Championing Biodiversity on the Global Stage
Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia 22 October 2024
Emeritus Professor Tan Sri Zakri Abdul Hamid, Joint Chairman (Government) of MIGHT, represented Malaysia at the Sixteenth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 16), held in Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, under the theme “Peace with Nature.” The Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development of the Republic of Colombia invited Tan Sri Zakri to participate in the panel discussion focused on multilevel governance strategies for effectively implementing, monitoring, and reporting of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. His insights drew from decades of international leadership in biodiversity and sustainability, including his founding role in the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). Tan Sri Zakri also engaged in a dialogue with Ms Astrid Schomaker, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, exploring avenues for deeper collaboration on biodiversity protection between Malaysia and the global community.
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