CBD COP 16.2: Key Outcomes from a Gender Justice Perspective

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This article, presented by the CBD Women’s Caucus, offers an in-depth analysis of the resumed COP 16.2 session held in February 2025 in Rome. This moment marked another significant step in the ongoing effort to implement a gender-responsive Global Biodiversity Framework. As Parties and stakeholders reconvened to finalize negotiations on critical outstanding decisions, the Women’s Caucus actively worked to ensure that the outcomes were gender-responsive and aligned with our broader goal of advancing gender justice in biodiversity conservation.

The analysis highlights key gender-related outcomes, celebrates progress made, and identifies persistent gaps that demand continued advocacy and action.

The analysis highlights key gender-relevant outcomes in several areas, with a particular focus on the following items :

  1. Resource Mobilisation & Financial Mechanism
    • 1.1 Updated Resource Mobilisation Strategy
    • 1.2 Financial Mechanism
  2. Monitoring Framework
  3. Mechanisms for Planning, Monitoring, Reporting, and Reviewing (PMRR)
  4. Cooperation
  5. COPs Programme of Work

Authors: Amelia Arreguin (CBD WC), Cristina Eghenter (WWF International), Edda Fernandez (AVAAZ),Meenal Tatpati (W4B), and Valentina Figuera Martinez (GFC) as members of the CBD Women’sCaucus policy team.

Source: CBD Women Caucus