Cali, October 20, 2024. This Monday, October 21, the political-academic programming of the COP16 Green Zone, which constitutes the People's COP Action and Participation Plan, will begin. The agenda includes the participation of rural communities, Afro-descendants, indigenous peoples, rural people, women, youth, environmentalists, academics and other sectors.
This agenda will include more than 900 events that have been organized in 15 thematic areas, which will take place daily until November 1st: Conservation; Restoration & Oceans; Genetic Resources & Gender; Environmental Justice & Human Rights; Peoples & Communities; Biodiversity & Climate Change; Economics of Biodiversity & Sustainable Cities; Education & Knowledge Systems; Financing & Implementation Mechanisms; Peace with Nature; Health & Food; People's COP.
The agenda will take place in more than 12 venues in the city, including Cali's Cultural Center, Cali's Chamber of Commerce, the Banco de la República, the Banco de Occidente, the Jorge Garcés Borrero Departmental Library, the ECCI University, the Colegios de Colombia University Institution (UNICOC), the National Tax and Customs Office, the Banco de Bogotá, the Humboldt House and the Departmental Institute of Fine Arts.
The Biodiversity Summit will offer more than 1,000 events open to the community that will take place in more than 12 scenarios in the city of Cali.
The programming was made possible thanks to the active participation of various sectors of the community, who submitted their events to the open call that was launched in the first half of the year.
Green Zone, where the COP of the people comes to life
The invitation to apply for events for this agenda was public and open. Registrations were developed in the first half of 2024, initially more than 1400 proposals were received, of which 42% were submitted by social organizations. Applications were received from more than 30 countries.
All applications were rigorously evaluated by thematic leaders and professionals from the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development and the National Environmental System (SINA). One of the main aspects taken into account by the evaluators for the review of the proposals was the relevance and coherence of the events with the thematic lines and general objectives of COP16.
It should be noted that the academic and research sector in the region has joined forces to add more than 100 events to this agenda, many of which will take place at various universities. Around 20 institutions will offer programming within the framework of COP16.
This programming aims to promote the mobilization and participation of the community around COP16, bringing the community closer to various key issues for the conservation of biodiversity and the future of the planet.
La capital vallecaucana espera más de 13.000 visitantes diarios en la Zona Verde, quienes podrán ingresar totalmente gratis a los eventos de la agenda académica y cultural.
The launch of the Green Zone is scheduled to begin at 5 in the afternoon on the emblematic Bulevar del Río, on the stage known as 'Parima Farallones', located next to the La Ermita church. To this colorful display of the Black and White parade Blancos, in the middle of the musical rhythms of the caravan, the different social actors who are part of the guardians of biodiversity will be integrated.