In December 2022, 196 Parties to the CBD came together to agree the GBF, which consists of four goals and 23 targets, with the overall mission of halting and reversing biodiversity loss globally by 2030. Parties also adopted an enhanced approach to planning, monitoring, reporting and review, including a comprehensive set of indicators, and agreed to update their National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) to outline how they would implement the GBF in line with their own national circumstances. 

Devolution allows the four countries of the UK to tailor GBF implementation to their unique circumstances, and each has set out biodiversity and wider environmental plans and actions through which to do so – including on agriculture, pollution, climate change, food waste and the circular economy. These sit alongside jointly prepared plans and strategies such as the UK Marine Strategy (UKMS) and documents addressing reserved matters. The UK Biodiversity Framework (UKBF) demonstrates the ongoing commitment of the four countries of the UK to continue to work together collaboratively to achieve the goals and targets of the GBF.

In addition the forthcoming UK Overseas Territories Biodiversity Strategy, coupled with ongoing and planned initiatives in each of the UKOTs and CDs, will provide an opportunity to incorporate and address elements of the GBF within those OTs and CDs that have the CBD extended to them. 

The UK NBSAP for 2030 draws on the commitments made by the UK and the UKOTs and CDs to summarise and emphasise our collective ambition and determination to work together to address biodiversity loss. The UK NBSAP commits the UK to achieving all 23 of the GBF targets at home. 

The UK submitted a set of National Targets to the CBD on 1 August 2024. They include a subset of country-level commitments to illustrate the actions by which the GBF will be delivered in the UK. This is publicly available on the CBD Online Reporting Tool. 

The NBSAP and Online Reporting Tool will be reviewed and updated as required, in line with plans and actions at the UK and country level, and the four countries of the UK will continue to work collaboratively to review national indicators for use as appropriate to monitor implementation of the GBF.

Chapter 1 of the UK NBSAP for 2030 outlines what the GBF is and why it matters. Chapter 2 summarises the incredible biodiversity of the UK and the UKOTs and CDs, and the threats it faces. Chapters 3 to 5 detail the UK’s approach to implementing the GBF, and Chapter 6 presents the UK’s approach to monitoring implementation. Annex A lists the UK National Targets published on the CBD Online Reporting Tool.

This document was updated on 03/04/2025 to reflect latest Ministerial signatures. This replaces the version published on the ORT 06/03/2025.