Urban Biodiversity Hub at COP15, Montreal

The UN Biodiversity Conference COP15 kicked off on 7 December in Montreal (OEWG 5/CBD COP 15/CP-MOP 10/NP-MOP 4), with high expectations about a deal to protect the planet's biological diversity. 

UBHub @ the 2022 UN Biodiversity Conference COP15

The Conference is expected to adopt the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), which will provide a strategic vision and a global roadmap for the conservation, protection, restoration and sustainable management of biodiversity and ecosystems for the next decade. 

UBHub's Steering Committee, Michael Halder, Jennifer Rae Pierce, Mika Tan, Pablo Arturo López Guijosa

UBHub's Steering Committee members travelled to Montreal to attend several events, including the 7th Summit for Subnational Governments & Cities, the Nature Positive Pavilion, as well as the Fifth Science-Policy Forum for Biodiversity and the Eighth International Conference on Sustainability Science. 

Jennifer Rae Pierce presenting at the Nature Positive Pavilion

Additionally, we met with several NGOs, city and academia representatives, and members of international organizations to foster cooperation.

UBHub's advisor Dr. José Puppim de Oliveira 

Our team formed in December of 2016 at the 13th Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity. We came together out of mutual interest in promoting measurable biodiversity actions in cities around the world. We have since built an international organizational structure that is maintained via regular online meetings and reliance on the latest in remote team management tools. Meeting in Montreal also provided the opportunity for the team to advance our strategic planning and align our goals to the current international negotiations.

UBHub's Steering Committee social gathering and strategic meeting