Presentation
At the 17th meeting under the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in October 2026, Parties will review their collective progress towards the 2030 targets set out in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) and identify ways to accelerate their implementation. As this marks the first official Global Review within the CBD, Parties (CBD member countries) have to agree on future work to address gaps, challenges, and barriers, and to foster opportunities for implementation. So far, the CBD Global Review process mainly focused its attention on the delivery of the GBF’s 2030 targets in the coming four years (2026-2030), and less on long-term dimensions necessary to achieve the 2050 goals. This PBL Policy Brief aims to contribute to strengthening the long-term perspective in the Global Review and to provide guidance for long-term strategies.
Extract
The report provides three directions for strengthening biodiversity governance from a long-term perspective:
- Focus whole-of-government approaches on addressing direct and indirect drivers of biodiversity and long-term transition pathways, on the national and international level.
- Develop a more proactive approach to leverage the role of those non-state actors that act as frontrunners in advancing specific pathways for biodiversity.
- Consider starting a dialogue within CBD to address contributions and responsibilities across Parties to achieve the 2050 goals in an effective, efficient, and just way.
Beyond COP-17, the Global Review process can play an important and continuous role in the CBD to help articulating the long-term pathways towards the 2050 goals and informing the CBD post-2030 agenda.
