Year XXXVIII, Number 1, March 2025

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 all countries and the Secretariat of the Convention for their dedication to continue strengthening the global biodiversity agenda.  Only by working together can we make Peace with Nature a reality.”

“The results of this meeting show that multilateralism works and is the vehicle to build the partnerships needed to protect biodiversity and move us towards Peace with Nature” said Astrid Schomaker, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity. “We now have a clear mandate to implement Article 21 and 39. As we do this and implement the other supporting elements for resource mobilization, the world will have given itself the means to close the biodiversity finance gap.”

Source: www.cbd.int