Press Release

June 14, 2022

Fourth Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

1. The Fourth Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (OEWG4) will be held from June 21 to 26, 2022, in Nairobi, Kenya.

2. The goals and targets mentioned in the first draft of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) will be discussed.

3. It is planned that the outcomes of discussions will be reflected in the draft decisions (including a final draft of the Post-2020 GBF) to be submitted to the second part of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15).

Background

The Post-2020 GBF, a new global biodiversity target following the Aichi Targets, is expected to be adopted at the second part of COP15, scheduled to be held in Kunming, China, in the third quarter of this year (July to September).

The third meeting of the OEWG (OEWG3) was held in March 2022 in Geneva, Switzerland. Because of the divergence of opinions among the Parties on many agenda items, a number of outcome documents (draft recommendations) were adopted, with multiple options. Given this background, OEWG4 is to be held in Nairobi, Kenya to further advance preparatory negotiations on the Post-2020 GBF.

Meeting Overview

Discussions in the meeting will concentrate on the first draft of the Post-2020 GBF. The outcomes of discussions will be reflected in the draft decisions of the second part of COP15 (including the final draft of the Post-2020 GBF).

Fourth Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 GBF (OEWG4)

(1) Dates

June 21 to Jun 26, 2022

(2) Main agenda items

  • Post-2020 GBF
    Consideration of the text and phrasing of goals and targets based on the first draft of the Post-2020 GBF (continuation of OEWG3 discussions).
  • Benefit sharing from the use of digital sequence information (DSI) on genetic resources
    Consideration of draft recommendations to COP15 on the handling of DSI in the Post-2020 GBF (continuation of OEWG3 discussions).

  • Others

(Reference 1)
Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 GBF (OEWG)

  • Established in accordance with CBD-COP Decision 14/34 to support the preparation of the Post-2020 GBF.
  • The first and second meetings were held in a physical setting in August 2019 and February 2020 respectively.
  • The first part of the third meeting was held in the form of online sessions from August to September 2021.
  • The second part of the third meeting was held in a physical setting in March 2022.

(Reference 2)
Ministry of the Environment, Japan, website on the Post-2020 GBF (Japanese only)

https://www.biodic.go.jp/biodiversity/about/treaty/post2020gbf.html

For Japanese