This is an official side-event of the Biodiversity COP16

Date: 25 October 2024

Time: 15:00-16:20 Colombia Time (COT)

Location: Cocuy Room in Plaza 1, CBD COP16, Cali, Colombia 

Ecosystem restoration is crucial for achieving global sustainability goals, enhancing biodiversity, and ensuring the well-being of local communities. This side event will explore the intersection of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), and the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, emphasizing local initiatives and their global impact. By showcasing successful local restoration cases from cities participating in the Generation Restoration Project under the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, the event aims to highlight best practices, challenges, and the essential role of cities to halt and reverse the loss of biodiversity by 2030, as well as achieve water security, climate resilience, strengthen livelihoods and increase the wellbeing of urban populations.