Where to find IIED and partners at COP17: event listing

The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI) met in Rome in February, which will be followed by the meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) in Nairobi from 27 July to 1 August and the 7th meeting of the SBI in Nairobi from 4-12 August, marking key milestones on the road to the 17th UN biodiversity conference (COP17) in Armenia later in the year.

These moments will be critical for assessing progress on delivering the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) and for shaping how commitments on finance, monitoring and inclusive implementation translate into action on the ground.

IIED and partners will engage at key moments on the road to COP17, including the SBI and SBSTTA meetings, to help turn the global biodiversity framework into action on the ground, backed by evidence and solutions grounded in local experience.

We will push for gender-just, community-led action, with finance and decision-making power shifted to the people most impacted by biodiversity loss.

Our engagement at SBI will focus on four critical themes:

1. Get money to where it’s needed most: reforming biodiversity finance systems so that funding reaches Indigenous Peoples and local communities directly, transparently and on their own terms
2. Make all voices heard: gender-just implementation of biodiversity governance by supporting community-generated, gender-responsive data and Indigenous knowledge systems to inform GBF implementation and monitoring
3. Realise the value of nature: strengthen planning, monitoring and reporting so they reflect the full value of nature, including diverse value systems, rights and social outcomes, not just headline indicators, and
4. Challenge unfair economics: reform finance systems by reducing flows of harmful subsidies and incentivising locally-led stewardship that sustains nature and livelihoods.