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.

Ricarda Steinbrecher and Christine von Weizsäcker attended this preparation meeting for the Eighteenth Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technological and Technical Advice of the Convention on Biological Diversity.

Christine von Weizsäcker attended as NGO representative.

Antje Lorch participated as civil society representative at the Informal Advisory Board meeting of the Biosafety Clearing House of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.

Final NGO Press Conference Condemned to Succeed – NGO Demands to COP 9 in Bonn (Zum Erfolg verdammt – Anforderungen der NGOs an die UN-Konferenz in Bonn), presented by Christine von Weizsäcker as presenter and as interview partner on Access and Benefit-sharing, organized by COP-Project Office, Deutscher Naturschutzring, DNR (German Umbrella Organisation of Environmental NGOs) and D. NRO Forum Umwelt und Entwicklung (German NGO Forum Environment and Development

Meeting of Head of the German Delegation at COP9 with all representatives of Civil Society Organizations present at the negotiations, in Bonn, Germany, with an update by Christine von Weizsäcker on the negotiations of the regime on Access and Benefit-Sharing.

CBD Alliance Board meeting with Christine von Weizsäcker as board member

Participation in the Ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 9) in Bonn, Germany

NGO Capacity Building Day for Convention on Biological Diversity with an introductory keynote and discussion by Christine von Weizsäcker, in Bonn, Germany, organized by CBD Alliance and the German NGO Forum for Environment and Development

Participation in the civil society event Planet Diversity, paralell to MOP4, with a March for Diversity, a Civil Society Symposium, workshops on the negotiations, and press conferences, in Bonn, Germany