Notification 2022-068

Dear Madam/Sir, I am pleased to invite Parties and observers to participate in a webinar on the monitoring framework for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, to be held on 10 November 2022. This webinar is being convened by the Chair of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, in collaboration with the Co-chairs of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. The purpose of the webinar is to inform Parties and relevant stakeholders about the outcomes of the intersessional work, since the second part of the twenty-fourth meeting of SBSTTA, held in Geneva, in March 2022, so that it can help them prepare for their negotiations on the post-2020 global biodiversity framework at the fifth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group and their deliberations on the monitoring framework for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework during the second part of the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties. The provisional agenda for this webinar is provided below, and the relevant documents in relation to the purpose of this webinar include SBSTTA recommendation 24/2, and the report of the expert workshop on the monitoring framework. Provisional Agenda • Introduction - by the SBSTTA Chair (5 min) • Overview of the results of the expert workshop on the monitoring framework for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, convened from 29 June to 1 July 2022 in Bonn - by the Co-chairs of the workshop (15 min) • Reflections on the progress made on the monitoring framework - by the Co-chairs of the WG2020 (10 min) • Questions and Answers (30 min) The webinar will be held in two sessions to accommodate participants in different time zones. It will be held in English. I am pleased to invite you to register in one of the sessions. Session 1: 10 November 2022 - 15:00-16:00 UTC / 10:00-11:00 EDT (register here) Session 2: 10 November 2022 - 23:00-00:00 UTC / 18:00-19:00 EDT (register here) I encourage you to join this webinar and contribute to the development of the monitoring framework for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. Please accept, Madam/Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration.

Executive Secretary

To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations