October 21 – November 1, 2024 | In-person | Cali, Colombia | Source |
The Conference will host the Sixteenth Conference of the Parties (COP 16) to the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Eleventh meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, and the Fifth meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources.
COP 16 will be the first biodiversity meeting since the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework was adopted at COP 15 in December 2022. The conference will review the implementation of this Framework, ensuring National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans align with it. Key tasks include developing a monitoring framework, advancing resource mobilization, and finalizing a mechanism for sharing benefits from digital sequence information on genetic resources. A high-level ministerial segment will also be included.