Fifth Science-Policy Forum for Biodiversity
and
the Eighth International Conference on Sustainability Science
11 December - 12 December, 2022
(French)
About
Introduction
The world community is currently developing an ambitious post-2020 global biodiversity framework to be adopted at the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 15). The framework is intended, inter alia, to accelerate efforts to halt and reverse the global decline of biodiversity, contribute to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and facilitate the transformational changes needed to realize the 2050 Vision of Living in Harmony with Nature.
Purpose
The purpose of the fifth Science-Policy Forum for Biodiversity and the eighth International Conference on Sustainability Science is to provide space for scientists, policy makers and other relevant stakeholders the opportunity to discuss and make recommendations on how science, technology and innovation can contribute to the effective implementation of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework.
Fifth Science-Policy Forum for Biodiversity and the eighth International Conference on Sustainability Science
The fifth Science Policy Forum for Biodiversity and the eighth International Conference on Sustainability Science will be held during COP 15. Participants will share experiences, exchange knowledge, ideas and diverse perspectives, showcase innovative solutions and tools for addressing technical issues and facilitating the implementation of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. They will also consider the key factors for success and for scaling-up action to achieve measurable impacts on biodiversity at global scales, and adopt an action agenda to build effective cooperation, increase global capacities, and scale up complementary research, building on the outputs and recommendations from the joint virtual sessions held in April 2021 and June 2022 and from the ICSS 8 sessions held in January 2022.
Agenda
All times mentioned below are in Montreal, Canada (EST) time zone.
08:30 - 10:00
OPENING
Room 210A
Ms. Elizabeth Mrema
Executive Secretary, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD)
Mr. Huang Runqiu
Minister of Ecology and Environment
CBD COP15 President, People’s Republic of China
Mr. Hesiquio Benitez Diaz
Chair
Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA)
Ms. Brandie Smith
Director
John and Adrienne Mars
Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute
Co-Chair
Consortium of Scientific Partners on Biodiversity
Ms. Gisele Didier
Deputy Director
Research of the Humboldt Institute
Co-Chair
Consortium of Scientific Partners on Biodiversity (CSP)
Mr. L.S. Shashidhara
President
International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS)
Mr. Kazuhiko Takeuchi
President
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)/University of Tokyo
Ms. Mona Nemer
Chief Science Advisor of Canada
Keynote Speech
Mr. David Leclere
Integrated Biosphere Futures (IBF) Group , Biodiversity and Natural Resources (BNR) Program, IIASA – International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Bending the curve of biodiversity loss needs urgent, integrated and transformative action
10:00 – 10:15
Coffee Break
10:15 – 11:45
SESSION 1
Room 210A
The role of the scientific community in the implementation of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework
In this session, research institutions, universities, and enterprises–the main bodies of scientific and technological innovation–will discuss the best practices for scientific and technological cooperation and innovation to achieve transformation from multiple perspectives including ecological civilization, biodiversity (wetlands/oceans), and food security. The outcome of this session will facilitate decision-making, supervision and evaluation of the actions of governments and enterprises and provide scientific guidance for promoting the mainstreaming of biodiversity and public participation mechanisms, with a view to making outstanding contributions to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.
Speakers
Mr. Henrique M. Pereira
Professor, Biodiversity Conservation; Coordinator, EuropaBON; Co-Speaker, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv)
“Science for effective post-2020 implementation: from nature futures to monitoring”
Mr. Pavan Sukhdev
Founder & CEO, GIST
Ex-President, WWF-International; UNEP Goodwill Ambassador
“Role of Scientific Community in Measuring Biodiversity Impacts of an Enterprise”
Mr. Alexandre Antonelli
Director, Science, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew; Professor, Biodiversity Univ. Oxford & Gothenburg
“Tackling the biodiversity, climate and food security crises through integrated approaches”
Mr. Qinghua Chen
Professorate Senior Engineer, South China Institute of Environmental Sciences (SCIES)
“Marine biodiversity conservation planning in china and the role of scientists”
Mr. Thomas Brooks
Chief Scientist, IUCN
“Contributions for Nature – combining community-wide documentation with cutting-edge biodiversity science and data”
Ms. Linxiu Zhang
Director, UNEP-IEMP; Adjunct Professor, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Adjunct Researcher, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences; TWAS Fellow
“Enhance multi-level cooperation between scientists, communities and NGOs for biodiversity conservation and utilization”
Moderator
Ms. Linxiu Zhang
Director, UNEP-IEMP; Adjunct Professor, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Adjunct Researcher, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences; TWAS Fellow
“Enhance multi-level cooperation between scientists, communities and NGOs for biodiversity conservation and utilization”
Session Leads:
Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences (CSES)
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv)
Session co-leads:
United Nations Environment Programme - International Ecosystem Management Partnership (UNEP-IEMP)
South China Institutue of Environmental Sciences (SCIES)
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
11:45 – 13:15
SESSION 2
Room 210A
Transformative actions on all drivers of biodiversity loss urgently required to achieve the global goals by 2050
Halting biodiversity loss by 2030 and accelerating the reversal of negative biodiversity change requires transformative change, and cannot be achieved through conservation and restoration alone. Ambitious and comprehensive actions are needed to address the multiple direct and indirect drivers of biodiversity loss. Given the failures to achieve previous global commitments, there is an urgent need to focus on how such global commitments can be achieved effectively. This session will make the case for integrated knowledge and solutions as an imperative for realizing the Global Biodiversity Framework as a transformative instrument.
The session will build on recent contributions from the scientific community to support a more robust understanding of people as part of nature and the importance of an integrated approach to transformation change that are needed to address the multiple drivers responsible for the decline of biodiversity and ecosystems (Friedman et al 2022, IPBES 2019, Díaz 2020). It will include findings of an assessment led by the bioDISCOVERY programme of Future Earth and the Secretariat of the Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON) conducted in 2021. The assessment analysed how actions in the 21 targets of the first draft of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework (GBF) and a comprehensive monitoring framework could contribute to achieving the goals and biodiversity milestones of the GBF.
As countries meet to finalise the GBF, it is crucial to integrate the robust evidence on the need for an integrated approach from ambition and target setting through to implementation and monitoring to implement the GBF while meeting other biodiversity-related agreements, the sister Rio Conventions, and the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development, thus providing entry points for strategic coordination with other regimes.
Speakers:
Mr. Peter Bridgewater
Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Australia
“Learning from the past to leverage the future – making the GBF a truly transformative agenda / creating the conditions for success in 2030 and beyond”
Mr. Paul Leadley
bioDISCOVERY and Paris-Saclay University, France
“The need for and opportunities of integrated implementation of the GBF”
Mr. David Obura
CORDIO Kenya, Earth Commission
“From conservation to addressing the drivers of decline of biodiversity”
Ms. Varsha Vijay
Technical director, Science Based Targets Network
“Enabling corporate and city contribution to the GBF”
Ms. Katie Millette
Science Officer at the GEO BON Secretariat at McGill University, Canada
“Tracking the drivers of biodiversity loss: the data and monitoring frameworks needed to support transformative action – GEO BON”
Mr. Balakrishna Pisupati
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
“Strengthening the science policy interface across multilateral environmental agreements”
Moderator:
Ms. Anne-Sophie Stevance
International Science Council
Session leads:
International Science Council (ISC)
bioDISCOVERY
GEOBON
13:15 – 15:15
LUNCH AND SESSION 3
Room 210A
Biodiversity-Inclusive One health: Future solutions, learning from experience
Drawing from a vast range of experiences of One Health projects and initiatives, this session will explore how to meaningfully co-design, implement and monitor more robust, inclusive, coherent and evidence-based One Health Plans, policies, projects and initiatives. It will further explore how to strengthen One Health initiatives to build a strong community of practice that both meaningfully engages with and supports the aims of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and biodiversity-inclusive One Health efforts, and the right to a healthy environment. An interdisciplinary panel of stakeholders from non-governmental organizations, academia and policymakers will share lessons learned, best practices and opportunities for engagement and strengthening in One Health.
Speakers:
Ms. Kim Gruetzmacher
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
Mr. Serge Morand
Le Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
Ms. Anna Stewart Ibarra
Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI)
Mr. L.S. Shashidara
India, IUBS president
Deforestation and human health
Mr. Jonathan Jennings
Health in harmony; Health-Biodiversity-Climate Change
Ms. Omnia el Omrani
COP 27 Presidency youth envoy
Mr. Ayman Hamada
Ministry of environment, Egypt
Ms. Chadia Wannous
World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), Member of the Quadripartite Secretariat
Moderator:
Ms. Cristina Romanelli
World Health Organization (WHO)
Session co-leads:
World Health Organization (WHO)
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
Session leads:
International Union of Biological Science (IUBS)
15:15 – 16:45
SESSION 4
Room 210A
Biodiversity as a source of solutions to sustainability challenges in urban, peri-urban and rural areas
This session summarises the 5th Science-Policy Forum for Biodiversity and the 8th International Conference on Sustainability Science (ICSS 8), organized virtually in January 2022.
The objective of the session is to discuss how to leverage biodiversity in order to provide different solutions for food, health, and urban systems. It will provide insights on how biodiversity solutions can contribute to the effective implementation of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework (GBF) to foster transformative change towards achieving the 2050 Vision. The session will consist of two presentations followed by a panel discussion.
Speakers:
Mr. Kazuhiko Takeuchi
President, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan
Project Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI), University of Tokyo, Japan
“Leveraging biodiversity to provide solutions in the Food-Health-Biodiversity-Climate Change nexus”
Mr. Thomas Elmqvist
Professor, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University & Visiting Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo
“Urban Biodiversity and the Nature Futures Framework for Sustainability”
Moderator:
Mr. Alexandros Gasparatos
Associate Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI), University of Tokyo, Japan
Session leads:
The University of Tokyo, Japan
The United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS)
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan
16:45 – 17:00
Coffee Break
17:00 - 18:30
SESSION 5
Room 210A
Valuing, measuring and reporting on ecosystem services
In order to halt biodiversity decline, careful measurement and reporting of biodiversity data is necessary to evaluate progress. Building on the release of the IPBES report, this roundtable session will discuss how likely it is that countries will have the capacity to integrate valuation, develop assessments to measure ecosystem services and/or natural capital at national levels, and report the findings of those reports.
This session will also discuss, in line with Target 14, how to value ecosystem services for planning purposes and with a view to different jurisdictions, economic perspectives and cultural contexts. Valuing ecosystem services at all levels of society will be key to achieving the required transformative changes in biodiversity; thus, having affordable and appropriate tools will be crucial to achieve goals and targets within the Global Biodiversity Framework.
Speakers
Ms. Suneetha Subramanian
United Nations University
Mr. Marcel Kok
PBL, Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
Mr. Osamu Saito
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) & Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI), University of Tokyo, Japan
Ms. Alice Hughes
University of Hong Kong
Mr. Zsolt Molnár
Center for Ecological Research, Hungary
Ms. Isimemen Osemwegie
Capacity Development for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Experts in West, Central & East Africa (CABES)
Ms. Theresa Mundita L. Lim
Executive Director, ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity
Moderator
Ana María Hernández
IPBES chair
Session Leads:
International Union of Biological Science (IUBS)
IPBES-IFI
19:00 – 21:00
Reception at the Montreal Planetarium
Planétarium Rio Tinto Alcan
Montréal Space for Life (Espace pour la vie)
4801, avenue Pierre-De Coubertin
Montréal, QC H1V 3V4
Canada
Metro station Viau, Green Line
DAY 2
09:00 - 10:30
SESSION 6
Room 516C/D/E
What capacity building for digital sequence information can offer
DSI provides a critical scientific tool for a range of public good research and the Global Biodiversity Framework itself. Although databases for DSI are open access, the ability to use DSI is uneven across the world. How can capacity-building for DSI level the playing field? And where should it be targeted? This event will focus on the DSI capacity-building ideas and needs at the intersection of the Global Biodiversity Framework, sustainable development, health, and food security.
Speakers:
Ms. Melania Muñoz García
Leibniz institute DSMZ, Germany
“DSI and capacity-building, an overview”
Mr. Tamiru Oljira
Ethiopian Biotechnology Institute (EBTi), Ethiopia
“Understanding human genetic diversity for improved health”
Ms. Ann McCartney
Genomics Institute UCSC, and Native Biodata Consortium, USA
“The GBF is connected to DSI: From barcoding to eDNA to whole genomes”
Mr. Suhel al-Janabi
ABS Capacity Development Initiative, Germany
“Lessons learned from ABS capacity building”
Panel: What DSI capacity-building needs do you see? What would move the needle?
Mr. Charlie Mabala
Delegate from Gabon, Gabon
Mr. Jörg Overman
Leibniz Institute DSMZ, Germany
Ms. Martine Hossaerts
French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), France
Mr. Guilherme Oliveira
Vale Institute of Technology (ITV), Brazil
Moderator
Mr. Charlie Mabala
Delegate from Gabon, Gabon
Ms. Amber Scholz
Leibniz Institute DSMZ
Session leads:
International Union of Biological Science (IUBS)
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Session co-leads:
DSI Scientific Network
ABS Capacity Development Initiative
SESSION 7
Room 230B
Sustainability & food systems/ agriculture: Scaling-up and measuring sustainability
Bending the curve of biodiversity loss will require strong action and changes in the use of biodiversity and nature; how ambitious, realistic and measurable are the proposed goals related to food and agriculture (goals A, B and Target 10). In the same line, it is still not clear how food systems and other products or sustainable management of agriculture [forestry and fisheries] should change to be sustainable while coping with human demands, or how progress will be measured. This session will be discussing on the convergence of sustainable land uses for agriculture, taking into account the SDG, and how Target 10, goals A and B can be implemented.
Speakers:
Mr. Josef Settele
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Co-chair of IPBES global assessment
Ms. Ndeye Fatou MAR
Land Department Coordinator Sahara and Sahel Observatory – OSS, Tunis
Mr. Alexander Gasparatos
UCLouvain
Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI), University of Tokyo
“Local sustainability impacts of non-food commodity crops”
Ms. Marie-Christine Cormier-Salem
Agropolis Fondation – IRD
“Sustainability, diversity and equity. The links between resilience, multiple-use systems and local knowledge”
Mr. Piero Visconti
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
“Assessing EU policies for nature, agriculture and climate”
Mr. Fabrice de Clerk
Bioversity International
Session leads:
International Union of Biological Science (IUBS)
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30
SESSION 8
Room 516C/D/E
Mobilizing tools and technologies to support implementation and monitoring of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework - towards a global biodiversity observation system
The Monitoring Framework of the GBF, tracks and reports progress towards the goals and targets, and helps forecast and guide the planning of policies and actions. To effectively implement the Monitoring framework national and global biodiversity monitoring systems need to be in place and working together. This session will address key facets of the science needed for the implementation of the monitoring framework.
Speakers:
Mr. Alexandre Antonelli
Director of Science, Kew Royal Botanic Gardens
“ Integration of technologies and approaches to monitor, evaluate, and guide conservation actions in a dynamic world”
Mr. Steven Canty
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
“How do we democratize biodiversity monitoring and scale it so that we can cover more geographies and with greater frequencies? Could environmental DNA (eDNA) be part of that solution?”
Ms. Hilde Eggermont
Chair and Coordinator, European Biodiversity Partnership(Biodiversa+)
Mr. Henrique Pereira
EuropaBON
“ Towards a European Biodiversity Observation Network (Biodiversa+ and EuropaBON collaboration)”
Mr. Andrew Gonzalez
GEOBON
“Detection and attribution of biodiversity change for effective indicators”
Ms. Maria Cecilia Londoño
Co-chair, GEOBON
“National capacities for global GBF monitoring”
Panel:“ Road map for integrating technological and scientific tools into a global observation system for supporting the implementation of the monitoring framework of the post-2020 GBF”
Mr. Mike Gill
Director, NatureServe
Mr. Guido Saborio
Ministry of Environment, Costa Rica
Ms. Natasha Ali
Senior Programme Officer -Policy
Mr. Tim Hirsch
Deputy director of the Secretariat of GBIF
Moderators:
Ms. Britta Garfield
Smithsonian Institution
Consortium of Scientific Partners on Biodiversity (CSP)
Ms. Jillian Campbell
Head of Monitoring, Review and Reporting
UN Convention on Biological Diversity
Session leads:
GEOBON
Consortium of Scientific Partners (CSP)
SESSION 9
Room 230B
PRODUCTION & CONSUMPTION: Public policies & private sector
This session will be exploring the feasibility of proposed targets 15 and 16, explore several aspects that need to be taken into consideration when promoting zero-deforestation commodity supply chains and standards; concepts like telecoupling, traceability and others will be explored in light of constructing policies, measuring and reporting for the GBF. Also, we will refer to the connections between the GBF, SDG and climate change.
Speakers:
Ms. Vivian Valencia
Bishop’s University, Research Chair in Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Action
Mr. Yves Zinngrebe
UFZ, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Ms. Joanna Smallwood
University of Sussex
Mr. Ingmar Juergens
CEO and Co-founder of Climate & Company
Mr. Kim Carstensen
Director General, Forest Stewardship Council International
“Using technology and innovation as the basis for providing data connecting forests to consumers.”
Session Leads:
International Union of Biological Science (IUBS)
Session Co-Leads:
Expertise France
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30 – 15:00
SESSION 10
Room 230B
Restoration, connectivity, ecological integrity. How to effectively achieve and measure restoration and functionality recovery
Ecological restoration is one of the main strategies proposed to bend the curve of biodiversity loss. Several challenges arise when trying to implement it at more than pilot experiences. Integration of connectivity, how to measure restoration in human modified landscapes, functionality recovery and how to ensure wide participation, including private sector (synergies with other Rio conventions).
Speakers:
Mr. Nestor Fernandez
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv); NaturaConnect
Mr. Piero Visconti
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Mr. Michel Labrecque
Conservateur Jardin Botanique de Montréal; Associate Professor – Université de Montréal
Ms. Carly Cowell
Head of Science Policy Unit, Kew Royal Botanic Gardens
Ms. Robin Chazdon
“Leveraging natural regeneration in the tropics to achieve large-scale forest restoration”
Session Leads:
Ms. Lily O. Rodríguez
International Union of Biological Science – IUBS
Mr. Néstor Fernández
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research – iDiv
SESSION 11
Room 516C/D/E
Nature positive solutions for public & private sectors
This session focuses on presenting various efforts to promote nature positive solutions in public and private sectors as well as their collaboration, including green procurement, landscape approaches, certification, economic incentives measuring and reporting for the GBF.
Speakers:
Mr. Junichi FUJINO
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan
“Nature value from Climate perspective”
Ms. Mako IKARASHI
Sado City
“Sado’s Satoyama in harmony with nature, and toward sustainability”
Mr. Takao AIBA
Toyota Motor Corporation/ Keidanren Committee on Nature Conservation
“Challenge for Nature Positive Economy by Japanese Business Community”
Mr. Ryosuke MIZOUCHI
Kirin Holdings Company, Limited
“Case of Nature Positive Farming at Vineyards in Japan”
Mr. Takahide MARUKi
Sompo Japan Insurance Inc.
“Business Actions for Nature-positive by Human-centered Initiatives”
Session Chair:
Mr. Osamu SAITO
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) & Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI), University of Tokyo, Japan
Session leads:
The University of Tokyo, Japan
The United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS)
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan
15:00 - 15:30
Coffee Break
15:30 - 17:00
SESSION 12
Room 516C/D/E
Opportunities for nature positive future – session for early-career scholars and students
In this session, young researchers, along with undergraduate and graduate students, will engage in a discussion about rediscovering the value of biodiversity. We will present transdisciplinary approaches to foster locally initiated nature-based solutions for achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with examples of sustainability living labs and local projects. This session aims to inspire the next generation’s search for innovative solutions towards nature positive future.
Speakers:
Mr. Marcin JARZEBSKI
The United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS) & Tokyo College, The University of Tokyo & Future Earth, Japan Hub
“Sustainable Development Goals Labs approach to the Biodiversity-Food System Nexus”
Mr. Koji MIWA
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan
“Transformative Change: Lessons from promoting sustainable tourism in Mauritius”
Ms. HyeJin KIM
UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), IPBES Scenarios and Models Taskforce
“Towards a better future for biodiversity and people: Developing Nature Futures Scenarios”
Session chair:
Mr. Shunsaku KOMATSUZAKI
Global Leadership Program (GLP-GEfIL), The University of Tokyo, Japan
Representation:
Students of GLP-GEfIL & UTokyo Sustainable Network, the University of Tokyo
Students and early-careers from YESS, ECOP, Mediterranean Youth for Water Network
Session leads:
The University of Tokyo, Japan
The United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS)
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan
Future Earth, Japan Hub
17:00 - 18:00
Room 516C/D/E
Closing remarks
Session Leads:
CSP(Consortium of Scientific Partners)
Ms. Britta Garfield
Smithsonian Institution
Mr. Rodrigo Moreno Villamil
The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Research on Biological Resources
International Union of Biological Science (IUBS)
Ms. Lily O. Rodríguez
Ms. Nathalie Fomproix