Join our initiatives at COP16

Regions4 Day at the Local & Subnational leaders Hub

📅Date 24 October, 9:00 – 18:00  | Venue: Local & Subnational Hub, Place Québec, Blue Zone.

Side- event: “Collaborative Pathways: Harnessing Whole-of-Government and Whole-of-Society Approaches for the Global Biodiversity Framework Implementation”

📅Date 27 October, 9:00 – 10:30  | Venue: Multistakeholder Auditorium, adjacent to Place Québec, Blue Zone.

Regions4 is on a mission to empower subnational leaders and their partners to drive forward the Global Biodiversity Framework and their Subnational Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (SBSAPs).  This pivotal event will highlight the indispensable role of collective action in achieving the Global Biodiversity Framework’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. 

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

📅 27 October, 15:00-16:00 | Venue: Local and Subnational Major Group Room, Blue Zone.

The Advisory Committee on Subnational Governments and Biodiversity (AC SNG) is a permanent structure officially recognised by the CBD through Decision X/22 of COP 10 that aims at bringing the voice of regions to the biodiversity agenda. Regions4, together with the government of Quebec, coordinates the AC SNG and its activities. The Committee is an open platform that observer regions and partner organizations, if your region or institution wishes to attend as observer kindly let us know at rgomez@regions4.org.

High-level Networking reception: “Celebrating Partnerships: Strengthening alliances for the progress & sustainability of Ecuadorian provinces”. Hosted by CONGOPE, organized by Regions4.

📅 27 October, 19:30 – 22:30 | Venue: City of Cali. By invitation only.

The networking reception will gather leaders from the Consortium of Provincial Autonomous Governments of Ecuador (CONGOPE), Regions4 members, and partner international organizations with the objective of building stronger partnerships for the conservation of biodiversity in Ecuadorian provinces. To be hosted off venue, in the city of Cali. By invitation only.

Side event & High-level Networking reception: “Celebrating Strategic Alliances: Enhancing the Global Biodiversity Framework’s early implementation through multilevel governance”. By invitation only.

📅 29 October, 17:30 – 20:00 | Venue: EU Pavilion, Blue Zone. 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 Global Biodiversity Framework. 

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. 

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Events Regions4 is supporting

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. Organized by ICLEI, IUCN in partnership with Regions4.
📅 23 October, 13:20 | Venue: Marie Khan Women’s Caucus meeting room, Blue Zone

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 – Registration now closed.
📅 26 October, 9:00 – 20:00 | Venue: Plenary Room, Blue Zone

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: Science Policy Forum

Side-event: Incorporating Biodiversity into Climate Change Adaptation through Nature based Solutions. Organized by Rio de Janeiro State Government.
📅 29 October, 10:00 – 12:00 | Venue: Local & Subnational Hub, Place Quebec, Blue Zone. …

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
📅 29 October, 16:00 – 17:00 | Venue: Local & Subnational Hub, Place Quebec, Blue Zone…

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

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.