This document discusses the need for a post-2020 global biodiversity framework that promotes a paradigm shift towards transformational change. Biodiversity loss is a global crisis impacting socioeconomic development and threatening food security, health, and other essential goods and services. A strong framework is needed with ambitious targets to conserve biodiversity and support the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Financial resources must be aligned to allow for transitioning to biodiversity-supportive development. National biodiversity plans costed with domestic and international finance can mobilize resources and build confidence with public and private donors.

1. The Post2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
Some reflections …
Ines Verleye (Co-Lead Resource Mobilization Post 2020)
OECD-UNDP Virtual Global Conference on Biodiversity Finance
15, 22 and 29 April, 2020

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The Biosphere (SDG 6, 13, 14 and 15) supports all SDGs.
Biodiversity is the basis for the biosphere.
Consequences of a failing
biosphere are starting to show
Biodiversity as precondition for sustainable development

3. Biodiversity loss …
more than ever a global crisis
 Not only a conservation issue: also key
socio-economic problem, affecting
essential goods and services.
 Dramatic consequences for food
security, health, drinking water,…
 Developing countries/IPLCs most at
risk
 Urgency and gravity recognized in
different reports
 COVID-19…

4. “We need transformational change through a fundamental, system-
wide reorganization across technological, economic and social
factors, including paradigms, goals and values, promoting social
and environmental responsibilities across all sectors. As daunting
and costly as this may sound – it pales in comparison to the
price we are already paying.”
“Responding to the COVID-19 crisis calls for us all to confront the
vested interests that oppose transformative change, and to end
‘business as usual’. We can build back better and emerge from the
current crisis stronger and more resilient than ever – but to do so
means choosing policies and actions that protect nature – so that
nature can help to protect us”
“COVID-19 Stimulus Measures Must Save Lives, Protect Livelihoods,
and Safeguard Nature to Reduce the Risk of Future Pandemics”
IPBES Expert Guest Article by Professors Josef Settele, Sandra
Díaz and Eduardo Brondizio and Dr. Peter Daszak on 27 April 2020

5. A paradigm shift
 Strong, ambitious substantive targets,
convey urgency, support SDGs, 2030
Agenda, UN Decade of Ecosystem
Restoration
 For entire world, all actors, all sectors,
all-of-government
 Not incremental but transformative
Paradigm shift only possible when financial
flows are aligned to allow for a transition
towards biodiversity-supportive
development 5
Need for an ambitious Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

6. Resource Mobilization: Convergent views on what is needed
 “First, do no harm”
Policy coherence across different sectors and areas, in particular through
mainstreaming, reform of harmful subsidies and with climate change finance
 Increase and align finance for biodiversity
• Public sector finance, domestic and international, backbone of resource
mobilization
• International finance flows, public and private, including to support leveraging
domestic resources
• ABS, new technologies, etc.
 Enhance effective and efficient resource mobilization by directing
resources (human, technical and financial) to where they are needed
• National planning (NBSAPs, biodiversity finance plans, NSSD, etc)
• Capacity building (administrations, banks, stakeholders, private sector)
• Partnerships involving different stakeholders
• Promoting smart policy mixes
• Increased accountability and reporting

7. A structural and government-wide approach
instead of a project-based approach?
 Identify national actions/policies for the Post 2020
targets in the context of the national circumstances
 Identify resources, policy changes, capacity etc. needed
 Identify where to mobilize resources domestically, where
international support is needed, where to create an
enabling environment for private sector involvement
 Used as basis by international actors (ODA, finance
sector, investments, philanthropy, etc.)
 Build confidence with private and public donors and a
more long-term timeframe
 …
Costed NBSAP and national biodiversity finance plan

8. Process towards COP15
OEWG2 SBI3 OEWG3 COP15
Expert Reports for SBI3
Relevant works streams,
studies, reports from
partners to feed into
SBI3
Report of the WS on
Resource
Mobilization
CG4 General exchanges on
resource mobilization
Review SBI3 input and
integrating resource
mobilization into the
GBF
Relevant meetings, including
OECD BLUE/UNDP BIOFIN*,
IUCN WCC, etc. feeding into
SBI3/OEWG3
Relevant meetings,
in particular UN
Summit on Biodiversity
to support COP15
Info sessions
Wednesday - Friday
*OECD Biodiversity Land Use and Ecosystems (BLUE) programme and UNDP Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) Virtual Global Conference on Biodiversity Finance

9. Thank you
inesverleye@gmail.com