CBD WG2020-2

UN Convention on Biodiversity negotiations (Afternoon session)

Plenary Hall (FAO Headquarters)
28.02.2020
 Rome time

Due to the ongoing situation following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus 2019, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), in consultation with the Government of the People’s Republic of China, the COP (Conference of the Parties) Presidency and the Co-Chairs of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, has decided that the second meeting of the Working Group will take place in Rome, Italy at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on the same dates, 24 – 29 February 2020.

PREPARATIONS FOR THE POST-2020 BIODIVERSITY FRAMEWORK


In 2020 the Convention on Biological Diversity will adopt a post-2020 global biodiversity framework as a stepping stone towards the 2050 vision of “Living in harmony with nature”. In its decision 14/34 the Conference of the Parties to the Conventions on Biological Diversity adopted a comprehensive and participatory process for the preparation of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework.

 This is the second meeting of the open-ended working group (WG2020-2) established by the Conference of the Parties through decision 14/34.

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