On Tuesday, March 14, 2023, the National Sub-Committee on Biodiversity (SCNB) under the National Commission on Climate Change and Biodiversity met at the headquarters of the Department of Sustainable Development to:

• Discuss the participation of the Moroccan delegation in COP15 of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity;
• Present an analysis of the new Global Biodiversity Framework 2022—2030, the challenges related to its implementation and the positions taken by various regional groups;
• Present the analysis of the outcomes of COP 15 and the 2 COP-MOPs Nagoya and Cartagena with an emphasis on commitments to be implemented at the national level; and
• Discuss ways to improve the national implementation of COP decisions.

Representatives of young people, civil society and the private sector were present to demonstrate their participation and highlight the importance of youth integration, the gender approach, funding and scientific research for the effective implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Framework.

As the host of this meeting, the team in charge of Biological Diversity at the Ministry of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development presented a summary of the decisions taken at COP15 and the two COP-MOPs, as well as the important actions to be undertaken at the national level to ensure their implementation.

Participants discussed the need to develop a charter for the National Sub-Committee on Biological Diversity and the importance of funding the Secretariat by key actors for the preservation of biodiversity.

The meeting ended with a presentation on lessons learned from the Aichi Targets implementation exercise.