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FAO / UN BIODIVERSITY COP 16.2

As more than 150 countries convene in Rome from 25 to 27 February for the resumed session of the 16th UN Biodiversity Conference, FAO is calling for bold action to transform agrifood systems and support global biodiversity goals.

Language English, Spanish

Duration 3m43s

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Video Type Video News Release (VNR)

Date 02/25/2025

File size 491.77 MB

Unique ID UF19FBL

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Shotlist STORY: FAO / UN BIODIVERSITY COP 16.2
TRT: 03’:43’’
SOURCE: FAO
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT FAO ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / SPANISH / NATS
DATELINE: 24 FEBRUARY 2025, ROME, ITALY

SHOTLIST:

1. Wide shot, FAO Headquarters in Rome
2. Med shot, people arriving at FAO
3. Pan right, sign reading “FAO Biodiversity COP16.2”
4. Wide shot, FAO plenary hall FAO Director-General QU Dongyu speaking
5. Wide shot, participants attending the event
6. Top shot, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu speaking
7. SOUNDBITE (English), QU Dongyu, FAO Director-General: “The initiative provides us with a collective mechanism to help governments build capacity, identify and implement strategic levers across agrifood sectors to achieve their national biodiversity targets.”
8. Med shot, screen showing María Susana Muhamad González, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development and President of COP16, speaking
9. Med shot, María Susana Muhamad González speaking
10. SOUNDBITE (English), María Susana Muhamad González, Colombia Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development and President of COP16: “If we shift the investments from agriculture that is destructive and we put it in agriculture that is socially inclusive and biodiverse, we would be making such a change in terms of the health of the planet.”
11. Med shot, Martha Carvajalino, Colombia Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development speaking
12. Wid shot, Martha Carvajalino, Colombia Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development speaking
13. SOUNDBITE (English), Martha Carvajalino, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development:
14. “None of this can be done if we do not advance a multilateral agenda, a global collective action, which not only puts the discussion in the international community, but also ensures that we make progress, that we manage to distribute the environmental burdens, the economic burdens, the social burdens. Building peace with nature implies building peace with communities.”
15. Med shot, audience listening
16. Wide shot, Astrid Schomaker, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), speaking
17. SOUNDBITE (English), Astrid Schomaker, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD): “From our side at the CBD, our message is very clear, biodiversity is for us the foundation of food security and the foundation of nutrition. And agriculture as we know it, we believe would collapse without healthy biodiversity.
18. Top shot, FAO Director-General speaking
19. Med shot, screen showing FAO Director-General speaking
20. SOUNDBITE (English), QU Dongyu, FAO Director-General: “Biodiversity provides the foundation for food production, and provides essential ecosystem services such as soil fertility, pest control, and climate adaptation.”
21. Wide shot, screen showing FAO Director-General speaking and audience listening
22. Med shot, audience listening
23. SOUNDBITE (English), QU Dongyu, FAO Director-General: “The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, adopted at COP15, provides the common ground to work together. Over half of the Framework’s 23 targets are directly related to agriculture.”
24. Wide shot, FAO Director-General speaking
25. Med shot, ribbon cutting at the inauguration of the ‘Italian Biodiversity Exhibition’ organized by Italian Carabinieri in the FAO atrium. From left to right: Fabrizio Parrulli, Carabinieri Command of Forestry, Environmental and Agri-food Units (CUFAA), FAO Director-General QU Dongyu, Bruno Archi, Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations in Rome
26. Various of FAO Director-General QU Dongyu visiting the ‘Italian Biodiversity Exhibition’
27. Tilt up, from FAO 80th anniversary logo to screens of the FAO ‘Biodiversity for food security’ digital exhibit
28. Med shot, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu (right) visiting the FAO ‘Biodiversity for food security’ digital exhibit with Florika Fink-Hooijer Director-General of the Environment Department of the European Commission (center-right), Astrid Schomaker, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (center-left), Kaveh Zahedi, Director of the FAO Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment
29. Pull focus, ‘Biodiversity for food security’ digital exhibit

Script As more than 150 countries convene in Rome from 25 to 27 February for the resumed session of the 16th United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP16.2), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is calling for bold action to transform agrifood systems and support global biodiversity goals. Hosting a high-level meeting at its headquarters on the eve of the conference, FAO emphasized that agrifood systems must work in harmony with biodiversity to ensure a sustainable future for both people and the planet.

The event built on the momentum generated last October at COP16 in Cali, Colombia, where FAO, the Government of Colombia, and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Secretariat launched the Agri-NBSAPs Support Initiative. The Initiative aims to assist governments in integrating agrifood systems into National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) and their implementation explained FAO Director-General QU Dongyu while opening the event.

SOUNDBITE (English), QU Dongyu, FAO Director-General: “The initiative provides us with a collective mechanism to help governments build capacity, identify and implement strategic levers across agrifood sectors to achieve their national biodiversity targets.”

Qu was joined by Colombian officials María Susana Muhamad González, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development and President of COP16, and Martha Carvajalino, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, as well as Astrid Schomaker, Executive Secretary of the CBD, and ministers from several countries, who reaffirmed their commitment to implementing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF), keeping agrifood systems front and center.

COP16 President Muhamad recognized FAO’s crucial role in bringing food security and agriculture into the core of the Global Biodiversity framework and welcomed the partnership with Colombia and the CBD in the Agri-NBSAPs Support Initiative, highlighting that it is a very important joint effort that she hopes to see materialized.

SOUNDBITE (English), María Susana Muhamad González, Colombia Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development and President of COP16: “If we shift the investments from agriculture that is destructive and we put it in agriculture that is socially inclusive and biodiverse, we would be making such a change in terms of the health of the planet.”

Minister Carvajalino stressed the urgency of global collaboration to align agriculture and environmental strategies, emphasizing that Colombia aims to address shared challenges and push this discussion to the forefront with FAO support, highlighting sustainable food production as indispensable to end hunger.

SOUNDBITE (English), Martha Carvajalino, Colombia Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development:
“None of this can be done if we do not advance a multilateral agenda, a global collective action, which not only puts the discussion in the international community, but also ensures that we make progress, that we manage to distribute the environmental burdens, the economic burdens, the social burdens. Building peace with nature implies building peace with communities.”

CBD Executive Secretary Schomaker said that biodiversity is fundamental to food security and nutrition, and that transforming agrifood systems is crucial for achieving both biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. She highlighted the importance of an integrated approach working with farmers to integrate biodiversity into national strategies, noting the broader consequences for peace and climate stability.

SOUNDBITE (English), Astrid Schomaker, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD): “From our side at the CBD, our message is very clear, biodiversity is for us the foundation of food security and the foundation of nutrition. And agriculture as we know it, we believe would collapse without healthy biodiversity.

Biodiversity is essential for food production, providing key ecosystem services such as pollination, soil fertility, pest control, and climate regulation. The ongoing degradation of ecosystems poses significant risks, with an estimated 3 billion lives at stake, particularly among vulnerable populations. The loss of pollinators could have huge negative impact on food security as up to 75 percent of the world's food crops depends at least in part on pollination.

SOUNDBITE (English), QU Dongyu, FAO Director-General: “Biodiversity provides the foundation for food production, and provides essential ecosystem services such as soil fertility, pest control, and climate adaptation.”

The FAO Director-General emphasized the importance of implementing the KMGBF, adopted at COP15, to address these challenges. Over half of the Framework’s 23 targets are directly related to agriculture, he noted, underscoring the need for countries to integrate agrifood systems into their NBSAPs. He explained that biodiversity is also in the soil and in the water and that it is critical to look at biodiversity from a holistic, three-dimensional perspective.

SOUNDBITE (English), QU Dongyu, FAO Director-General: “The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, adopted at COP15, provides the common ground to work together. Over half of the Framework’s 23 targets are directly related to agriculture.”

He warned that financial investment remains a crucial factor in achieving biodiversity goals, and integrating agrifood systems into national biodiversity strategies and action plans can unlock funding opportunities through international mechanisms, public-private partnerships, and national budgets.

SOUNDBITE (English), QU Dongyu, FAO Director-General: “We also need to increase the availability and affordability of financial services for biodiversity and agrifood systems.”

With unfinished negotiations from Cali now back on the table at COP16.2, the resumed session in Rome marks a decisive moment for the global biodiversity agenda. Key discussions this week include finalizing financial mechanisms to mobilize the estimated $200 billion per year needed to implement the KMGBF, as well as refining monitoring frameworks to track progress.
FAO is playing a central role in supporting countries to integrate biodiversity into agrifood systems and agrifood systems into biodiversity plans and actions, ensuring that policies and actions simultaneously deliver both biodiversity and food security benefits. As negotiations continue, FAO remains committed to bridging the gap between ambition and implementation, fostering cross-sector collaboration, and securing essential resources to protect biodiversity while ensuring food security for future generations.

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