Did the UN Biodiversity Conference COP16 live up to the hype? Join this webinar to find out – actors who participated in COP16 will share their analyses of what the outcomes mean for future biodiversity and climate action.
Expectations were high ahead of the UN Biodiversity Conference COP16 which was meant to lay the foundation for the successful implementation of the ambitious Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework adopted in 2022. But did COP16 deliver the necessary outcomes?
In this webinar, we bring together leading experts from different backgrounds who attended the conference which took place in Cali, Colombia, between 21 October and 1 November. You will meet researchers, country delegates, topic experts and representatives from Indigenous communities who will share their experiences and insights.
Professor Alexandre Antonelli from Kew Royal Botanic Gardens and University of Gothenburg will set the scene and explain what is really at stake. Thereafter Dr. Stephen Woroniecki, Principal Research Officer at WWT will moderate two expert panels, focusing on the outcomes of COP16. What came out of the negotiations and what are the implications for people and nature? Did COP16 bring us closer to peace with nature? And what happened to the aim of being a “COP of the people”?
The online event is a collaboration between Focali, SIANI, Stockholm Environment Institute, WWT, the Centre for Environmental and Climate Science (CEC) at Lund University and Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate (BECC) of the University of Gothenburg and Lund University.
Speakers
Introduction:
Alexandre Antonelli, Director of Science Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Professor Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences University of Gothenburg.
Panel 1 – Negotiation outcomes and implications:
Charlotta Sörqvist, CBD chief negotiator for the Swedish delegation and Chair of Working Group 1, Senior Adviser, Division for Natural Environment, Ministry of Climate and Enterprise, Government Offices of Sweden.
Pernilla Malmer, Senior advisor SwedBio, expert in the Swedish delegation to COP16 and co-chair for the contact group on the COP16 agenda item on issues related to Indigenous Peoples and local communities participation.
Jennifer Tauli Corpuz, Kankana-ey Igorot indigenous people in the Philippines, Lawyer and Senior Global Policy and Advocacy Lead at Nia Tero. Negotiator and expert of the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity (IIFB).
Clarisse Kehler Siebert, Senior advisor, International Unit, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, Co-Chair at CBD COP16 for negotiations on Biodiversity and Climate Change.
Panel 2 – Translating commitments to action:
Ashanapuri Hertz, Programme Officer SwedBio
Jesica López, Researcher, BECC, Centre for Environmental and Climate Science, Lund University.
Bulimo Peter, Project Co-Coordinator of Youth4Nature’s INUKA Project, Kenya
Moderator: Stephen Woroniecki, Forest, Climate and Livelihood Research Network – Focali, & Principal Scientific Officer, WWT