Report of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice on its twenty-fifth meeting

Invites the Expert Group, time permitting and as appropriate, to provide advice on the wording of the list of binary questions, with the support of the Executive Secretary and in a manner consistent with the agreed language of the goals and targets of the Framework, which would be provided in the form of an explanatory note based on the annex to the present recommendation to facilitate discussions. [...] Once established, the Group shall inform the Bureau of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice and the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties of its work and exchange relevant information with the committee for the global review under the Subsidiary Body on Implementation, if established. [...] Takes note of document CBD/SBSTTA/25/4, which contains the results of the initial rapid analysis of programmes of work of the Convention and some of the related guidance, guidelines and tools produced under the Convention with regard to the goals and targets of the Framework, and notes the need for further analysis; 2. [...] Notes the relevance of the findings of the assessment, which calls for the recognition and consideration of integrating diverse knowledge and value systems, valuation methods and concepts and world views of nature in policymaking and decision-making to leverage a transformative change towards sustainable and just futures for people and nature, and thus for the implementation of the Kunming-Montrea. [...] Recognizes the relevance of the assessment as an important input for the implementation of the programme of work on the implementation of Article 8(j) and other provisions of the Convention7,8 and the Joint Programme of Work on the Links Between Biological and Cultural Diversity;9 5.