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La COP15 del CDB necesita reforzar la precaución contra la geoingeniería para proteger la biodiversidad y a las comunidades

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¡No a la geoingeniería climática! Carta abierta al Convenio sobre Diversidad Biológica, a las Partes y al Secretariado del CDB

El Convenio de Naciones Unidas sobre la Diversidad Biológica (CDB) tomó una decisión pionera al abordar desde el principio la geoingeniería y sus posibles efectos sobre la biodiversidad y las personas. En un loable ejemplo de previsión y precaución, el CDB ha tomado decisiones consensuadas de gran relevancia sobre la geoingeniería en varias reuniones de la Conferencia de las Partes (COP) y del Órgano Subsidiario de Asesoramiento Científico, Técnico y Tecnológico (OSACTT) desde 2008[1].

CBD COP15 needs to reinforce precaution against geoengineering to protect biodiversity and communities

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No to climate geoengineering! Open call to CBD Parties and CBD Secretariat

The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) took a groundbreaking decision by addressing geoengineering and its potential impacts on biodiversity and people early on.

Voices from COP15 in Montreal

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An interview with Christine von Weizsäcker of ECOROPA
Audio: 

COP15: An interview with Christine von Weizsäcker

by Zahra Moloo

(Click on the link below to listen to the interview.)

As preliminary meetings of the Open-Ended Working Group wrap up and official COP meetings begin, ECOROPA’s Christine von Weizsäcker talks to ETC Group about evaluating new genetic technologies and the rights of indigenous people in the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF).

Protecting Precaution in the CBD

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Establishing Technology Horizon Scanning, Assessment & Monitoring in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

TIME: 18.15, Wednesday, December 7 2022
LOCATION: Business and Industry Organizations Meeting Room
Light refreshments will be served

 

Since its earliest days, the CBD has prioritised the precautionary approach to assess and monitor the impacts of new technologies. In an era of rapid technologically-driven change and ever greater technological power, policymakers need the means to see and prepare for disruptive trends. Come and hear:

En jeu à la COP15

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Intégrer l’analyse prospective, l’évaluation technologique et le suivi au futur cadre de la CDB!

Afin que la CDB maintienne son engagement de longue date envers le principe de précaution et que les Parties aient les moyens d’agir de manière responsable et prudente, des décisions doivent être prises dès maintenant pour faire avancer les travaux critiques sur l’analyse prospective, l’évaluation et la surveillance des technologies nouvelles et émergentes — plus particulièrement les biotechnologies modernes.

Landmark ‘nature’ COP taxis for take-off

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Three targets in the Global Biodiversity Framework that could impact our planet's future

As newspaper headlines that warn of the increasing numbers of animal and plant life facing extinction become ever more urgent, delegates have begun to trickle into the Palais de Congres in downtown Montreal for the COP 15 global biodiversity summit under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The building is cordoned off on all sides by an astonishing number of police guarding the streets and patrolling on bike, cars and horseback.

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