The Nature Positive Initiative is proactive in working with the CBD to ensure all countries who adopted the Biodiversity Plan maintain the ambition they pledged – to halt and reverse nature loss by 2030.

In previous years, Nature Positive was backed by many international conservation and environmental organisations to ensure that the world kept sight of what’s needed to tackle the nature crisis. Now, as countries pivot to deliver on their commitments made in the Biodiversity Plan, there remains a role for the Nature Positive Initiative and all members to keep up the pressure and support a more sustainable future.

The 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will convene later this year in Cali, Colombia. It is the first COP since the adoption of the historic agreement adopted in Montreal and will be an important indicator of the level of commitment worldwide. Countries are required to submit their National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) and there are further negotiations scheduled on resource mobilization and the monitoring framework.

To read more about COP16 see the CBD website.

The Nature Positive Initiative will coordinate a large Nature Positive Pavilion inside the main conference centre over the two weeks of COP16, with participation from all partners.