Press Release

UN Biodiversity Convention pauses virtual meetings essential to development of post-2020 global biodiversity framework

Montreal, 14 June 2021 – Following six weeks of virtual meetings, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has completed the first part of the meetings of its scientific and implementation subsidiary bodies, essential to the development of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework due for adoption later this year in Kunming, China. As planned the meetings have been suspended, with discussions set to resume face-to-face at a later date.

Publication Date
2021-06-14