In 2022, 195 countries and the EU agreed on the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, paving the way towards taking urgent action to halt and reverse biodiversity loss and set nature on the path to recovery. In February 2026, these countries will submit a national report to the Convention on Biological Diversity, summarizing their progress towards achieving the 4 goals for 2050 and the 23 targets for 2030 defined by the Framework. For the first time, civil society organizations and lower levels of government, like municipalities, have the opportunity to also submit a Non-State Actor report and contribute to get inputs into the global assessment of the progress, the Global Review Report. The deadline is 28 February 2026.
Finn Danielsen and Gitte Kragh, researchers from the more4nature partner NORDECO (Nordic Foundation for Development and Ecology) are offering up-to-date information about the process to any civil society organization engaged in citizen science or community-based monitoring and keen on contributing with a report. In addition, the researchers are gathering as many experiences as possible to broadly share the community’s key takeaways and foster collective learning from this unique process.
If you submit a Non-State Actor report and would like to share your experiences with this new process, please write to fd@nordeco.dk and gitte@citizenscience.dk.
Find below some relevant information on how to contribute with a Non-State Actor report to the Convention on Biological Diversity before 28 February 2026.
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