“2010 – The Global Biodiversity Challenge” convened in London, UK, from 21-23 May 2003, coinciding with the International Day for Biological Diversity on 22 May.

Organized by the CBD Secretariat in partnership with the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Center and UNDP, the meeting was the second in a series dealing with the linkages between biodiversity, sustainable development and the UN Millennium Development Goals. The meeting’s primary objective was to articulate a framework of action for achieving the 2010 biodiversity target – a target that was endorsed by the Hague Ministerial Declaration and by the World Summit on Sustainable Development’s Plan of Implementation. The Sustainable Developments report outlining these discussions in detail is available online at: http://enb.iisd.org/linkages/sd/sdgbc/