30×30 At COP16 « High Ambition Coalition

21st October

Innovative Blended Finance for Ecosystem Resilience: Case Studies from the Global Fund for Coral Reefs

October 21st

15:00 – 16:15

Netherlands Pavilion

GFCR & UNCDF

Blended Finance Innovation for Reef Conservation in Latin America & the Caribbean

October 21st

15:00 – 17:00

#ForCoral Pavilion

MARfund & GFCR

Wild animals – unsung heroes of carbon storage, ecosystem services and nature restoration.

October 21st

11:40

Chiribiquete – Asia and the Pacific meeting room, Plaza One.

Global Rewilding Alliance | Yale University | IFAW | WFA | WDC

22nd October

Leveraging wildlife conservation and rewilding to supercharge climate mitigation and adaptation	October 22nd	16:30	Cano Cristales – CEE meeting room, Plaza One	IFAW \| Global Rewilding Alliance \| Yale University \| UNEP \| WDC
Support and capacity building for the implementation of Target 3	October 22nd	13:20	Academia & research Plaza One	SCBD
IUCN Global Guidance on Identifying, Reporting, Monitoring and Strengthening OECMs (OECM Guidelines)	October 22nd	18:00	YouthPlaza One	IUCN \| WWF \| IUCN WCPA \| IUCN OECM SG
Recognizing and Scaling Africa’s Successes in Implementing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework	October 22nd	10:10	Marie Khan Women’s Caucus meeting room Plaza One	AWF \| AUC \| AfDB \| SADC \| CBD \| AICA \| APAC Youth Committee \| UNEP \| ACBA \| AUDA Nepad \| WWF \| WCS \| GYBN Africa \| IUCN \| APAD
Ecological Connectivity: A Key to Powering Delivery of the KMGBF	October 22nd	15:00	Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities – Room 5 D, 5th Floor Plaza One	CLLC \| IUCN WCPA CCSG \| CMS \| UNEP-WCMC \| WWF \| Ministry of the Environment of Brazil – MMA \| MMA \| MAATE \| PCA
Subnationals Lead the Way: Celebrating the High Ambition Coalition Subnational Government Task Force	October 22nd	11:00	Place Quebec Auditorium	Québec, California
One Ocean, One Challenge: Building effective MPA networks through trans-national partnerships	October 22nd	11:40	Cocora – Subnational and Local Authorities meeting room Plaza One	JNCC (UK)/Maldives/French Biodiversity Agency
Supporting Indigenous Peoples to advance implementation of Target 3+	October 22nd	09:00	Small room – Nature Positive Pavilion	FPP I WWFUS
OECM forum	October 22nd	13:00	Big room – Nature Positive Pavilion	Global Environment Institute (GEI)
COP16 EMERGENCY SPECIAL SESSION ON CORAL REEFS	22nd October-1st November	16:30 – 17:50	Subnational and Local Authorities, Plaza One	GFCR/UNCDF Lead

23rd October

Caribbean MPAs managers networks lead the way: Towards a regional roadmap to reach Target 3	October 23rd	13:20	Youth, Plaza One	SPAW-RAC / NatureXpairs
Rangers at the Heart of the 30×30 target	October 23rd	17:30	EU Pavilion	International Rangers Federation, Post2020 Biodiversity framework EU Support
Action for Peace and Biodiversity	October 23rd	18:00	Mavecure – Business and Industry Organizations meeting room / Plaza One	SCBD
Challenges and opportunities of managing protected and conserved areas to promote environmental peacebuilding	October 23rd	13:20	Cano Cristales – CEE Meeting room / Plaza One	CBD \| Humboldt \| CAPAZ
Who Counts in Target 3? Diverse and equitable governance for conservation outcomes	October 23rd	15:00	Farallones – Youth meeting room Plaza One	IUCN \| ICCA Consortium \| EC \| ME \| BMZ
Asia Protected Areas Partnership (APAP) Advancing Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures (OECMs) in Asia and Target-3	October 23rd	16:30	Cocuy – Marie Khan Women’s Caucus meeting room Plaza One	MoCCEE, Maldives \| MOEJ \| ME \| KNPS \| APAP \| IUCN

24th October

Green List value proposition for Target 3	October 24th	16:00	IUCN Pavilion	IUCN
The GBF and inland waters: From targets to implementation	October 24th	14:00	Nature Positive Pavilion	TNC
How to support the implementation of 30×30: Sharing the French experience & how to benefit from the offers on the HAC 30×30 tools	October 24th	11:00	GEF Pavillion	HAC N&P \|NatureXpairs\| RNF \| IRD \| AFD \| PFE \| MTECT France \| AFD \| FRance-IUCN \| \| OFB
The value of partnerships to support the implementation of the 30×30 target – Sharing the experience of the HAC 30×30 Matchmaking Platform at CBD COP16	October 24th	14:20	Youth, Plaza One	HAC N&P \|NatureXpairs \| \| MTECT France \| AFD \|

25th October

Honduras: Improving Reef Health	October 25th	11:00 – 12:00	ICRI pavilion, Blue Zone	Honduras Coral Reef Fund Fauna & Flora Healthy Reefs for Healthy People
Conserving the Southern Ocean – an urgent and large scale step to success in achieving 30×30 in the ocean and delivering the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework	October 25th	15:00	JUSCANZ, Plaza One	Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC), Pew Bertarelli Ocean Legacy Program, and Blue Nature Alliance
30×30 Ocean Reception	October 25th	19:00 – 22:00	DOMINGO, carrera 5 #2-97, COMUNA 4, Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia	Convened by Peter Thomson, UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean, the Governments of Colombia (tbc), France, Costa Rica, Chile, Madagascar (tbc) and The Philippines (tbc). In collaboration with the High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People (HAC for N&P), the Global Ocean Alliance, the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy, World Resources Institute, the High Seas Alliance, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the Development Bank for Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF), and with the support of the World Economic Forum, Ocean Azul Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies and Ocean5 + Blue Nature Alliance.
Innovative Sustainable Financing Solutions and Tools towards conserving 30% of the Ocean by 2030	October 25th		Nature Positive Pavillion	Blue Nature Alliance, McKinsey & Company
Advancing Rights and Equity in implementation of Target 3	October 25th	18:00	YouthPlaza One	IUCN WCPA \| IUCN WCPA GER \| IUCN \| IIED \| FPP \| IUCN CEESP \| ICI \| ICCA Consortium \| IMPACT

26th October

Half-Earth Day 2024	October 26th	6:30 – 9:00 PM	La Casa Humboldt Cl 8 #6-23, COMUNA 3 Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia	E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation
Innovations in Mainstreaming Biodiversity for Nature-Positive Infrastructure	October 26th	17:00 – 18:00	Nature Positive Pavilion	CLLC, WWF and Infrastructure and Nature Coalition

27th October

From Community-Led Conservation Agreements to Global Impact: Indigenous and Afrodescendant Leaders Driving Change	October 27th	13:30 – 15:00	CI Pavilion	CI, IADB, FA
Pathways to Conserve the Amazon: Indigenous Leadership, Financial Innovation	October 27th	17:30 – 18:10	CI Pavilion	CI & Government of France
Country Packages Seed Fund – A catalytic opportunity to transform public and private funding for nature, climate and people	October 27th	18:10 – 19:00	CI Pavilion	CI & Government of France
NBSAP Help Desk	October 27th	All day	Blue Zone	NBSAP Accelerator Partnership, GEF Early Action Support, UNEP-WCMC National Monitoring Systems Initiative

28th October

NBSAP Day	October 28th	08:00 – 18:15	GBF Pavillion	NBSAP Accelerator Partnership \| GEF Early Action Support Project \| GEF \| UNDP \| UNEP \| GIZ \| UNEP-WCMC \| CGIAR, CGIAR Initiative on NEXUS Gains and Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT \| SCBD
High Level Segment Official Closing Event: Accelerating Biodiversity Action – Enhancing Global Collaboration to Live in Harmony with Nature	October 28th	18:00	Nuqui – Academia & Research meeting room Plaza One	Colombia \| Germany \| NBSAP AP \| UNDP \| UNEP \| CBD Secretariat
Operationalizing landscape approaches to ensure we are on track with the Biodiversity Plan	October 28th	13:20	Pacifico – Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities meeting room Plaza One	UNU-IAS \| IPSI \| IGES \| IUCN \| CI \| EP \| MOEJ \| CBD \| HAC N&P \| NBSAP AP \| WBCSD
Capacity building tools and policy recommendations for cross-cutting action on the implementation of the KM-GBF in the LAC region	October 28th	10:10	Cano Cristales – CEE meeting room Plaza One	UN ECLAC-CEPAL \| Post 2020 Biodiversity Framework – EU Support \| GYBN \| Colombia \| Brazil \| Mexico \| NBSAP AP \| IAvH \| UNEP-ROLAC
30×30 in North America: National, Subnational, and Indigenous Efforts to Achieve 30×30 in Canada, the United States, and Mexico	October 28th	14:00	Nature Positive Pavilion	Campaign for Nature
Solutions for the Implementation of Synergies between Climate and Biodiversity Action	October 28th	18:00	Sierra Nevada – Working Group II CEVP Ground floor	GIZ \| BMZ \| NBSAP AP \| Germany \| Colombia \| Norway \| Peru \| Brazil \| Democratic Republic of the Congo \| WWF
Achieving Target 23: Identifying effective approaches for the gender-responsive implementation of the KM-GBF	October 28th	8:00 – 18:15	CGIAR Pavillion	CGIAR Gender Impact Platform, CBD Women’s Caucus, NBSAP Accelerator Partnership, Global Environment Facility (GEF), OECD, UNEP, UNEP-WCMC, and UNDP

29th October

30×30 Action Day	October 29th	09:30-19:00	GBF Pavillion	Partners and further details can be found here.
Progress towards 30×30: Innovation and Lessons at the Country and Regional Levels	October 29th	17:00 – 18:00	Nature Positive Pavilion	TNC
Rights and equity in 30×30: from rhetoric to reality	October 29th	15:30 – 16:30	Nature Positive Pavilion	IIED, IUCN WCPA/CEESP
African Wildlife Foundation – Spatial Planning for Africa	October 29th	13:15 – 14:45	GEO Pavilion	AWF, Esri
SPACES: Enabling developing countries to complete national land and seas use and finance plans to implement 30×30 and other related K-M GBF and climate targets while recognizing other socio-economic development needs	October 29th	16:30 – 17:30	Cocora – Subnational and Local Authorities meeting room,	SPACES

30th October

Act30 – Advancing Inclusive Conservation	October 30th	11:45 – 12:15	GEO Pavilion	IUCN, IIFB, Esri
Regional Center of Excellence for Biodiversity for East and Southern Africa	October 30th	13:15 – 14:45	GEO Pavilion	RCMRD, Esri
NatureServe – US Map of Biodiversity Importance	October 30th	13:15 – 14:45	GEO Pavilion	NatureServe, Esri
Unlocking Global Biodiversity Data from the Half-Earth Project	October 30th	13:15 – 14:45	GEO Pavilion	E.O. Biodiversity Wilson Foundation, Half-Earth Project, Yale, Esri
Building momentum for youth priorities toward 30×30 and BBNJ implementation, a nature positive path to UNOC3	October 30th	14:00 – 15:00	Nature Positive Pavilion	EarthEcho International, the High Seas Alliance, the Pew Charitable Trusts and WILDTRUST

31st October

Operationalizing Landscape Approaches to ensure we are on track with the Biodiversity Plan	October 31st	13:20 – 14:40	IPLC Room 5D, 5th Floor, Plaza One	UNU-IAS, IGES, IUCN, Conservation International, EcoAgriculture Partners, SCBD, MOEJ, HAC for Nature &People, NBSAP Accelerator Partnership, WBCSD
Putting Biodiversity-Inclusive Spatial Planning on the Map: How Spatial Intelligence is Being Harnessed to Operationalize Target 1 in National Contexts	October 31st	15:00 – 16:00	UN Hub	CBD, Government of Brazil (TBC), FAO, Humboldt Institute (TBC), IUCN WCPA Task Force on Spatial Planning, SANBI, Government of Tanzania, UNDP, UNEP, UNEP-WCMC, WCS Mozambique
Working together to realize societies in harmony with nature: Mechanisms and tools to support on-the-ground initiatives	October 31st	13:20 – 14:40	Business and Industry Organizations – Room 5E, 5th Floor, Plaza One	United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS), International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI), The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD), Ministry of the Environment, Japan (MoEJ), Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Tebtebba, Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN), Ministry of Environment, Cambodia (MoEC), Women4Biodiversity (W4B)
Launch of the Protected Planet Report 2024	October 31st	16:00 – 17:30	GBF Pavillion	UNEP-WCMC, IUCN and IUCN WCPA

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