Synthetic biology and risk assessment/management of living modified organisms - Informal SBSTTA session
On 17-19 February and 24-26 February 2021, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD) Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) held a virtual informal session to prepare for the 24
th meeting of the body (SBSTTA-24) scheduled to take place later in 2021. The informal session served as an opportunity for Parties and observers to explore the virtual format, and to exchange opinions on key agenda items on the road to developing a scientifically and technically sound post-2020 global biodiversity framework. Agenda items included synthetic biology (agenda item 4) as well as risk assessment and risk management of living modified organisms (item 5). See statements from the informal session for each agenda item at
https://www.cbd.int/meetings/SBSTTA-24-PREP-03, the SBSTTA-24 documents at
www.cbd.int/meetings/SBSTTA-24 or contact
[email protected] for more information. SBSTTA is an open-ended intergovernmental scientific advisory body of the Conference of the Parties to the CBD.
