australian Conservation Foundaton)
Background:
Climate Citizen, 20 December 2022: The Montreal Moment for Biodiversity: Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework adopted https://takvera.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-montreal-moment-for-biodiversity.html
Climate Citizen, 19 December 2022: Australia and the UN Biodiversity Conference COP15
https://takvera.blogspot.com/2022/12/australia-and-un-biodiversity.html
Climate Citizen, 8 December 2022 "Time to forge a Peace Pact with Nature" says UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres at COP15 Biodiversity conference: https://takvera.blogspot.com/2022/12/time-to-forge-peace-pact-with-nature.html
Climate Citizen, 23 September 2022, Australia commits to Global Nature Pledge to reverse biodiversity loss by 2030 during UN General Assembly https://takvera.blogspot.com/2022/09/australia-commits-to-global-nature.html
Climate Citizen, 2 September 2021: Global framework on Biodiversity - Australian statement on the Convention on Biodiversity 2030 target https://takvera.blogspot.com/2021/09/global-framework-on-biodiversity.html
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