Carnaval de la Biodiversité was a unique engagement and networking evening for changemakers from COP15 of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity + The Collective of Quebec civil society for COP15 .

In the Montreal tradition of mixing people, culture, play and serious content, guests partook in refreshments, awe-inspiring performances, short talks and interactive biodiversity games. The event featured thematic circus interventions by one of Montreal’s cutting-edge troupes Le Monastère. Montreal’s famous Bois Public hand-crafted a series of interactive biodiversity-themed carnival games with ash timber recovered from Montreal’s urban forests impacted by the invasive emerald ash borer beetle. The Centre St. Jax building welcomed and inspired with a mix of vaulted historic spaces and intimate nests for lounging and private conversations.

This event brought prominent and diverse voices who are leading biodiversity conservation into a common space, and to connect these voices to leaders in business, finance, government and plural sector organizations.