ECO 70(10) - Friday, 1 November 1 Nov 2024 COP 16 In this issue: Biodiversity and climate change The necessary recognition and respect of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in the protection of biodiversity Biodiversity Crisis or Business Opportunity? Conflicting Universes in the CBD
ECO 70(8) - Thursday, 31 October 31 Oct 2024 COP 16 In this issue High Court in South Africa invokes the Cartagena Protocol’s Precautionary Principle in revoking the approval of Monsanto’s MON87460 maize Bring “Peace” into CBD’s “Peace with Nature”: A Call from Okinawa, Japan Collision between Global Biofuels Push and Biodiversity Protection CBD Alliance statement at the meeting with the UN Secretary General
ECO 70(8) - Wednesday, 30 October 30 Oct 2024 COP 16 In this issue: “Dis- establish” CBD processes and decisions??! - A dangerous precedent! Voluntary or mandatory? And what's the scope? Integrating Biocultural Community Protocols into the work of Article 8(j) The CBD as a vehicle to promote biotechnology?
ECO 70(7) - Tuesday, 29 October 29 Oct 2024 COP 16 In this issue: DSI, AI and technology titans Implement non-market approaches to the global biodiversity targets! Operationalising Target 23, through the indicator on National Implementation of the Gender Plan of Action?
ECO 70(6) - Monday, 28 October 28 Oct 2024 COP 16 In this issue: Toxic Talk Poisoning Progress on the Monitoring Framework Complaint filed to UNEP about TNFD; Indigenous-led protest targets Green Zone event Africa calls for “a Penny for Biodiversity”, micro-investment, to end digital biopiracy COP16: An opportunity to reinforce precaution on geoengineering
ECO 70(5) - Friday, 25 October 25 Oct 2024 COP 16 In this issue: Harmful subsidies, debt and financing for biodiversity in Africa The emergency of genetically modified trees Gender, women defenders and coastal-marine areas of biodiversity relevance
ECO 70(4) - Thursday, 24 October 24 Oct 2024 COP 16 In this issue: TNFD is NOT aligned with the GBF Biodiversity and energy transition: running counter to the GBF Debt for nature swaps: proceed with caution (and low expectations) The need to recognise Afro-descendant coummunities in the CBD
ECO 70(3) - Wednesday, 23 October 23 Oct 2024 COP 16 In this issue: Precaution and integrity at stake in the guidance materials on risk assessment of LMOs containing engineered gene drives Don’t let big banks write our laws on biodiversity & finance A purpose-oriented, multi-stakeholder and multi-evidence-based biodiversity global review Debt and tax justice required for KMGBF implementation
ECO 70(2) - Tuesday, 22 October 22 Oct 2024 COP 16 In this issue: President Petro is Right: COP16 must and can act on Artificial Intelligence threats to biodiversity. Time for Action: Finance, biodiversity and the risks of deep sea mining “Green Paradox”: subsidising biomass to destroy biodiversity Northern forests need protection too
ECO 70(1) - Monday, 21 October 21 Oct 2024 COP 16 In this issue: Equity and ambition needed in resource mobilization How False Finance Destroys Biodiversity The CBD's Role in Securing Multilateral Regulation for Biodiversity: doing better than past Mainstreaming Processes Biodiversity Offsets and Credits: A Mirage Destined to Undermine Earth's Future DSI: An obligation or a mere trickle of funds? Horizon scanning, monitoring and assessment: Fundamental in ensuring equity and precaution in synthetic biology development
