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Annex 1: Outline of the input of intergovernmental bodies to the HLPF
The development and finalization of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, at the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP-15) in China, will be the key input of the Convention to the HLPF and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as a whole. As explained in the 2019 submission, the current Strategic Plan for Biodiversity will expire in 2020 and COP-14, which took place in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, agreed on a comprehensive and participatory process for the preparation of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. At the same time, Ministers at COP-14 committed to supporting the development and implementation of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework in a manner aligned with the 2030 Agenda, and with a level of ambition and practicality that will facilitate the transformational changes needed to achieve the 2050 Vision for Biodiversity.
The negotiations to develop the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, prior to CBD COP-15, are being undertaken by a dedicated open-ended intersessional working group under the leadership of two co-chairs and overseen by the COP Bureau, which is chaired by Egypt as the current president of the COP. As mandated by the decision, the co-chairs seek to ensure the coherence and complementarity of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework with other existing or upcoming international processes, in particular with regard to consistency and coherence with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Paris Agreement and other related processes, frameworks and strategies.
