Over a span of the next six weeks in 2024, three major international environmental conferences will
take place: COP16 on Biodiversity (CBD), COP29 on Climate Change (CCC), and COP16 on Desertification
(CCD).
These conferences will serve as crucial platforms for addressing some of the most pressing
environmental challenges of our time, including climate change, biodiversity loss, land degradation, desertification, and drought.
These issues are deeply interconnected, highlighting the need for
comprehensive solutions to safeguard our planet.
The UNDP-GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP) plays a vital role in promoting local-level solutions to these environmental challenges. SGP's involvement in these conferences will strengthen partnerships and contribute to achieving key Sustainable Development Goals, including SDG 13, SDG 15, and SDG 17. The first event, COP16 on Biodiversity, will take place next week in Cali, Colombia. SGP will participate in three key events focusing on landscape and seascape management, as well as partnerships with ICCA and COMDEKS.
More information on these events can be found here: SGP at CBD COP16 in Cali,Colombia.
Additionally, SGP is planning active participation in COP29 on Climate Change in Azerbaijan and COP16
on Desertification in Saudi Arabia.