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The ‘finance’ COP, held in Baku over the past two weeks, has finally drawn to a close – albeit 33 hours (or is it decades?) too late. Tasked with addressing one of the most pressing questions for climate action – how to finance global mitigation and adaptation efforts – the 29th edition of the UN Climate Change Conference, COP29, concluded with an agreement that marks progress, but which fell short of what many were calling for, leaving us with mixed reactions to the ultimate COP outcome.

A global group of 80 NGOs, business coalitions, companies, Indigenous Peoples organizations and influential individuals has issued an urgent ‘COP29 Nature Statement’ calling for UNFCCC Parties to properly recognize and finance nature’s role in addressing the climate crisis, or risk undermining global efforts to limit global warming to 1.5C.

The socio-bioeconomy market in Brazil and its potential to tackle climate change globally is the topic of a new documentary produced by Nature4Climate and If Not Us Then Who. The film, the last of the ‘Nature in Action series’, stars Brazilian blackberry açaí producers Uasei, an Indigenous Association in Oiapoque (Amazon State of Amapá), as a case study. In just two years, the practice has been securing revenue streams for over 200 families.

The third five-year cycle of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), due in 2025, represents a crucial opportunity to scale up global emissions reductions and strengthen the resilience of communities and ecosystems by integrating environmental integrity considerations and Nature-based Solutions (NbS) more prominently into NDCs. The second edition of the Nature4Climate coalition’s Guide for Including Nature in NDCs has been developed to assist national policymakers and technical experts involved in the revision and implementation of 2025 NDCs.

Ahead of his meeting with President Biden, Carlos A. Nobre, a leading researcher on forests and climate change, published an opinion piece stating that forest protection isn’t Brazil’s burden alone. Over half of Earth’s forests are in just five countries, four of which are G20 members.

On the day of the G20 Summit in Brazil, new data launched by Nature4Climate reveals the 20 world’s largest economies could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 3370 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per year (MtCO2e) – comparable to India’s total emissions in 2023 – by prioritising nature in their climate strategy plans.

The new update of the Nature4Climate Commitment Tracker reveals that 48% of the joint action commitments to accelerate the implementation of nature-based solutions are stagnant, showing little or no evidence of progress. Of these, 14% have no published evidence of any action or progress in 2024, marking the highest number of paralyzed commitments since the series began.

In the first week of the climate summit, dubbed the ‘Finance COP’, nature’s presence in the negotiations was as scarce as sunlight for those roaming inside the built walls of the Baku ‘Olympic’ Stadium. As decisive as the second of the three Rio Conventions’ Conferences of 2024 is to unlock much-needed finance and implementation of efforts to combat climate change, much has been left for the final run. But the ball is still rolling.

Brazil’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Marina Silva, sits down with Nature4Climate to discuss her ambitious vision for COP30. Silva outlines Brazil’s plans to unify the three Rio Conventions and commitments on biodiversity, desertification, and climate change at COP30.

We find ourselves now one week after Cali, the chosen home for the 2024 UNCBD COP, one week to Baku, host of the UNFCCC COP, and one month to Saudi Arabia, site of the UNCCD COP; and the journey ahead seems ever so long. But even as you, navigators of the Rio Conventions, might be feeling a bit out of breath, here are a few reasons to just keep swimming.

REDD+ is an important solution to climate change, but it is also one of the most confusing acronyms you’ll come across in the climate space. The Nature4Climate Coalition demystifies the climate movement’s most infamous acronym in a new glossary. Click to read more.”

New research from Nature4Climate and Arboretica reveals that while progress has been achieved, the gap between policy commitments and budget allocation for nature, food and climate action remains far too wide. Analysing over 1,300 policies from 190 countries, the fourth edition of the NbS Policy Tracker shows that only one-third (33%) of nature-related policies published since the Paris Agreement have allocated budgets.

Nature4Climate, Nature Tech Collective, KPMG, Climate Collective and Serena launched the new report Integrating nature tech: A guide for businesses tracking advances in the nature tech market. This new resource includes case studies from major companies like Salesforce, Bank of America, Bloomberg, Foresight, Axa, Volvo, and HSBC. It demonstrates how they are using AI, satellite data, IoT, and other digital tools to reduce costs, mitigate environmental risks, and build nature-positive business models.

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