CBD Parties welcome the Second Work Programme of IPBES, note its relevance for major climate and biodiversity related agreements request for additional inputs from post-2020 biodiversity framework

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) CBD COP14 Decision 14/36, Second work programme of IPBES, in which the Conference of the Parties welcomed with appreciation the progress in implementing the first work programme of IPBES, welcomed the undertaking of the assessments of the sustainable use of wild species, invasive alien species and the assessment on values; agreed that the next work programme of IPBES should be relevant to the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, and would contribute to supporting its implementation and assessing progress; recognized that the rolling nature of the work plan should allow for ongoing exchange of information and further requests from the Convention in the light of the needs arising from the final form and implementation of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework; noted that the next work programme of IPBES was also expected to be relevant to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and other biodiversity-relevant processes; welcomed the efforts of IPBES to further enhance its cooperation with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; invited IPBES to continue to collaborate with relevant international organizations, including those engaged in activities relevant to the mainstreaming of biodiversity in production sectors; decided on a list of requests to IPBES (see document IPBES/7/6/Add.1); invited IPBES to allow for additional inputs to its work programme towards 2030 in the light of the development of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework; requested the Executive Secretary of the convention to prepare for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its fifteenth meeting, proposals for a further request to be considered for inclusion in the work programme towards 2030 of IPBES with a view to supporting the implementation of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework; and also requested the Executive Secretary of the convention to develop modalities for the systematic consideration of all deliverables of IPBES, taking into consideration the findings of the review of IPBES, with a view to optimizing their use in support of the implementation of the convention.