Join our initiatives at COP16

“Collaborative Pathways: Harnessing Whole-of-Government and Whole-of-Society Approaches for Biodiversity Plan Implementation”

📅Date TBC  | Venue TBC: official venue. 

Regions4 is on a mission to empower subnational leaders and their partners to drive forward the Biodiversity Plan and their Subnational Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (SBSAPs).  This pivotal event will highlight the indispensable role of collective action in achieving the Biodiversity Plan’s ambitious goals and our shared global vision of living in harmony with nature by 2050. We will convene  dynamic panel discussions with subnational and local leaders, Indigenous Peoples, academia, and the donor community to tackle the benefits, challenges, and opportunities of multisector engagement. 

Key topics will include securing biodiversity finance and unleashing innovative solutions to accelerate tangible, on-the-ground action. We call on all regions dedicated to ending biodiversity loss to join us and amplify the voice of subnational leaders. Let’s unite and inspire transformative change for our planet’s future. 

With support from:

“Strategic Alliances: Enhancing The Biodiversity Plan’s early implementation through multilevel governance” 

📅 29 October, 17:30 – 18:30  | Venue: EU Pavilion. With support from the Post2020 Biodiversity Framework EU Support project 

Multilevel governance and action are crucial for meeting national commitments and tackling global challenges like the SDGs, climate change, and biodiversity. At COP16, parties will present their strategies to align their National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) with The Biodiversity Plan. 

Join us as we explore the pivotal role of Subnational Governments in the NBSAP process and its early implementation. This session will unveil key insights, lessons learned, and recommendations from groundbreaking multilevel biodiversity collaborations in Latin America and globally. Hear from high-level experts involved in Mexico’s toolkit development workshops and Brazil’s NBSAP updating and review process and how they’ve supported their subnational and local leaders. 

In partnership with:

High-level Networking Reception: “Strategic Alliances: Celebrating multilevel governance for nature.” By invitation only.

📅 29 October, 18:30 – 20:00. With support from the Post2020 Biodiversity Framework EU Support project 

The reception is an exclusive high-level gathering for influential leaders from national and subnational governments, international organizations, donors, and nature-positive advocates. Designed to ignite meaningful discussions and forge strategic alliances, this event is a catalyst for collaboration and engagement around the implementation of The Biodiversity Plan through a whole-of-government approach. 

Executive Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Subnational Governments and Biodiversity (AC SNG). Open for members, partners and observers.

📅 27 October | Venue: Blue Zone

Events Regions4 is supporting

Mind that some events, particularly official side-events, are pending to be confirmed.

Meeting: Closed-door event for Mayors and Governors – by invitation only
📅25 October | Venue: Blue Zone

8th Summit for Subnational Governments and Cities “Taking Action for Biodiversity” – Co-hosted with ICLEI – Register here
📅 26 October | Venue: Blue Zone

High Level Segment of COP16 – Hosted by COP16 Presidency
📅 30 October | Venue: Blue Zone

Official side-event: Enhancing Subnational Contributions to the Global Biodiversity Framework: Needs for metrics, methodologies, practical frameworks to achieve whole-of-government implementation of GBF – Partnering with ICLEI and IUCN
📅 TBC

Official side- event: From Ideas to Transformative Actions: How Civil Society is Bringing About Transformative Change to Support the Implementation of The Biodiversity Plan. Partnering with the Post2020 EU Support project. 
📅TBC

Workshop: Transforming Agri-food Systems for People and Nature: from a new narrative to a new reality. Best cases and pathways for transformative change
📅 26 October, 11:30-13:00 and 14:00-15:30 | Venue: TBD

Official side-event: Putting Transformative Change at the Heart of Implementation: Lessons from Across Government and Society for Mobilising the Biodiversity Plan. 
📅 TBC

Official side-event: Incentive Mechanisms for Biodiversity – Contributions to Global Goals. Co-organized by the Government of the State of Paraná, the Government of the State of Acre and Life Institute
📅TBC …

Official side-event: “Non-state actors advancing NbS for biodiversity and resilience action”. Organized by the Race to Resilience & Partners, supported by Regions4.
📅  30 October, 12 – 13:15. Peru Pavilion, Blue Zone

Want to know more?

Read Regions4 Policy brief: “Transformative multilevel action: subnational solutions for climate and biodiversity”, made possible with support of the Post2020 Biodiversity Framework – EU Support project “Transformative Action” publication series.