CONFERENCE

UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15)

1 October 2022

Kunming, China

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Updated on 19 April 2022: The latest information from the Secretariat of the Convention on Biodiversity. The second part of COP 15 will take place in the third quarter of 2022 (dates to be determined). The first part was held online from 11 - 15 October 2021. Despite on-going efforts, biodiversity is deteriorating worldwide and this decline is projected to worsen with business-as-usual scenarios.

The UN Biodiversity Conference will convene governments from around the world to agree to a new set of goals for nature over the next decade through the Convention on Biological Diversity post-2020 framework process. The framework sets out an ambitious plan to implement broad-based action to bring about a transformation in society’s relationship with biodiversity and to ensure that, by 2050, the shared vision of living in harmony with nature is fulfilled. The Conference will also look at the implementation of the protocols of the Convention on Biological Diversity.