Biodiversity is particularly close to our hearts – and always on our minds. We are familiar with all related international agreements and connected to the relevant institutions. We know the processes and the substance, from negotiations to implementation.
Some examples of our work are:
NBSAP Analysis (for GIZ)
At CBD COP15, the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity adopted the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). To guide national implementation of the GBF they also committed to submit updated National Biodiversity Action Plans and Strategies (NBSAPs) by COP16. By the end of COP16, 44 Parties had submitted updated NBSAPs, and 119 Parties had communicated national targets to the CBD.
Based on our experience in analysing and evaluating national policy, planning and strategy documents – such as NBSAPs, NDCs or NDPs – GIZ asked GeoMedia to develop a procedural and structural concept for analysing NBSAPs, and to conduct topic-specific evaluations for the NBSAPSs submitted by countries of the Global South. To inform BMZ for policy dialogues on biodiversity, the evaluation included an assessment of the level of ambition of the NBSAPs, the identification of primary implementation challenges and bottlenecks for which countries are seeking support, and a summary of key outcomes in the form of messages.
Here is a tabular overview of our NBSAP analysis:
Biodiversity Portfolio Analysis (for BMZ)
BMZ is one of the world’s largest donors in the field of biodiversity. Its yearly financial contributions are reported to the Secretariat of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD), to the OECD and to the interested public. This reporting is based on annual biodiversity portfolio analyses that take into account bilateral commitments and ongoing measures as well as payments to multilateral organisations.
Since 2021, GeoMedia has been partnering with adelphi to support GIZ in compiling and up-dating these portfolio analyses. They are aligned to the requirements of BMZ, which also uses the data in-house for preparing BMZ-internal analyses and overviews, and for managing the biodiversity portfolio of Germany’s international co-operation programmes.