At Trondheim Conference, leaders, experts seek solutions to biodiversity loss.
Representatives from the Governments of around 110 countries, and several leading experts, will assemble in Trondheim July 2nd to 5th to look at how we can reverse the trend and stop the loss of biodiversity.
The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) draws a gloomy picture of the state of biological diversity in the world in its global investigation. The recently published Global Assessment from IPBES points out that pervasive social changes need to ensure nature as a basis for life for future generations.
It is also clear that the world will not reach the goals the world has set to improve the situation, the so-called Aichi goals. A new global framework for biodiversity will be developed and adopted through the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Kunming in China in 2020.
Last year, the CBD pointed to The Trondheim Conferences on Biological Diversity as the most important meeting point for contributing knowledge and know-how to the work to create a new framework and new goals for the world's biodiversity.
What: Trondheim Conference on Biological Diversity
Where: Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag, Norway
When: 2 July to 5 July 2019
Who: Experts and authorities from around the world
Representatives from several countries will participate in open dialogue about the challenges we face and the measures that need to be taken if we are to secure biodiversity and make the necessary transformations. The findings from the IPBES Global Assessment will be presented by the three researchers who have led the assessment:
• Sandra Diaz, Professor, CONICET - Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina
• Eduardo Sonnewend Brondizio, Professor, Indiana University, USA
• Josef Settele, Professor, Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research - UFZ, Germany
There will also be insights and findings from:
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
• UNEP’s Global Environmental Outlook-6
• The International Resource Panel
• The UN Food Organizer (FAO)'s report: State of the World's Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture
In addition, there are delegations and some environmental ministers from around 110 countries, several of the world's leading experts in the field and representatives from, among others; the World Economic Forum, OECD, UN Environmental Programme, the Convention on Biological Diversity secretariat, the EAT Foundation and WWF International.
See the program for the conference here
In parallel with the first day of the conference, the Norwegian Minister for climate and environment, Ola Elvestuen, will organise an international high level meeting on biological diversity, to look at, among other things, financing and ambition levels for the new global framework on biodiversity.
On July 3rd, the Minister will host a bureau meeting of the UN Environmental Assembly, where they will plan the 5th Environmental Assembly in 2020.
Access for journalists
The conference is open to accredited journalists. Request for accreditation can be sent to mediatc9@miljodir.no
Accredited journalists are welcome to participate in the open plenary parts of the conference, and also in the social events in the evenings (excursion, concert etc.). As an accredited journalist you will receive info about participants and speakers, press releases and gain access to a daily summary of photos from the conference.
On Friday July 5th, the conference co-chairs will publish a report summarising the findings and recommendations from the conference. This will be distributed to the accredited press as soon as it is ready.
The Norwegian Environment Agency can assist in putting journalists in contact with meeting participants and initiators.
More information on media and communication
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About the Trondheim Conference on Biological Diversity
The first Trondheim Conference on Biological Diversity was organized in 1993, and this will be the ninth Trondheim Conference.
The Norwegian Environment Agency organizes the conference on behalf of the Ministry of Climate and Environment and the Norwegian Government. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs contributes travel support to participants from eligible countries.
The conference is arranged in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Secretariat for the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF).
For more information, contact
Dag Stian Husby, Norwegian Environment Agency Mobile: +47 985 75 911 E-mail: dag.stian.husby@miljodir.no
2 July 2019
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