Capitals Coalition UN CBD COP15 Event Schedule
COP15 is a decisive moment for nature. This December governments, civil society, businesses and financial institutions will come together to agree on a Global Biodiversity Framework. The framework will to pave the way for the next decade to halt and reverse the loss of biodiversity.
After years of postponement due to the global pandemic, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity COP15 will convene from 7-19 December 2022. The outcomes from the COP hope to reset our relationship with nature, and strive to halt and reverse nature loss by the end of the decade.
Capitals Coalition will have a significant presence at the COP. We are delivering a large program of events, running several campaigns and will take a business delegation to the COP alongside WEF, Business for Nature, WBCSD, B Team and We Mean Business Coalition.
This page contains a schedule of events being led or co-led by the Coalition at the COP. It also seeks to highlight other events during COP15 which are relevant to our community, or in which the Coalition will have an active role.
COP15 Event Schedule
Exploring Nature-positive Pathways
Official CBD side event organized by the Capitals Coalition, PBL Netherlands, ICLEI, IPSI, IDDRI
Thursday 8 December 2022
18.15 – 19.45 EST
Location: INGOs Meeting Room 514 B
This side-event discusses the whole of society approach to biodiversity governance as essential for realising transformative change. Building on increasing action for nature from non-state and sub-national actors provides an important opportunity for realizing transformative change. The event will explore the results of a new PBL report “Exploring nature positive pathways” that takes the whole of society approach as starting point.
More information here.
Reforming Harmful Environmental Subsidies for a Nature-positive Future
Organized by Capitals Coalition, Business for Nature, The B Team, WBCSD, Finance for Biodiversity, Textile Exchange, CISL
Friday 9 December 2022
10.15 – 11.30 EST
Location: Auditorium, Place Québec, Palais de Congrès
This session will aim to stage a discussion between government and business on how to rethink and reform subsidies that are harmful to biodiversity and, where possible, to redirect them towards nature positive outcomes.
More information here.
Role of Valuation for a Nature-positive Economy
Organized by Capitals Coalition
Saturday 10 December 2022
16.30 – 18.00 EST
Location: Auditorium, Place Québec, Palais de Congrès
The valuation of nature is critical to achieving a nature positive economy. Businesses are calling for mandatory assessment and disclosure of impacts and dependencies on nature to deliver the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. This session will bring together experts from finance, business, NGOs and government to explore the role of valuations in effectively implementing Target 15. Participants will have the opportunity to provide input to the Value Commission as they develop the global criteria for transparent value factors and discuss the path to mainstreaming the inclusion of nature’s value in decision making.
More information here.
Practical Business’ Experiences in Integrating Nature Values in Decision-Making
Official CBD side event organized by Capitals Coalition and Business for Nature, CDP, in collaboration with CDC Biodiversité, CEBDS, CII, CISL, Endangered Wildlife Trust, Finance for Biodiversity Foundation, Forética, ICC United Kingdom, OP2B, OREE, Science Based Targets Network, Textile Exchange, TNFD, UNEP-WCMC, WBCSD, World Economic Forum, WWF.
Saturday 10 December 2022
18.15 – 19.45 EST
Location: Brahmaputra, Room 511 C-F
This session will aim to explore how the business and finance community can work with governments to implement an ambitious Target 15 successfully. We will do this by demonstrating the current use by business and financial institutions of frameworks, tools and metrics to assess and disclose their impacts and dependencies on nature and by outlining what is needed from governments to scale up these practices.
More information here.
Celebrating Empowerment Opportunities to Value Nature in Decision-making
Organized by Capitals Coalition
Sunday 11 December 2022
18.00-19.30 EDT
Location: Large Room, Nature Positive Pavilion
A social evening reception hosted by Capitals Coalition to celebrate updated, new and upcoming opportunities for all stakeholders to build their capacity to be empowered to value nature in decision-making and contribute to a nature-positive future.
Measuring Ambition: Valuing Nature into Decision-making (High-level Panel)
Organized by the Capitals Coalition, CDP and Business for Nature.
Monday 12 December 2022
14.00-16.30 EST
Location: Business & Biodiversity Forum, Palais des Congrès
This high-level panel will aim to explore how the business and finance community can work with governments to implement an ambitious Target 15 successfully. It will focus on the role of standards and frameworks in supporting business and finance in integrating the values of biodiversity into decision-making.
Breakthrough in Analytics: Driving Innovation & Standards in Natural Capital
Organized by the Capitals Coalition and The Landbanking Group, in collaboration with UNEP-WCMC and NatureFinance.
Tuesday 13 December 2022
9.00 – 10.00 EST
Location: Large Room, Nature Positive Pavilion
We must stop and reverse the loss of nature and move towards a cycle of natural capital accrual with every sovereign and business decision we take. Whilst pioneer governments start accounting for natural capital, market actors are unable to build, evaluate, hold and trade long-positions on positive nature outcomes. This requires a revolution of the analytics “MRV” sector which is rapidly underway: bioacoustics, metagenomics, imagery, Earth observation. But technological advancement will only converge towards a new nature asset class if intelligence is designed to provide information in resolution and format needed by the demand side: offsetting, insetting, investment and insurance markets.
Recognizing & Managing the Value of Nature’s Contribution to People through Food Systems Transformation
Official CBD side event organized by UNEP-TEEB, Capitals Coalition, MEE, CAS, EU, UNEP-IEMP, Craes.
Wednesday 14 December 2022
13.15 – 14.45 EST
Location: Room 516DE
This side event will discuss how making the economic case for pro-nature policies to achieve food systems transformation is aligned with the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. It will do this through the lens of the ongoing European Union funded The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity for Agriculture and Food (TEEBAgriFood) application in China and six other countries (Brazil, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico and Thailand).
More information here.
Re-defining Value for a Net Zero, Nature Positive, and Equitable Canada
Organized by Capitals Hub Canada and Capitals Coalition.
Friday 16 December 2022
13.00 – 18.00 EST
Location: 900 Boul. de Maisonneuve Ouest bureau 2300, Montreal
The event will bring together 1) national thought leaders on the valuation of non-financial (natural, social, and human) capitals, 2) behavioural science experts to discuss best practices in inspiring action, and 3) international political figures and business leaders to discuss cross-border implications of and opportunities for tracking and reporting non-financial capital dependencies across supply chains.
Closing Event at the Nature Positive Pavilion
Organized by the Capitals Coalition and The Nature Conservancy.
Friday 16 December 2022
18.00 – 19.30 EST
Location: Large Room, Nature Positive Pavilion
This session will focus on reflections on the outcomes of the negotiations so far and focus on actions from different stakeholders.
Other Relevant Events at COP15
For a comprehensive overview, please visit Business for Nature’s schedule here.
Wednesday 7 December 2022
13.15 – 14.45 EST – Official Side Event: Global Knowledge Centre for Biodiversity – a service to support Parties and stakeholders’ implementation of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework
Throughout the negotiations of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) have noted the need for national level capacity-building, and technical and scientific cooperation to enhance the generation, monitoring, reporting and assessment of data, information, and knowledge to support the effective implementation of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. This includes a proposed initiative for a “global knowledge centre for biodiversity” to provide a matchmaking service to support the monitoring, reporting and review of progress towards the global goals and targets (see CBD/SBI/REC/3/10). It is aiming to support ‘enhanced cooperation and collaboration’ on data, methods and tools at national, regional and global levels.
This event is co-organized by UNEP-WCMC, CBD secretariat, GBIF and the European Union.
Venue: Asia and the Pacific Meeting Room, Room 511C-F
13.30 – 14.45 EST – Nature Positive Pavilion: Pavilion Opening Circle
This event will open the Nature Positive Pavilion at COP15, a collaborative space bought together by WWF, The Nature Conservancy, Capitals Coalition, Conservation International, Global Commons Alliance, Birdlife International, IUCN, Pew Charitable Trusts and Business for Nature. WWF and The Nature Conservancy will lead the opening session.
Large Room, Nature Positive Pavilion.
16.30 – 17.30 EST – Nature Positive Pavilion: Harnessing the power of collaboration
Thursday 8 December 2022
11.00 – 12.30 EST – Official Side Event: Natural Capital Accounting serving the decade of ecosystem restoration: Experience of a regional network promoting Post 2020 framework
Hosted by OSS.
Venue: Side-event 1512 E
The objective of this event is to promote the integration of ecosystem service values in the national planning processes. It will bring together many experts who will share their insights and propose recommendations to better leverage African ecosystem conservation actions at all scales – local, national and regional – in a coordinated manner for economic growth.
This session takes a holistic look at what it takes to integrate biodiversity values into national and local planning processes and how to help African countries internalize the costs and benefits of biodiversity conservation and the sustainable use of ecosystems.
11.30 – 12.30 EST – Nature Positive Pavilion: Corporate Accountability
13:15 – 14:45 EST – Official Side Event: Alignment of financial flows: channeling public and private investment towards nature
13:15 – 14:45 EST – Official Side Event: Business and Biodiversity: defining the best way forward
Friday 9 December 2022
8.30 – 10.00 EST – Action Zone: What is the Global Biodiversity Framework and what does it mean for business?
09:30 -11:30 EST – China Pavilion: Accelerating Business Actions in China for Biodiversity Conservation
Hosted by WBCSD, CEEC, WWF, Society of Entrepreneurs & Ecology (SEE).
Venue: China Pavilion.
11:30-13:00 EST – Action Zone: Embedding Climate & Nature into Corporate Decision Making: TCFD Reference Scenarios, TNFD Piloting, Dynamic Risk Assessment, & Assurance
16:30-18:00 EST – Action Zone: Business contributions towards the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework: learnings from sourcing collaborations and actions across value chains
Saturday 10 December 2022
8.30 – 10.00 EST – Action Zone: Using nature-based solutions and biodiversity credit markets to address biodiversity loss
Hosted by Global Canopy.
Venue: Place Québec
More information and website available soon.
10.15 – 11.45 EST – Action Zone: How nature-related standards and disclosures are guiding investors and insurers
Hosted by UNEP-FI.
Venue: Place Québec
More information and website available soon.
12.00 – 13.30 EST – Action Zone: Strengthening the measurement and accountability for nature-positive business actions
Hosted by WEF.
Venue: Place Québec
More information and website available soon.
12.00 – 13.30 EST – Nature Positive Pavilion: Developing a Web Platform of Tools
14.30 – 16.00 EST – Action Zone: Transformative business action towards nature-positive from national to global scale
Hosted by WBCSD & Business for Nature.
Venue: Place Québec
More information and website available soon.
Sunday 11 December 2022
8.30 – 10.00 EST – Action Zone: Aligning financial flows with the goals and targets of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
Hosted by Finance for Biodiversity. More information and website available soon.
11:30-13:30 EST – Action Zone: Biodiversity Impact & Dependency assessment in the Finance sector – The time to act is now
Hosted by Partnership for Biodiversity Accounting Financials.
Venue: Place Québec
More information and website available soon
12.00 – 13.00 EST – Action Zone: Biodiversity impact and dependency assessment in the finance sector
Hosted by PFAB. More information and website available soon.
13.30 – 14.30 EST – Nature Positive Pavilion: Laying the foundations for high-integrity biodiversity credit market
14.30 – 16.00 EST – Action Zone: Invest in nature: High level dialogue of partnership of biodiversity and finance
Hosted by WRI. More information and website available soon.
Monday 12 December 2022
13.15 – 14.45 EST – Official Side Event: Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework: Chinese business in action
First, introduce the progress and achievements of China Biodiversity and Business Partnership”(CBBP); Secondly, mainly focus on the following two subjects, “New Path of Global Biodiversity Governance” and “Positive Contribution of Business to Global Biodiversity Conservation”. We plan to invite the member units and partners of CBBP with strong representation, leadership and social influence, such as members from pivate sector and international institutions to exchange, share, and demonstrate their practices.
Tuesday 13 December 2022
9.00 – 10.00 EST – Nature Positive Pavilion: Textile & apparel sector
12.00 – 13.00 EST – Nature Positive Pavilion: How positive is nature positive?
13.30 – 14.30 EST – Nature Positive Pavilion: Financing nature positive agriculture
14.30 – 15.00 EST – Nature Positive Pavilion: Supporting the private sector contribution to the Global Biodiversity Framework
16.00 – 17.00 EST – Nature Positive Pavilion: Collaboration to reverse nature loss
Time TBD – Canada Pavilion: Natural Capital Accounting
Hosted by Government of Canada and Yellowstone to Yukon. More information and website available soon.
17.30 – 18.30 EST – Nature Positive Pavilion: Nature Positive Cocktail Hour
Wednesday 14 December
12:00-13:00 EST – Nature Positive Pavilion: When finance talks nature
12:00-13:00 EST – Nature Positive Pavilion: Aligning finance flows to nature-positive goals
13:30-14:30 EST – Nature Positive Pavilion: Innovations in financing to ensure a nature positive and net zero future
15:00-16:00 EST – Nature Positive Pavilion: Assessing & addressing nature-related risks in corporate supply chains
16.30 – 17.30 EST – Nature Positive Pavilion: Accelerating Accountability for Nature: The Role of Finance
18:00-19:00 EST – Nature Positive Pavilion: High Ambition moment for nature
18:15 – 19:45 EST – Official Side Event: The essential role of global sustainability reporting standards for biodiversity accounting: from regional best-practice to a global baseline – insights from leading regulatory and corporate approaches
Hosted by UFZ & VBA.
Venue: Marie Khan Woman’s Caucus meeting room 513 A
This side event will provide an overview and status quo of market leading corporate reporting standards and the role biodiversity should and is expected to play within them. The presentations by representatives of academia, global standard setters and corporate initiatives are followed by a panel discussion of leading experts in the field. The overall aim is to provide the audience with a concise yet highly relevant view into ongoing initiatives and regulatory processes that will define corporate biodiversity accounting and reporting for the next decades to come.
Thursday 15 December
16:30-17:30 EST – Nature Positive Pavilion – Advancing solutions at the nexus of biodiversity, carbon and indigenous rights
18.15 – 19.45 EST – Official Side Event: How business can scale up a nature-positive economy in Brazil
In all of society, we urgently need to take the necessary actions to conserve biodiversity, using it sustainably and ensuring the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits from its use, as well as its genetic resources, in order to put biodiversity on a road to recovery by 2030 for the benefit of the planet and humankind.
The alignment of the business sector strategies with international and national strategic plans for Biodiversity is an instrument of great importance as it emphasizes the need for companies to recognize their impacts and dependencies on biodiversity and ecosystem services, acting responsibly to ensure their conservation and rational use through more sustainable business models.
In this event we will discuss how Brazilian companies are engaged in playing a leadership role for the conservation of biodiversity through their actions, projects and initiatives aimed at achieving their own commitments to biodiversity – and cooperating with each other. Therefore, companies will present how their commitiments can strength the national biodiversity agenda and contributes to the implementation and achievement of the global post-2020 goals and targets.
Room 510A.
Hosted by CEBDS, CNI, WWF, The Nature Conservancy, LIFE Institute.
Friday 16 December 2022
18:15 – 19:45 EST – Official Side Event: Aligning the Financial Flows for an Ecological Civilization – how to speed up the momentum
Hosted by WWF.
Venue: Side-event 2 512 F
This side event will highlight the importance of the finance sector for the post 2020 GBF, make the business case for Deforestation and Conversion Free Finance, check on the developments since last year’s climate declaration and commitments, and elaborate the important next steps to implementation.
Saturday 17 December
13:15 – 14:45 EST – Official Side Event: Nature Positive Business model 2050
Hosted by MoEFCC,CII, WWF, GIZ,UNDP, IBBI, GPBB, Business for Nature.
Venue: Side Event 2, 512 F
This session aims to showcase the innovative measures undertaken by the Indian businesses as good practice with other parties and stakeholders at the CoP15.
18:15 – 19:45 EST – Official Side Event: Time to urge Economic and Financial nature-related risk assessments and scenarios
Hosted by Government of France.
Venue: SIDS meeting room, 513 C
The goal of this side-event is to raise attention of CBD delegates and stakeholders on the tools that could be used to make the finance sector support the new 2030 Global Biodiversity Framework’s targets 14 and 15 and contribute to achieving the 2050 vision to living in harmony with nature. In this regard, it will present advances and avenues for future developments toward more robust economic and financial nature-related risk assessments. It will notably discuss applicable risk scenarios for nature loss for the financial system and gather existing contributions from different financial stakeholders.
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