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World Bank Events at Biodiversity COP16

World Bank schedule of events at CBD COP16 in Cali, Colombia

Note: All events are in Colombia time (COT - UTC/GMT -5 hours)

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Tuesday, October 22

13:15-14:30

Open Data for Biodiversity: Accelerating Monitoring and Action

In partnership with EBRD

MDB Pavilion, Plaza One

15:30-16:30

Scaling up Finance for Biodiversity

Amazonia Forever Pavilion, Plaza One

16:00-17:15

 

Innovative Approaches for Mainstreaming Nature in Policies and Investments 

In partnership with IFC and MIGA

MDB Pavilion, Plaza One

18:00-19:15

 

People, Planet, Prosperity Project: Mainstreaming Nature in Policy and Investment Decisions

In partnership with ADB, IDB and Stanford University

MDB Pavilion, Plaza One

Wednesday, October 23

10:00-11:00

 

Scaling up Restoration: Enhancing Ecosystems and Building Resilience

In partnership with CDB

MDB Pavilion, Plaza One

13:30-14:30

Evolving Solutions to Evolving Challenges: The Global Wildlife Program (GWP) Experience

In partnership with GEF-financed, World Bank-led Global Wildlife Program

GEF Pavilion, Plaza Two

16:00-17:15

 

Deforestation Free Regulation: Opportunities for Biodiversity Conservation and Challenges Ahead for Implementation

MDB Pavilion, Plaza One

18:00-19:15

 

From Human-wildlife Conflict to Coexistence: Exploring Solutions to a Challenge at the Nexus of Conservation and Development

In partnership with the GEF-financed, World Bank-led Global Wildlife Program, Global Snow Leopard and Ecosystem Protection Program, Panthera, TRAFFIC, UNDP, Wildlife Conservation Society, WWF and ZSL

MDB Pavilion, Plaza One

Thursday, October 24

13:15-14:30

 

Accelerating Nature-based Solutions: Practical Challenges and Opportunities in Emerging Markets 

In partnership with AfDB and EBRD

MDB Pavilion, Plaza One

13:20-14:40

Official CBD side event: Amazon Sustainable Landscapes Program (ASL): Results and Lessons after 10 Years

In partnership with GEF

Nuqui Room (Academia and Research), Plaza One

15:30-16:30

Fostering Sustainability: Integrating Technology with Biodiversity and Land Management

In partnership with UK

Casa Obesso de Cali, Green Zone

Friday, October 25

8:30-19:00

Forests and Water Day

Supported by the World Bank through PROGREEN

GBF Pavilion, Plaza One

 

10:00-14:00

Shaping Tomorrow: Social Innovations, Biodiversity and Land Administration

In partnership with UK

Casa Obesso de Cali, Green Zone

13:15-14:30

Nature Finance: Tracking MDB Investments that Support Implementation of the GBF

In partnership with other MDBs

WATCH

MDB Pavilion, Plaza One

15:30-16:15

7th Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) Investment Symposium

Supported by the GEF-financed, World Bank-led Food Systems, Land Use and Restoration (FOLUR) Program

Museo La Tertulia, Green Zone

16:00-17:15 

Innovative Technologies and AI for Nature Conservation: Re-imagining the Future

In partnership with WILDLABS and the GEF-financed, World Bank-led Global Wildlife Program

WATCH

MDB Pavilion, Plaza One

Saturday, October 26

10:30-12:30

Mayors Forum on Urban Nature and Biodiversity

In partnership with the Global Platform for Sustainable Cities, GEF, UNEP and ICLEI

Cocora Room (Subnational and Local Authorities), Plaza One

Sunday, October 27

8:00-17:00

Target 18: Creating the Right Incentives for a Nature Positive Future

In partnership with GEF, Conservation International, The Nature Conservancy, World Economic Forum, The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and the International Conservation Caucus Foundation

Cali Chamber of Commerce Auditorium, Green Zone

Monday, October 28

8:00-9:00

Mobilizing and Reforming the Financial System to Achieve the GBF Targets

In partnership with C3A Coalition

WATCH

MDB Pavilion, Plaza One

8:30-20:00

Finance and Biodiversity Day

In partnership with CBD, UNDP, UNEP Finance Initiative, Finance for Biodiversity Foundation, IDB and the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action

Malpelo Room, Plaza One

8:30-10:30

Innovating for Nature: Transformative Policies and Institutions Halt Biodiversity Loss

In partnership with UK

Casa Obesso de Cali, Green Zone

10:00-11:00

Advancing Direct Access to Climate Finance for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

In partnership with The Nature Conservancy and IDB

WATCH

MDB Pavilion, Plaza One

10:00-11:00

Achieving KMGBF Target 18: Opportunities, Barriers and Way Forward

In partnership with GEF, Conservation International, The Nature Conservancy, World Economic Forum, The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and the International Conservation Caucus Foundation

Cocora Room (Subnational and Local Authorities), Plaza One

12:00-13:00

Protecting and Conserving at Least 30% of our Ocean by 2030

In partnership with the High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People (HAC) and WRI

CAF Pavilion, Plaza One

14:45-15:45

Allies for the Pacific Ocean: Technical and Financial Solutions for the Conservation of the eastern Tropical Pacific Marine Corridor (CMAR-CAF)

 

CAF Pavilion, Plaza One

15:00-16:20

Official CBD side event: GEF and Blended Finance to Support KMGBF Implementation

In partnership with GEF

Cocora Room (Subnational and Local Authorities), Plaza One

Tuesday, October 29

9:30-18:15

30 x 30 Action Day

In partnership with the High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People (HAC), CBD, Bezos Earth Fund, Conservation International, IDB, IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas, The Nature Conservancy, UNDP, UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Wildlife Conservation Society, WWF, and others

Supported by the GEF-financed, World Bank-led Global Wildlife Program

GBF Pavilion, Plaza One

 

13:15-14:30

Bending the Curve of Nature Loss: Understanding Nature-related Financial Risks and their Implications for Risk Managers

In partnership with EIB and IDB

WATCH

MDB Pavilion, Plaza One

14:00-15:00

Panel on the Amazonia Bonds Investment Guidelines

Amazonia Forever Pavilion, Plaza One

16:00-17:15

The Global Challenge Program on Forests: Scaling Public and Private Sector Investments for Development, Climate, and Biodiversity

In partnership with IFC and MIGA

WATCH

MDB Pavilion, Plaza One

18:00-19:20

Official CBD side event: Scaling up Finance and Incentives for Biodiversity

In partnership with OECD, IFAD, Colombia, EU and UK

Nuqui Room (Academia and Research), Plaza One

Wednesday, October 30

16:00-17:10

Restoration Day Finance Session: Scaling Finance to Deliver the Global Restoration Agenda

In partnership with the World-Bank led Finance Taskforce of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, FAO, UNEP, CBD, CCD, BMZ, and WWF

GBF Pavilion, Plaza One

 

11:30-12:45

Mobilizing Domestic and International Resources for Climate and Biodiversity

In partnership with IFC

WATCH

MDB Pavilion, Plaza One

13:20-14:40

Official CBD side event: MDB Action Supporting the GBF: Implementation of the Joint Statement on Nature, People and Planet

In partnership with other MDBs

Nuqui Room (Academia and Research), Plaza One

16:00-17:15

Regenerating Nature and Generating Local Livelihoods: Benefit Sharing Across Stakeholders

In partnership with IFC

WATCH

MDB Pavilion, Plaza One

18:00-19:15 

How Nature and Carbon Markets Can Foster the Protection and Restoration of Natural Ecosystems

In partnership with AIIB, EIB, and IDB

WATCH

MDB Pavilion, Plaza One

Thursday, October 31

10:00-11:30

Illegal Gold Mining in the Amazon: Impact Calculator

Amazonia Forever Pavilion, Plaza One

14:00-15:00Ecosystem and Social Restoration: An Act of Peace with Nature (Spanish only event)Amazonia Forever Pavilion, Plaza One

Last Updated: Oct 18, 2024