CBD COP 16, which will be held from 21 October 2024 in Cali, Colombia, offers an opportunity to evaluate the initial steps taken in implementing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) and pave the way towards the successful achievement of its targets by 2030. The signatory states will report on and audit the progress made in implementation.

Several paths of negotiation will therefore be pursued here. Accordingly, key components of the forthcoming negotiations will include the interrelationships between climate and biodiversity, strengthening the rights and participation of indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLCs), strengthening biodiversity finance, and the promotion of access to genetic resources and equitable benefit sharing (access and benefit sharing, ABS).

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