MONTRÉAL, Dec. 8, 2022
/CNW/ -
MINISTER'S THOUGHT OF THE
DAY
"Today's personal highlight for me was joining forces with
Margaret Atwood to announce
14 Canadian cities who are now certified by Nature Canada as
"bird friendly" cities! Birds enrich our urban environments while
helping to balance our ecosystems, and we all benefit when we raise
awareness about the importance of bird life. Meanwhile, we are
closely following the work of negotiators who are in full swing,
though we still need to see a greater sense of urgency from
negotiating teams. Ideally, over the coming days, we can really
focus on areas of agreement and remove as many bracketed text
sections as possible ahead of the Ministerial segment next week. I
remain very optimistic, as we've already landed a number of
sections in the text in the past days. Canada is standing firm on the need for an
ambitious global biodiversity framework that puts in motion
holistic, transformative change, including the need to conserve at
least 30 percent of the global land and the global ocean while
respecting the rights of Indigenous peoples and local
communities."
The Honourable Steven Guilbeault,
Minister of Environment and Climate Change
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"First, we want to thank Canada
for its incredibly strong leadership on the kickoff of COP15. They announced major new international
funding for biodiversity conservation, as well as significant
investment in Indigenous-led conservation in Canada. They were very clear that a deal for
the post 2020 framework must include an overarching target to halt
and reverse the loss of nature. They must mobilize resources to
achieve this from all sources including governments, the private
sector, philanthropy and multilateral institutions. And they also
said this must be done in full partnership with Indigenous
peoples."
Brian
O'Donnell, Director of Campaign
for Nature
PHOTO OF THE DAY
Access to the host photographer images can be found here:
UN Biodiversity's albums | Flickr.
DAILY EVENT SUMMARY: December 8, 2022
- Nature Canada hosted an event
to announce several Canadian municipalities as a Bird Friendly
City, alongside Minister Guilbeault. Read the news release
here.
- CPAWS Quebec hosted a panel discussion which included Minister
Guilbeault. The panel's focus was, "Joining the Dialogue: Solutions
to the underlying causes of biodiversity loss."
UPCOMING EVENT SUMMARY:
December 9, 2022
Event: Federal leadership on other effective area-based
conservation measures (OECMs) in Canada (news release)
Event: Media callback to discuss the first week of
COP15 with Minister Guilbeault
Time: 9:30 a.m. to 10:00
a.m.
Location: on Zoom
Event: Indigenous-led conservation announcements: First
Nations Guardians Network and Natural Climate Solutions Program
Time: 4:00 p.m. to 5:00
p.m.
Location: Canada Pavilion, Palais des congrès de
Montréal
Event: Media scrum with Minister Guilbeault
Time: 5:00 p.m. to 5:20
p.m.
Location: Canada Pavilion, Palais des congrès de
Montréal
Event: Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) and
Indigenous leaders from across Canada are hosting a reception. Minister
Guilbeault will be in attendance.
Time: 5:30 p.m. to 6:30
p.m.
For more information on the daily schedule, visit the UN CBD
website: Convention on Biological Diversity
(cbd.int).
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