Background and motivation

The international discussion on a new strategy of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) for the decade 2021-2030 began in 2017. In 2020, the 15th Conference of the Parties to the CBD in China was expected to decide about the new strategic framework. WWF Germany was preparing a contribution to this discussion on the new CBD strategy in consultation with experts from different disciplines.

Aim and steps of implementation

The discussion paper was meant as a concrete input to the negotiations and wanted to provide ideas and proposals relevant for the positioning of different actors, i.a. the government of Germany, which held the EU Presidency in the second half of 2020, other Parties to the CBD or various non-governmental organizations. For the preparation of the discussion paper many different sources and information were included, inter alia:

• Status of implementation of the Aichi Biodiversity Goals and Targets of the present CBD Strategic Plan 2011-2020 based on Global Biodiversity Outlook 4 (GBO-4)
• new scientific evidence, especially the results of the thematic and regional assessments of the Intergovernmental Platform of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
• progress reports for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
• publications of UN-Organizations, scientific consultation fora, research institutions and non-governmental organizations
• results of consultations of experts
• identification of future (at least until 2030) important thematic and political topics using the Horizon Scanning Method
• discussions during three international workshops.

Presentation of results

Intermediate results were presented at the margins of SBSTTA-21, SBSTTA-22 / SBI-2 and CBD COP 14 in Egypt. The results were submitted to the CBD-Secretariat before 15.12.2018.