This side event of the UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) will highlight the role of the Community Development and Knowledge Management for the Satoyama Initiative (COMDEKS) in achieving the SDGs and key targets under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). It will also spotlight the role of local actors, civil society and local communities in designing and implementing innovative, inclusive, sustainable and locally led solutions that address the triple planetary crises of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution.
The event will feature voices from both high-level experts and practitioners to amplify their diverse knowledge and experiences, particularly on practical implementation of the Satoyama Initiative, COMDEKS and the GBF. Participants will share key experiences and lessons and explore means of upscaling and mainstreaming these into national and global policies.
Participation
The side event is open to the public. Please register to participate.
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Language
This event will be held in English, with interpretation provided in Spanish and French.
Programme
Programme details will be added to this page as they become available.
- Moderator: SGP/UNDP representative
Introduction and Opening Remarks
- (TBC) Marcos Neto (Assistant Secretary General, UN; Administrator and Director of the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support, UNDP)
High Level Remarks
- (TBC) Fumiaki Kobayashi (State Minister, Ministry of the Environment, Japan) (video)
- Keiji Nishizawa (President, Private Sector Contribution to COMDEKS and the GBF, Keidanren Nature Conservation Council) (video)
- Shinobu Yume Yamaguchi (Director, UNU-IAS)
COMDEKS Video
Satoyama and COMDEKS Overview
- Rissa Edoo (COMDEKS Partnerships Specialist, GEF SGP, UNDP)
Community Roundtable Panel Discussion
- (TBC) Representative from civil society and local communities from Morocco
- (TBC) Representative from civil society and local communities from Bhutan
- (TBC) Representative from civil society and local communities from Kyrgyzstan
Q and A
Closing Remarks
(TBC) Astrid Schomaker (Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity) (video)
Organizers
The event will be co-organized by the Keidanren Committee on Nature Conservation Council (KNCC), the Ministry of the Environment of Japan (MOEJ), the GEF Small Grants Programme at UNDP, the CBD Secretariat (SCBD) and UNU-IAS.
Background
COMDEKS was launched in 2011 as a flagship program of the International Partnership of the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI), a global network which aims to build on mutually beneficial human-nature relationships where the maintenance and development of socio-economic activities align with natural processes.
At CBD COP 15, the launch of COMDEKS Phase 4 was announced, with a projected funding of one billion Japanese yen from 2023 to 2027. This phase aims to drive integrated local actions that contribute to key GBF targets, including Target 3 ("30 by 30” goal for conserving 30% of global landscapes and seascapes), Target 2 (restoring 30% of degraded land) and Target 10 (promoting sustainable use of biodiversity in sectors like agriculture and forestry). The programme also supports sustainable biodiversity use in socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS) in countries under their National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs).
