The Nature Positive Initiative is proactive in working with the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity Secretariat to ensure all countries who adopted the Biodiversity Plan maintain the ambition they pledged – to halt and reverse nature loss by 2030.
In previous years, Nature Positive was backed by many international conservation and environmental organisations to ensure that the world kept sight of what’s needed to tackle the nature crisis. Now, as countries pivot to deliver on their commitments made in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, there remains a role for the Nature Positive Initiative and all members to keep up the pressure on ambitious implementation of the plan and support a more sustainable future.
COP16, Cali, Colombia
The 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) took place October 2024, in Cali, Colombia. This was the first COP since the adoption of the historic agreement adopted in Montreal and was an important indicator of the level of commitment worldwide. Countries were required to submit their National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) at this time. In addition, in depth negotiations on resource mobilization, the monitoring framework and role of Indigenous Peoples and local communities in protecting biodiversity took place.
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Nature Positive at COP16
The Nature Positive Initiative convened several events, spaces and press conferences to move the needle towards greater action to reverse nature loss and deliver a nature-positive world. Read more about the different aspects of the Initiative’s attendance in Cali, Colombia for COP16.
Nature Positive at COP16
The Nature Positive Pavilion
The Nature Positive Initiative has coordinated a large Nature Positive Pavilion at several conferences in the past years, including the IUCN’s World Conservation Congress, the UN CBD’s COP16 in Cali, Colombia, and at COP15 in Montreal, Canada. Many partners and key stakeholders have been involved, providing a rich selection of events and a wide diversity of voices.
The Pavilion