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6th Science Policy Forum for Biodiversity COP 16 Cali opening

The Sixth Science Policy Forum for Biodiversity and The ninth International Conference on Sustainability Science, COP16

9:00-10:00, 26 October 2024, COP 16, Cali, Colombia, La Macarenna Room

COP16: 6th Science Policy Forum for Biodiversity and 9th ICSS

Opening ceremony and plenary session

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programme of the all event

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Opening ceremony

Welcoming remarks from organizers’ institutions
● Astrid Schomaker, CBD Executive Secretary
● Mauricio Cabrera, Vice-Minister of Environment, Colombia
● Hernando Garcia Martinez, Humboldt Institute Director, Co-Chair Consortium of Scientific Partners
● Ellen Stofan, Under Secretary for Science and Research, Smithsonian, Co-Chair Consortium of Scientific Partners
● Karl-Josef Dietz, President of International Union for Biological Sciences
● Kensuke Fukushi, Director, IFI, The University of Tokyo
● Lidia Brito, UNESCO Assistant Director General for Natural Sciences

 

 

Plenary session:

“Interlinkages for Biodiversity, Science and Sustainability: Why three decades later does it matter more than ever?”
Carlos Alvarez Pereira, Secretary General, Club of Rome (20 min)
 
Description:
Starting with the perspective from 50 years of the Club of Rome, on the limits to growth and changes encompassing biodiversity loss and climate change, this session will open the discussions towards living in harmony with nature, meeting the targets of the Biodiversity Plan within that context in different environments, and how science should or can contribute to paving the path to sustainability towards 2030 and beyond, at the time when we are starting the International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development IDSSD.
 
This plenary will try to put together perspectives on how science can have a permanent dialogue to inform on challenges from policy-making of different socio-ecological environments (urban, marine, rural, terrestrial environments) – to implement the Kumming-Montreal Biodiversity Plan and at the same time achieve a sustainable development across countries.
 

Panel Members (5min 2 questions):

  • Thomas Elmqvist Stockholm Resilience Centre
  • David Obura, Chair of IPBES
  • Josh Tewksbury, Director Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
  • Braulio Dias, Director of Biodiversity, MMA, Ministry of Environment, Brazil
  • Prudence Tangham Galega, co-chair of Cameroon’s National Ecosystem Assessment
  • Maria Cecilia Londono, Humboldt Institute

Question and answer moderator: Tanya Berger-Wolf, IUBS, US National Academy of Science, Ohio State Univ.