Dear Commission members,
On Wednesday 8 February - 3pm–5:30pm (CET) please join IUCN WCEL and The Hassan II International Center for Environmental Training for the Webinar: "What outcomes from COP 15?" (click here to view flyer). This event is part of our Webinar Series: "The Transformative Power of Law: Addressing Global Environmental Challenges"
Registration:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_eCK6qRiNRpSLkSM-H8nJuQ
Description:
Ecosystems and their biodiversity are the key to life on the planet. Biodiversity has become a major issue in international relations. The need to ensure global food security and the development of biotechnology have transformed biodiversity into an economic resource. But the resources needed to exploit it are unevenly distributed.
The Global Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) published in 2019 showed for the first time that human activity was responsible for the erosion of 75% of terrestrial ecosystems.
Experts have been warning for decades, and even more recently, that habitat fragmentation and human contact with wild animals increase the risk of disease in human populations. These threats to biodiversity and its natural habitats, by bringing species closer together, favor the emergence of infectious diseases, such as COVID-19 or Ebola, which has wreaked havoc in Africa.
The 15th COP of the Convention on Biological Diversity, held in Montreal from 7 to 19 December 2022, concluded with the adoption of a global framework for biodiversity for the post-2020 period: the Kunming-Montreal Agreement.
What can we learn from this COP? Will the agreement allow us to halt biodiversity loss and support transformative change? What support mechanisms and technical means will be used to implement and monitor commitments? What role do the different actors, including the general public, and the legal community play?
PROGRAM:
Introductory Remarks:
Prof. Dr. Christina Voigt - Chair, IUCN WCEL
Ms. Nouzha Alaoui - Secretary-General of the Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection
Ms. Sonia Peña Moreno - Director of the International Policy Centre, IUCN
Keynote:
Ms. Elizabeth Mrema - Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework through a legal lens:
Prof. Michelle Lim - Deputy Chair of the IUCN WCEL Biodiversity Law Specialist Group
Youth Leadership in biodiversity
Ms. Swetha Stotra Bhashyam, Global South Focal Point, Global Youth Biodiversity Network
Ms. Julieta Sarno, IUCN WCEL Early Career Specialist Group member Ms. Aya Laccheb, Young Reporter for the Environment
What approach should universities take to ensure that species and ecosystems begin to recover?:
Ms. Emily Scott - Nature Positive Universities Coordinator, Department of Biology, University of Oxford
Moderator:
Mr. Ayman Cherkaoui - Deputy Chair IUCN WCEL / Director of the Hassan II International Centre for Environmental Training
Translation available: English, French, Spanish, Arabic
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