FAO at COP16

The 2024 United Nations Biodiversity Conference, including the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), will be held in Cali, Colombia from 21 October to 1 November 2024, under the theme “Peace with Nature”.

At COP15, Parties adopted the milestone Kunming Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, also known as the Biodiversity Plan. By COP16, Parties to the CBD are expected to align their National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) with the Plan. Among its key tasks, COP16 is set to further develop the monitoring framework to assess progress in the implementation of the Biodiversity Plan, and to finalise the multilateral mechanism on the fair and equitable sharing of benefits from the use of digital sequence information on genetic resources.

For FAO, COP16 is a crucial platform for dialogue, knowledge sharing, and decision-making on the key role that agrifood sectors hold as solutions to address biodiversity loss. Guided by its Strategy on Mainstreaming Biodiversity across Agricultural Sectors, FAO works to reduce the negative impacts of agriculture on biodiversity, promote sustainable agricultural practices and contribute to the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of biodiversity.

News

New publication analyzes biodiversity and agrifood systems in Nationally Determined Contributions

01/11/2024

Rome – In anticipation of COP29, FAO has released a new report examining biodiversity actions within agrifood systems in countries' NDCs. Findings reveal...

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Food security is key to making ‘Peace with Nature’

27/10/2024

Joint Op-Ed by COP16 President and Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development Susana Muhamad and...

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At UN Biodiversity COP16, FAO steers countries to find solutions in agrifood systems

25/10/2024

Progress towards landmark COP15 pledges now depends on integrating agrifood systems into National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans.

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Keep up with FAO at CBD COP16 in Colombia

24/10/2024

The 2024 UN Biodiversity Conference, including the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the Convention on Biological Diversity...

Story

Drought or flooding are no match for this climate-adapted bean

22/10/2024

Agrobiodiversity meets traditional knowledge to fight climate change in Colombia.

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A new era for the sustainable use of biodiversity?

17/10/2024

The 2024 UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP16) will open in a couple of days in Cali, Colombia and will be the first Conference of the Parties (COP)...

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The place of agriculture in peace

10/10/2024

FAO’s work aligns with Colombia’s priority for COP16 on Biodiversity to Make peace with nature.

Highlights

Cali, Colombia

Ministerial Lunch: Engaging Agrifood Sectors in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

31 October 2024

The food and agriculture (agrifood) sector plays an important role in the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) as biodiversity is the cornerstone of agriculture.

Cali, Colombia

FAO at COP16: key moments

21-31 October 2024

Explore our Flickr albums to experience the highlights of FAO’s participation at COP16.
Flickr album: Pacific Biocultural Project Colombia.
Find out the full list of events.

Multimedia

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Agrifood systems solutions are climate, biodiversity and land solutions

21/10/2024

Driving change through agrifood systems for a sustainable and equitable future.

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The importance of agrifood systems to tackle climate change

18/10/2024

Interview with Kaveh Zahedi, FAO’s Director of the Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment.

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Sowing seeds of hope in Colombia

16/10/2024

SCALA programme supports climate resilience and agrobiodiversity.

Publications

Biodiversity and agrifood systems in nationally determined contributions

10/2024

As countries develop and revise their nationally determined contributions (NDCs), there is growing recognition of the need to integrate biodiversity...

The Agri-NBSAPs Support Initiative: Supporting countries in their National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans for the agrifood sectors

10/2024

The Agri-NBSAPs Support Initiative: Supporting countries in their National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) for the agrifood sectors,...

Environmental stewardship by small-scale fisheries

09/2024

Small-scale fisheries (SSF), including fishers and fishworkers together with their communities and organizations, are among the world’s most effective...

Innovations in cryoconservation of animal genetic resources

09/2023

Genetic diversity of livestock is a key resource for allowing livestock keepers to address these challenges, but this diversity has been in a state...

Bridging nature and climate through protection of primary forests with high ecological integrity

10/2024

This briefing focuses on the important role of primary forests in meeting climate and biodiversity goals.

Delivering on the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework through agrifood systems

10/2024

Amid accelerating biodiversity loss and growing threats to ecosystems, sustainable agrifood systems can play a crucial role in reversing these trends...