Watch COP 16 events on livestream Oct. 22 to Nov. 1

USGBC has arrived in Cali, Colombia, this week for the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 16). USGBC is engaging with the global community to advance practical solutions for the built environment in an effort to reverse biodiversity loss and enhanceits value. We are one of just a few organizations highlighting the importance of the built environment and urban spaces in halting nature loss and restoring biodiversity and ecosystem services.

COP 16 will feature three main areas of focus:

• Further developing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (also known as the "Biodiversity Plan") for global implementation
• Collaborating for improved resource mobilization and technical cooperation to invest in nature
• Accelerating progress on access and benefit-sharing

Biodiversity loss, land degradation and climate change are inextricably connected, and so are many of the solutions. For example, land and oceans absorb more than half of all carbon emissions, and conservation and restoration of these natural spaces could provide roughly one-third of the mitigation efforts needed in the next decade.

The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework provides a pathway to reach the global vision of a world living in harmony with nature. First passed in December 2022 at the U.N. Convention on Biodiversity biannual meeting (COP 15), it aims to guide global action for nature toward 2030 through four goals for 2050 and 23 targets for 2030.

Watch the events at COP 16 live

For those interested in what's on the agenda, here's a selection of livestreamed events you can watch from anywhere in the world:

• Oct 22: Biopolis, Day 1. USGBC's Peter Templeton will be speaking at 4:50 p.m.
• Oct. 23: Biopolis, Day 2. USGBC's Liz Beardsley will be speaking at 8:30 a.m.
• Oct 25: Plenary session: Stocktake, elections and adoption of decisions at COP16
• Oct 26: ICLEI 8th Summit for Subnational Governments and Cities: Taking Action for Biodiversity, livestreamed at UN Web TV
• Nov 1: Closing plenary session (including adoption of decisions) at COP16

Also livestreamed daily through COP 16:

• Nature Positive Pavilion
• Multinational Development Bank (MDB) Pavilion

USGBC will also be holding a webinar in early November to share takeaways from COP 16 for our members.

Tune in for Day 1

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