Third International Conference on Health and Biodiversity to be held in Galway City, Ireland, in 2026
Galway, 23rd December 2025
The Cohab Initiative Secretariat is pleased to announce that the third International Conference on Health and Biodiversity, Cohab 3, will be held in Galway City,...
Partner Spotlight: IAI - the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research
19th December 2025
IAI - the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research
Founded in 1992 by the Declaration of Montevideo, the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) i...
Dublin, Ireland 28th November 2025
Starting in December, the Cohab Initiative website will begin a series of monthly articles highlighting the activities of organisations and individuals working at...
Panamá City hosts two intergovernmental meetings on biodiversity, 20th - 30th October 2025
Panamá City, 17th October 2025
From 20th to 24th October in Panamá City, the Government of Panamá will host the 27th meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technologic...
A note from Cohab’s founder and Executive Director
Dublin, October 2025
For any individual or organisation who advocates for biodiversity, there are many people who one could point to as an insp...
High Seas Biodiversity Treaty - an opportunity for Blue One Health
Geneva, Switzerland, 22nd September 2025
Last week, a landmark treaty to protect the biodiversity of the high seas reached the milestone of 60 signatories required for it to enter into force.  ...
World Health Assembly adopts historic Global Pandemic Agreement
Geneva, Switzerland, 20th May 2025
After a four-year process of negotiations, the 194 member states of the World Health Organisation have endorsed a global accord to support international ...
Major scientific report connects the dots between our pressing environmental challenges - biodiversity, food, water, health and climate
Windhoek, Namibia, 17th December 2024
The issues of climate change, biodiversity loss, food and nutrition insecurity, and the availability of fresh water are intimately interconnected, and dealing ...
UN’s nature conservation body adopts Global Action Plan on Biodiversity and Health
Cali, Colombia, 1st November 2024
The negotiating body of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) today adopted its first Global Action Plan for Biodiversity and Health, at its 16t...
UN biodiversity summit adopts a new Global Biodiversity Framework
Montreal, Canada, 19th December 2022
Today at the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP15) in Montreal, the international comm...
Launch of the EU-wide SELINA project on biodiversity, ecosystem services and natural capital
Hannover, Germany, 14th September 2022
A major European scientific research initiative to translate the science of ecosystem services into effective decision making was formally launched today in H...