CBD Parties recognize IPBES Assessment Reports as an important evidence base for the Aichi Biodiversity Targets progress assessment and request further collaboration for GBO5

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) CBD COP 14 Decision 14/35: Global Biodiversity Outlook, in which the Conference of the Parties took note of the plan and cost estimates for the preparation of the fifth edition of the Global Biodiversity Outlook, highlighted the fact that the global and regional assessment on biodiversity and ecosystem services and the thematic assessments carried out by the IPBES, as well as other relevant national and subregional assessments, formed an important evidence base for the assessment of progress towards the achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets in the fifth edition of the Global Biodiversity Outlook and requested the Executive Secretary of the convention to continue collaborating with other biodiversity-related conventions and other relevant processes and organizations in the preparation and review of the fifth edition of the Global Biodiversity Outlook, as appropriate and in accordance with their respective mandates, including IPBES