EU to work towards an agreement on pending decisions at COP16 on biodiversity in Rome

At the resumed global biodiversity negotiations, the EU is pushing for all pending decisions to be agreed, including on resource mobilisation, the monitoring framework and the procedures for review of implementation.

Tomorrow, parties will gather in Rome as negotiations resume under the 16th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP16), to agree on crucial issues for the implementation of the historic Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030. Key issues where consensus among parties and stakeholders will be sought is how to close the biodiversity funding gap by mobilising financial resources from all sources, establishing strong review mechanisms and updating the monitoring framework. Achieving peace with nature by advancing the implementation of the GBF is crucial for our economies, food security, wellbeing and health, for effective climate action and resilience. In an increasingly challenging geopolitical landscape, which also affects biodiversity policies and financing, success in Rome will be a significant step forward.

Commissioner for the Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy, Jessika Roswall, said:

“The EU and its Member States remain fully committed to the implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework. At these resumed negotiations, together we must find a way to continue mobilising resources from all sources and ensure continued biodiversity financing after 2030 that is effective and coherent. We are ready to work together with all parties to move forward and build on the progress made in Cali.”