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As the world gathers for the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), from 21 October to 1 November 2024 in Colombia, the urgency to protect, preserve, and restore global biodiversity has reached a critical juncture. Biodiversity loss is accelerating at unprecedented rates, with ecosystems deteriorating and species populations in rapid decline. The current legal frameworks, which isolate biodiversity from broader governance sectors, are not sufficient to address the scale of the challenge.
Parties to the CBD must build on the momentum generated two years ago at COP15, and ensure that the
commitments made under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) are translated into tangible, enforceable actions.
This briefing outlines ClientEarth's policy asks on implementing the KMGBF so that countries across the world can move beyond isolated victories and adopt comprehensive, cross-sectoral legal frameworks that integrate nature into every area of governance, ensuring that biodiversity becomes central to socioeconomic development.