Biodiversity-Strategy-January-2023

26 8.0 Global and National Commitments to Biodiversity There are various international and national commitments to biodiversity, and some are highlighted below. The Council will work to ensure that this Strategy is reviewed while considering any new or additional recommendations arising from such commitments, as and when required to do so. International COP15 The Convention of Parties for CBD (COP15) Part 1 met virtually in October 2021 and is scheduled to meet in person in spring 2022 at Kunming, China, at which bold and challenging global targets and milestones will be launched. This post-2020 global biodiversity framework will set out an ambitious plan to implement broad-based action to bring about a transformation in society’s relationship with biodiversity, ensuring that by 2050 the shared vision of ‘living in harmony with nature’ is fulfilled. COP26 The COP26 summit brings parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Some of the major goals of COP26: • Secure global net zero by mid-century and keep 1.5 degrees warming within reach. • Adapt to protect communities and natural habitats from climate change. • Mobilise finance so that developed countries contribute at least $100bn in climate finance per year by 2020. National – UK And Europe Nature Positive 2030 Report Five statutory nature conservation bodies of the UK have come together to identify how the UK can succeed in achieving these commitments along with ensuring that nature recovery plays its critical role in achieving net zero. ‘Becoming Nature Positive by 2030 means reversing the current decline of biodiverstiy so that ecosystem restoration is underway and species are increasing in abundance and fewer are threatened with extinction. This is a critical step on the way to recovering nature by 2050’ (Nature Positive 2030 Evidence Report, 2021). 2030 EU Biodiversity Strategy The biodiversity strategy aims to put Europe’s biodiversity on the path to recovery by 2030 for the benefit of people, climate and the planet.