Christine von Weizsäcker and Ricarda Steinbrecher participated in the 5th Meeting of the Working Group on Review of Implementation and the 18th Session of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific Technological and Technical Advice to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Montreal. They also participated in an ETC Workshop on Synthetic Biology with a keynote by Ricarda Steinbrecher, and in a CBD Alliance Strategy meeting. Antje Lorch edited the NGO newsletter ECO of the CBD Alliance.