COP27 events

The panel will include high-level spokespeople across IPLC, business, policy, science and civil society to increase visibility of CBD COP and make the link between meeting climate targets and the global biodiversity framework.

Conserving high integrity forests is critical to the Paris goals and the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests. Leading researchers will share the latest scientific developments on this topic.

The Tropical Forest Credit Integrity (TFCI) Guide provides companies with guidance, developed by consensus among a coalition of environmental NGOs and Indigenous Peoples organizations, on how to differentiate tropical forest carbon credits by impact, quality, and scale.

Accelerating the transition to renewable energy is critical for progress toward Paris goals. However, conflicts over land use may slow the transition if concerns about potential impacts to biodiversity and local communities are not proactively addressed.

To achieve meaningful reductions in forest carbon emissions at the scale needed by 2030 requires expanding from stand-alone site-based REDD+ activities, which currently represent most of the Voluntary Carbon Market, into large-scale nationally led programs and intervention activities.

This session marks the launch of the IUCN CCC led by Manuel Pulgar-Vidal along with the presentation of its objectives, vision, and Steering Committee members. The session also includes the participation of leaders from other IUCN commissions to discuss how they can best find synergies and support climate goals.

Nature Tech can help to address the interrelated challenges of climate change and nature loss, supporting global climate, nature and sustainability goals. Given the point we are at in both these crises, we need all the innovation, speed and scalability of technology that we can throw at it, working alongside science and with the appropriate guardrails in place.

A moderated panel discussion featuring leading voices from the federal government, business, state entities and stakeholders in the U.S. who have helped shape and participate in recent policy and funding actions pertaining to climate mitigation and resilience.

Can we unlock billions of dollars of climate finance for nature-based solutions this decade? Not if we can’t measure, report, and verify (MRV) the carbon impacts of our interventions.

The Pew Charitable Trusts and the Australian Government will host a panel discussion on the opportunities and challenges of implementing global standards for Nature-based Solutions (NbS).

Join us for an interactive event bringing voices from the frontlines of climate impact together with the latest science around climate adaptation to share a hopeful message: local heroes are successfully leading coastal adaptation work all over the world and new science provides a roadmap for helping communities, coral reefs, and fisheries adapt and survive in the face of climate change.

The purpose of this event is to host a brief discussion about dynamic new ocean partnerships, where they came from, why they matter, and how these partnerships can contribute to greater impact.