Implications of global distributive justice principles for implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

ABSTRACT: In the era of the sixth mass extinction, reversing global biodiversity loss is of vital importance for life on Earth. In 2022, parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), a strategic plan with 23 action-oriented targets to be achieved by 2030. However, biodiversity action carries direct and indirect costs that are unevenly distributed globally. Moreover, parties to the CBD may differ relative to various aspects of bearing these costs. Although the GBF implicitly acknowledges its parties' common but different responsibilities for its implementation, what this means in practice is left open. We suggested a distributive justice framework to guide global sharing of the costs of biodiversity action, with a focus on sp

SUBMITTER: Lehmann I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12856805 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature