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The Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 15) took place in two phases. Phase one was virtually completed on the 11 to 15 October last year of 2021. Phase two resumed in Montreal, Canada, from 7 to 19 December 2022 where our Belize Delegation made face to face participation.
The main agenda for COP15 entailed the negotiation via Open Ending Working Groups and Plenary; the adoption of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. The framework builds on lessons learnt from the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and its Aichi Biodiversity Targets. It recognizes that urgent policy action globally, regionally, and nationally is required to transform economic, social, and financial models so the trends that have exacerbated biodiversity loss will stabilize by 2030 and allow for the recovery of natural ecosystems, with net improvements by 2050.
The Belize Delegation also hosted a side event at this year’s CBD COP, under the title of “Green & Blue Finance solutions: the Road to a Sustainable Belize”. This event featured a panel of sector representative who presented on a range of solutions for financing, conserving and sustainably utilizing biodiversity in Belize with objective to:
▸Highlight Green and Blue Finance Solutions utilized in Belize to support and balance conservation with sustainable development;
▸and emphasize and demonstrate the importance of integrated approaches in the implementation of the CBD strategic objectives.
