Christine von Weizsäcker, Antje Lorch, Helena Paul and Ricarda Steinbrecher participated in the 14th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP14), 9th Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, and the 3rd Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits arising from their Utilization (MOP3) in Sharm El Sheik from 15 to 29 November.

Christine von Weizsäcker participated in the 12th meeting of the Liason Group on Capacity-building for Biosafety, This is a small group of experts chosen ad personam, and it gave input on the Post2020 Agenda of the CBD.

Christine von Weizsäcker and other Ecoropa members participated in the 22nd meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technological and Technical Advice (SBSTTA 22) followed by the 2nd meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI 2) in Montreal from 29 June till 13 July.
Topic included Conflict of Interest.

Christine von Weizsäcker co-organized a conference call with members of the Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN) in preparation for SBSTTA 22.

Christine von Weizsäcker participated in European Expert Meeting in Preparation of the Twenty-second Meeting of SBSTTA in Vilm, organized by the Bundesamt für Naturschutz

Christine von Weizsäcker participated in the 6th German National Forum on IPBES, organized by the Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz, Bau und Reaktorsicherheit und Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung

Christine von Weizsäcker and Antje Lorch participated in the 10th Meeting of the Open-ended Intersessional Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity.

Christine von Weizsäcker and Ricarda Steinbrecher presented during a side event organized by ETC Group, Federation of German Scientists, Econexus, Ecoropa, GYBN and the Heinrich Boell Foundation. The publication “The Big Bad Fix. The Case against Climate Geoengineering” was also launched during this event.

Christine von Weizsäcker, Helena Paul, Ricarda Steinbrecher and Antje Lorch participated in the 21st Meeting of the Subsidary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 21) in Montreal.

Christine von Weizsäcker met with Dr Lim Li Ching of the Third World Network (TWN) to discuss the AHTEG meeting and Conflict of Interest Policy.