UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15)

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Opening Ceremony CBD COP15 Montreal Canada.2

Opening Ceremony CBD COP15 Montreal Canada
Opening Ceremony CBD COP15 Montreal Canada

Ms. Teshia Jn Baptiste, Project Coordinator, CARICOM Secretariat presenting at Side Event during CBD COP15
Ms. Teshia Jn Baptiste, Project Coordinator, CARICOM Secretariat presenting at Side Event during CBD COP15

Ms. Shunae Samuels and Ms. Teshia Jn Baptiste, representatives of the CARICOM Secretariat at the Opening Ceremony of CBD COP15 in Montreal
Ms. Shunae Samuels and Ms. Teshia Jn Baptiste, representatives of the CARICOM Secretariat at the Opening Ceremony of CBD COP15 in Montreal

Ms. Candace Amoroso, of Trinidad and Tobago during a visit to the ACP MEAs Booth at CBD COP15
Ms. Candace Amoroso, of Trinidad and Tobago during a visit to the ACP MEAs Booth at CBD COP15

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UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15)

7-19 December 2022 in Montreal, Canada, governments from around the world came together to agree on a new set of goals to guide global action through 2030 to halt and reverse nature loss.

Nature is critical to meeting the Sustainable Development Goals and limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees. Adoption of a bold global biodiversity framework that addresses the key drivers of nature loss is needed to secure our own health and well-being alongside that of the planet.

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The United Nations Biodiversity is underway in Montreal, Canada, and the OECS and CARICOM are at the negotiating table for the conservation of biodiversity in the Region. “We’ve had months of preparation for the Conference of the Parties, beginning with a workshop to learn the priorities of the Caribbean delegations with respect to COP15, and we’ve used those priorities to design a second workshop, which allowed us to apply the rules of procedure of the Conference of the Parties and what we call a mock COP and there we exposed Caribbean delegations including those who are new to the negotiating process to what a Conference of the Parties really involve.” – Dr Patrick Chesney, CARICOM Regional Expert –

Jacqueline Andre, United Nations Biodiversity COP15 delegate from the Commonwealth of Dominica, shares her experience at the 2-week conference. The Commonwealth of Dominica relies heavily on nature tourism, and she hopes that the best solutions are found to conserve biodiversity in the Caribbean Region.

“We call upon Parties to, in the spirit of compromise, be more willing to recognize that our circumstances make it so that our way of life depends on the halting and reversing of biodiversity loss. Our lives depend on better and more fluid mechanisms for us to access financing to implement our NBSAPs and on building capacities in our countries so we can be the arbiters of our own success and survival.” – Nneka Nicolas –

CARICOM: Caribbean Community youth, Bonita Bernard, shares her experience at the United Nations Biodiversity COP15 in Montreal, Canada. The outcomes of this conference will be important to the future conservation of biodiversity in the Caribbean.

Dr Helena Jeffery Brown is the head of Antigua and Barbuda’s delegation and the Working Group 2 Chair at the United Nations Biodiversity COP15. This Conference of the Parties on Biodiversity will have a significant bearing on the conservation of biodiversity worldwide, including the Caribbean Region, where several species face the threat of extinction.

Jeremiah Edmund, a delegate from Saint Lucia, and Vicia Woods, a delegate from St. Kitts and Nevis, share their experience at the conference