About Us
Who we are
Nature4Climate (N4C) is a coalition of organizations across the environmental sector, all dedicated to helping raise the profile of nature as a solution for a more sustainable, equitable and nature-positive future.
Our goal is to accelerate the implementation of nature-based solutions (NbS) on a global scale, using communications, advocacy and movement building to catalyse government action and private sector investment into the protection, restoration and sustainable management of ecosystems. The ultimate objective is to unlock nature’s full climate potential to mitigate 10 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually by 2030.
What we want
We cannot achieve the 1.5ºC target of the UN Climate Paris agreement without nature. It’s that simple and that important.
We need to protect, restore, and sustainably manage our natural ecosystems while supporting the people that live in them. This is a crucial task that needs to be undertaken alongside decarbonization and the energy transition – we need to do all of these things.
The Nature4Climate coalition works to contribute to this goal by sharing policy guidance, scientific data, key resources and inspiring stories of communities leading nature-based solutions (NbS) projects on the ground. We also lead collective campaigns and advocacy, flagship events, and strategic partnerships with stakeholders such as investors, financial institutions, corporates, and civil society groups to accelerate investments and implementation of high-integrity NbS projects.
Our primary objective is to build the case for nature-based climate solutions with key decision makers by championing five essential strategic contributions towards a nature breakthrough:
Nature4Climate leads global unbranded communications and advocacy campaigns designed to mainstream the idea of a nature positive world alongside net zero, and to place nature-based solutions at the heart of climate action during key decision-making moments such as major global conferences and regional climate weeks.
By 2025, at COP 30, the parties and signatories of the Paris Agreement will present their final revised NDCs. We are advocating for these NDCs to incorporate nature-based solutions (NbS) that can deliver up to 10 MtCO2 per year and enhance resilience and adaptation for both people and nature, further contributing to achieving the targets set by the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF).
To achieve this, N4C tracks and measures the increasing public ambition for NbS, while continuing to advocate to place nature at the heart of government decision making. We also champion the implementation of policies and public budgets that facilitate the delivery of high-quality NbS for the benefit of people and nature.
From international organizations to national governments and local communities, people are deploying good practices and addressing lessons learned in every region of the planet. N4C links science, policy-making and case studies to tell stories of projects that consider protection, restoration, and improved land management actions in forests, wetlands, grasslands, and agricultural lands. By supporting community-led approaches and amplifying local voices, N4C aims to bring their expertise at the forefront of discussions and media coverage. This inclusive approach fosters a deeper understanding of solutions relevant to Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs), respects cultural contexts, and tackles diverse climate challenges.
N4C coordinates intelligence sharing and unbranded communications focused on addressing common misconceptions around nature-based solutions, including facilitating discussions around carbon markets and results-based payments, as well as supporting the ‘nature tech’ movement to back investments and acceleration of high-integrity NbS projects.
A transformation of the global economy is essential for its harmonious operation with nature and climate. The goal is to accomplish this transition by 2030, incentivising activities that eradicate deforestation and land degradation. This means scaling up finance towards sustainable commodity production, and maintaining dialogue with financial institutions, corporations, and decision makers about NbS projects’ opportunities and altering investment portfolios. To unlock these private resources to nature, N4C promotes events, reports, opinion articles and campaigns that also emphasize key messages related to shifting finance away from driving deforestation and primary land-use conversion.
Nature4Climate brings together organizations around the world in a joint effort to drive investment, build trust and accelerate the implementation at scale of nature-based solutions on the ground.
Member Organizations
Affiliated Organizations
N4C Secretariat
The Secretariat is housed in The Nature Conservancy office in London, United Kingdom.
Lucy Almond
Chair
Lucy is the Chair of the Nature4Climate coalition, a strategic mobilization response to climate change...
Emmylie Borg
Strategic Partnerships Lead
Emmylie Borg Nilsson is a Swedish communications professional based in the UK...
Patricia da Matta
Communications Lead
Patricia da Matta is a Brazilian journalist whose expertise in communications strategies for dynamic audiences...
Mariana Ceccon
Communications Coordinator
Mariana Ceccon is a multimedia Brazilian journalist with a strong background in content production and storytelling...
Nimshani Khawe
Project Coordinator
Currently serving as the N4C Project Coordinator, Nimshani focuses on movement building, aiming to foster a robust, diverse, and inclusive membership organization...
Sarah Rose
Vice President
Audubon
Lucy Almond
Chair
Lucy is the Chair of the Nature4Climate coalition, a strategic mobilization response to climate change. She has helped to catalyze action and investment in nature-based solutions to climate change, playing a central role in bringing together many different sectors of civil society to create an alliance of resolute partners committed to addressing the climate crisis and protecting and restoring our natural ecosystems. Lucy helped launch the initiative and since 2017, has guided its influencing strategy, building awareness of nature-based solutions, and engaging with governments and the private sector. Lucy’s past experience has been invaluable: drawing on her background as an international strategic communications specialist in the energy and natural resources sector, with experience at The World Economic Forum, The Nature Conservancy, BP and at her own consultancy.
James Lloyd
Director
His background is as a UK based environmental activist. Having spent a decade working in and around the UK Parliament advising Political Parties and several large NGOs. James is currently the project lead for Nature4Climate, an international multi-sectoral strategic communications and advocacy platform. At its core is the objective that natural climate solutions that are capable of being one-third of the solution to climate change by 2030. N4C targets and networks international leaders to build ambition and accelerate delivery. James is a catalyst whose work is a mission to help to nurtures a hotbed of ‘regenerative’ ideas that over the next decade have the potential of meeting the triple challenge of ending biodiversity decline slowing dangerous climate change and reducing poverty.
Emmylie Borg
Strategic Partnerships Lead
Emmylie Borg Nilsson is a Swedish communications professional based in the UK. She has been with The Nature Conservancy and Nature4Climate since 2019, specialising in strategic communications, partnership management and project delivery for large-scale global initiatives. For the past couple of years, Emmylie has been leading on project delivery of the Nature Zone partnership at the UNFCCC CoP26 and CoP27. Before joining The Nature Conservancy, Emmylie spent several years working for international PR and Public Affairs firms with development and implementation of multi-channel campaigns focused on awareness raising, advocacy, and behavioural change. Most notably, she led partnership strategy for the award-winning #BetterThanThat campaign in 2017, raising awareness of the rising number of post-Brexit hate crimes in the UK. Emmylie has a MSc in Political Science from The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
Patricia da Matta
Communications Lead
Patricia da Matta is a Brazilian journalist whose expertise in communications strategies for dynamic audiences. Passionate about storytelling, for over 12 years, she has engaged in strategy design and implementation for communications endeavors across many fields, including climate action, sustainable agriculture, and energy, for private, governmental and NGOs in Brazil and abroad. She joins TNC from the UNFCCC Secretariat, where she helped design the communications framework for the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform, as well as the Nairobi Work Programme. Previously, Patricia has held positions at the digital team dedicated to deliver the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games and the Brazilian Trade and Investment Agency, where she led the communications and outreach plan for the Brazilian Pavilion at COP24. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Patricia thrives in multicultural environments and has lived in the United States, France, Scotland and Sweden, the latter where she received her master’s degree in Global Studies at the University of Gothenburg.
Mariana Ceccon
Communications Coordinator
Mariana Ceccon is a multimedia Brazilian journalist with a strong background in content production and storytelling.. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Social Communication – Journalism from the Universidade Federal do Paraná, as well as a Master’s degree in International Affairs and Diplomacy from the United Nations Institute for Training and Research. Her master’s thesis addresses care as a political and security response to global threats, including climate change. Over the course of her 12-year career, Mariana has been awarded the Young Journalist Prize from the Vladimir Herzog Institute of Human Rights. She has worked for diverse media outlets, covering a wide range of topics such as international news, politics, nature-based solutions (NbS), science, and innovation. Prior to joining N4C, Mariana held the role of editor at the United Nations Information Centre in Rio de Janeiro. In this capacity, she covered UN operations and major international summits, including COPs 26 and 27.
Nimshani Khawe
Project Coordinator
Currently serving as the N4C Project Coordinator, Nimshani focuses on movement building, aiming to foster a robust, diverse, and inclusive membership organization. Her responsibilities include delivering membership value, monitoring and reporting progress, and cultivating relationships with IPLCs and youth groups engaged in NbS, amplifying their influence in the climate-nature discourse. Nimshani, an Italian with Sri Lankan roots, holds an MSc in Geography specializing in Environmental Risks and Human Security from the United Nations University in Bonn. With a rich background in various geographical settings and multicultural teams, in the past Nimshani has actively contributed to sustainable development and climate mitigation and adaptation efforts. Her roles have encompassed advocacy, high-level regional and national event planning in Asia and the Pacific, research, and analysis across diverse organizations, including the Ministry of Sustainable Development in Colombo, UNESCAP and UNEP in Bangkok, and the German Development Institute in Bonn.
Chris Zganjar
NCS Science Advisor
During Chris’ tenure at The Nature Conservancy, he has conducted and supported climate adaptation and mitigation research on four continents. He has developed innovative conservation and natural system management approaches using climate change impacts analyses and decision support applications that guide Conservancy programs and partners. Chris has led the development of numerous initiatives that directly support project implementation, global policy and communications, and the visualization and dissemination of cutting-edge scientific research that connects science to action. Currently, Chris is a Natural Climate Solutions (NCS) Specialist at The Nature Conservancy where he is leading the development of naturebase, an online platform that will allow decision makers to put Natural Climate Solutions into action, by showing where and which NCS activities have the highest climate, biodiversity, and human-wellbeing benefits and likelihood of success.