In October 2010 in Nagoya, Japan, the 10th Conference of the Parties to the CBD welcomed the contribution of the UN system through the EMG to the new biodiversity strategic plan targets and called on the EMG to contribute to the international decade on biodiversity 2011-2021. COP 10 specifically invited the EMG “in building on its biodiversity report to identify measures for effective and efficient implementation the Strategic Plan across the United Nations system and provide a report on its work to CBD COP 11.
Senior Officials of the EMG at its 16th meeting in September 2010 decided to continue the work of the EMG Issue Management Group on biodiversity for another two years to implement the biodiversity component of the EMG work plan for 2011 – 2012 with a view to:
a) Implement the findings of the report “Advancing the biodiversity agenda, A UN system wide Contribution” and the statement by Executive Heads of EMG members; and
b) Respond to any requests made to it from the UNGA high-level event on biodiversity, the 10th COP of the CBD and the preparatory process for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. More ……