Youth Activities

Biodiversity Week 2020

The International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) takes place every year on May 22. It is the United Nations-sanctioned international day for promoting awareness around biodiversity issues. 

This year, IDB offers an opportunity for us as a global community to re-examine our relationship to the natural world, reflect on challenges and accomplishments, and renew our determination in overcoming the environmental challenges facing the world today.

The year 2020 is a pivotal year in environmental governance as we close out the UN Decade on Biodiversity 2011-2020. Thus for this year, the Convention on Biological Diversity has planned a week of celebrations concluding with IBD on May 22nd. 

Why should we work together for Biodiversity Week?

As a community that is working together to halt the loss of biodiversity, this can be an instrumental week for us to work together at all levels to show the world the importance of building a future where we are living in harmony with nature. 

In the lead up to the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15), IDB 2020 can also provide an opportunity to continue to build momentum toward the adoption of a strong and impactful Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. 

Our plan for Biodiversity Week 2020: Join Us!

Over Biodiversity Week (May 18-22), we in the Global Youth Biodiversity Network will flood the digital landscape with global conversations, calls to action, empowering videos, exciting activities and video teach-ins about the vital links between biodiversity and climate change, traditional knowledge, health, food security, and culture. 

Through this week of action, the Biodiversity Week will create awareness about the building blocks of nature and ecosystems, drive initiatives big and small, give youth across the globe a collaborative platform, and demand bold action for people and nature.