Knowledge Centre for Biodiversity

The BioTrade Congress returns on 25 and 26 March, 2024 in Geneva, Switzerland at the Palais des Nations (Room XVII), co-organized by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development...

The United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) is the world’s highest-level decision-making body for matters related to the environment, with a universal membership of all 193 Member States. It sets...

The 2023 SDG Summit will be convened on 19-20 September 2023, during the United Nations General Assembly high-level week. Heads of State and Government will...

Find out more on UN 2023 Water Conference here.

The theme for 2023 is "Forests and health” Forest sustainable management and their use of resources are key to combating climate change, and to contributing to the prosperity and well-being of current and...

It’s official, the new design and theme for the upcoming World Wildlife Day 2023 are out! Find out more here.

The main objective of the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15) is to adopt the post-2020 global biodiversity framework for the next decade. The latest information from the organizer, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biodiversity...

As global greenhouse gases continue to increase, the Earth’s surface and lower atmosphere are warming. This rise in global temperature has devastating impacts on ecosystems, their biodiversity...

The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Values Assessment responds to the need to support decision-makers in understanding and accounting for the wide range of nature’s values in policy...

The 2022 session of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) will be the 10th session of the HLPF, and will take place in July 2022. The meeting will...