The 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), is going to be held in Montreal, Canada, from December 7-19. In this period of time, governments and participants from all around the world will set out new goals and discuss a new set of pro-nature goals for the next decade. Members of the Global Partnership on Forest and Landscape Restoration (GPFLR) will actively participate in negotiations and events, including the sides events below.
See below the details about the presence of the members in COP15.
| Date & Time | Title | Venue | Host |
| 7 December, 9:00 - 13:00 | Biodiversifying the Minamata Convention | Monville Hotel - room Anderson 1 | TNC |
| 7 December, 11:00 - 12:00 | Nature-Positive Pavilion Opening. | Nature Positive-Pavilion | Pavilion partners, including TNC |
| 7 December, 13:15 - 14:45 | Build a Beautiful China and Global Community of Shared Future – China Pavilion’s opening event | China Pavilion | Policy Research Center for environment and economy (MEE), China News Service, TNC |
| 7 December, 15:00 - 16:00 | Biodiversity solutions coffee hour | Nature-Positive Pavilion | TNC |
| 7 December, 18:15 | Introducing Restoration Standards for the Ecological Recovery of Mined Sites | Side-event 1. 512E | SER |
| 8 December, 13:00 - 14:00 | Learnings from the socio-bioeconomy public policy in the Amazon | Nature-Positive Pavilion, | TNC, BNDES, IPLC from Pará representative, IADB, Pará Government representative, CEBDS (WBCSD) |
| 8 December, 13:15 - 14:45 | Nature-Positive Infrastructure: Connecting Communities – Safeguarding the Planet | CEE Meeting Room 510A | Infrastructure & Nature Coalition (TNC a member) |
| 8 December, 13:15 | Connecting the crises: Integrating ecological connectivity in the Post-2020 GBF to combat biodiversity loss, climate change, land degradation and the next pandemic |
Brahmaputra. 511C-F | CMS | UNCCD | WWF | CLLC | IUCN | UNEP-WCMC | Zambia | CBCGDF | PCA | gcr |
| 8 December, 18:00 - 19:00 | Promoting gender equality in biodiversity conservation with IPLC communities | Nature Positive-Pavilion | TNC |
| 9 December, 9:00 - 17:00 | Brazilian Day: biodiversity is our nature | Intercontinental Hotel | TNC CEBDS, WWF, Arapyaú, WRI |
| 9 December, 9:30 - 10:30 | Using tried-and-true and new conservation pathways to achieve 30x30 | Nature-Positve Pavilion | TNC |
| 9 December, 13:15 | Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards the conservation, sustainable use and restoration of biodiversity | Yangzte. 516C | IFAD | FAO | AFD |
| 9 December, 11:00 - 12:00 | Financing biodiversity in Africa- The case of the Africa Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative (AFR100) | Africa Group Meeting Room - 512F | AUDA-NEPAD & BMZ |
| 9 December, 12:00 - 13:00 | Supporting Indigenous People and Local Communities through 30x30 Protection Goals | Nature-Positive Pavilion | TNC |
| 9 December, 13:15 - 14:15 | Building the Business Case for Nature Friendly Consumption | Business & Finance focused days – Place Quebec | FSC, One Planet Network, adelphi, BfN |
| 9 December, 15:05 - 15:45 | Roundtable Discussion: Conservation of Wild Species through Habitat Protection | Action Zone | TNC |
| 9 December, 15:30 - 16:30 | EPIC Journey documentary: The Great Migration of the Dorado Catfish, Connecting Life Through the Amazon Basin | Nature-Positive Pavilion | TNC |
| 10 December, 9:30 - 12:00 | Building the national bioeconomy policy – opportunities for the economy, for people and for nature (by invitation) | Monville Hotel - room Anderson 1 | TNC |
| 10 December, 12:00 - 13:00 | Best Practices in Delivering the 30x30 Target: Tools for Implementing Countries | Nature-Positive Pavilion | TNC, DEFRA and IUCN |
| 10 December, 13:15 - 14:45 | Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework: Chinese Business in Action | African Group Meeting Room - 511BE | China Min of Ecology and Environment, China Business and Biodiversity Partnership (CBBP) |
| 10 December, 14:00 - 14:45 | Deep Dive into Biodiversity Communication with Consumers | FSC, One Planet Network, adelphi | |
| 11 December, 9:00 - 19:00 | World Biodiversity Summit | World Climate Foundation | |
| 11 December, 9:00 - 10:00 | Attaining sustainable management of working lands | Nature-Positive Pavilion | TNC |
| 11 December, 10:45 - 11:45 | Sovereign debt for Nature: A mapping of Solutions to avoid ‘Too little Too late’ for nature-positive outcomes | Action Zone | UNDP - TNC's role: speaker |
| 11 December, 17:00 - 20:30 | 30x30 Initiative meeting & dinner (by invitation) | Monville Hotel - room Anderson 1 | TNC |
| 11 December, 18:30 - 20:00 | Advancing Forest Stewardship as a Biodiversity Conservation Solution | Canadian Pavilion | FSC |
| 11 December, 19:00 - 22:00 | Women for Biodiversity dinner (by invitation) | Restaurant TBD | TNC |
| 12 December , all day | Science policy forum | ||
| 12 December, 9:30 - 11:00 | Seeds of Change - Highlighting Canada’s Role in Forest and Land Restoration | Canadian Pavilion | Canadian Forest Service (host) - IMFN's role: Speaker - GPFLR Chair as moderator |
| 12 December, 17:00 - 18:00 | Culture First: How does support and funding that puts culture at the front of conservation activities create enduring resilient ecosystems? | Nature Positive-Pavilion | TCI, BHP, TNC (speaker) |
| 13 December | Restoration Day | Rio Pavillion | |
| 13 December, 8:30 - 10:00 | Financing a Sustainable Future session@ the Business and Biodiversity Forum | Room TBD | TNC’s role: Session’s facilitator |
| 13 December, 11:30 - 13:30 | Launch of UNCDF ‘Natural Asset’ service | Monville Hotel - room Anderson 1 | TNC’s role: HL Speaker |
| 13 December, 12:00 - 13:00 | Global Targets to Conserve and Restore Coral Ecosystems | Nature Positive-Pavilion | TNC |
| 13 December, 12:00 - 13:00 | How Positive is Nature- Positive? | Nature Positive-Pavilion | Global Youth Biodiversity Network TNC’s role: Speaker (Linda Krueger) |
| 13 December, 13:15 | Greener cities, cooler planet, healthier people: unleashing the power of urban nature | Room Shilin 514B | UNEP |
| 14 December | China’s Role in Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development – CCICED Workshop | TBD | China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED). - TNC’s role: speaker |
| 14 December, 10:30 - 11:30 | Greening Sovereign Debt: Addressing the Nature and Debt Crises Together | Nature Positive-Pavilion | TNC |
| 14 December, 13:15 | Forest Ecosystem Restoration - a crucial piece of the new Global Biodiversity Framework | Room Shilin 514B | CBD | FAO |
| 14 December, 13:15 - 14:45 | Caribbean Marine Biodiversity- Celebrating Haiti's Success | Business & Industry Orgs Meeting Room - 514A | Haiti Ministry of Environment, TNC, Caribbean Biod. Fund |
| 14 December, 13:15 | Recognizing and managing the value of nature’s contribution to people through food systems transformation | Lancang. 516DE | UNEP | MEE | CAS | EU | UNEP-IEMP | Craes | CAPITALSCOALITION |
| 14 December, 13:15 | Nature-based Solutions to climate change and other social challenges by conservation and restoration of mangrove ecosystem, focusing on its multiple services | Side-event 1. 512E | JICA | CBD | MOEJ | UNU-IAS | IPSI | Indonesia |
| 14 December, 13:15 | Forest Ecosystem Restoration: A crucial piece of the new Global Biodiversity Framework | Room Shilin 514B | FAO |
| 14 December, 13:15 | Perspectives on the GEF Going Forward: A Conversation with the GEF CEO | Nile. 511BE | GEF |
| 14 December, 15:00 - 16:00 | Assessing and Addressing Nature-related Risks in Corporate Supply Chains | Nature Positive-Pavilion | TNC |
| 14 December, 18:00 - 20:30 | Embarking on restoration journey (by invitation only) | Inter-Continental Hotel | IUCN |
| 14 December, 19:00 - 22:00 | ”Food for Good” dinner (by invitation only) | Cirque Éloize restaurant | TNC and Nature United |
| 15 December, 8:30 - 10:00 | Enduring Earth Breakfast panel discussion (by invitation) | Blue Zone, Palais des Congrès | Enduring Earth partnership (TNC, WWF, Pew, Zomalab) |
| 15 December, 9:30 - 12:00 | Governance and financing of indigenous environmental management – building the next 10 years of PNGATI | Monville Hotel – Room Anderson 1 | TNC |
| 15 December, 12:30 - 17:00 | Infrastructure Day | Nature Positive-Pavilion | Infrastructure & Nature Coalition (TNC a member) |
| 15 December, 16:30 - 17:30 | Advancing solutions at the nexus of biodiversity, carbon, and Indigenous rights | Nature Positive-Pavilion | TNC |
| 15 December, 18:15 | Enriching Biodiversity in Production Landscapes through Ecosystem Restoration and Sustainable Forest Management in the Tropics | Fuxian. 513D | ITTO |
| 16 December | China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED) - Senior-Level Dialogue | TBD | TNC’s role: Jen Morris (speaker and CCICED member) |
| 16 December, 13:00 - 14:00 | Bold Commitments and Financing for Biodiversity and Climate in Mongolia | Nature Positive-Pavilion | TNC, Goverment of Mongolia, Enduring Earth |
| 16 December, 13:15 - 14:30 | Latin America, the Caribbean and the Inter-American Development Bank’s commitment to a funding a naturepositive path | Youth Meetin Room | IBD |
| 16 December, 14:30 - 15:30 | Ending Commodity-driven Deforestation and Conversion & Scaling up Nature-based Solutions: How can a new Global Biodiversity Framework help shift the Agenda? | Nature Positive-Pavilion | WWF, TNC, FSC |
| 16 December, 16:00 - 17:00 | Celebration Hour - Honoring Leaders for Nature Finance | Nature Positive-Pavilion | TNC |
| 16 December, 17:30 - 18:30 | Nature-Positive Pavilion – CLOSING EVENT | Nature Positive-Pavilion | TNC and Capitals Coalition |
