Events

The 10th World Water Forum will take place in Bali, Indonesia from 18 to 24 May 2024. With the theme “Water for Shared Prosperity”. The 10th World Water Forum provides a unique platform where the water community and key decision makers can collaborate and make long term progress on global water challenges. By participating in the 10th World Water Forum you will contribute to responding to the challenges of water and sanitation of our time.

Bees and other pollinators, such as butterflies, bats and hummingbirds, are increasingly under threat from human activities.

Pollination is, however, a fundamental process for the survival of our ecosystems. Nearly 90% of the world’s wild flowering plant species depend, entirely, or at least in part, on animal pollination, along with more than 75% of the world’s food crops and 35% of global agricultural land. Not only do pollinators contribute directly to food security, but they are key to conserving biodiversity.

To raise awareness of the importance of pollinators, the threats they face and their contribution to sustainable development, the UN designated 20 May as World Bee Day.

The goal is to strengthen measures aimed at protecting bees and other pollinators, which would significantly contribute to solving problems related to the global food supply and eliminate hunger in developing countries.

We all depend on pollinators and it is, therefore, crucial to monitor their decline and halt the loss of biodiversity.

This invite-only event is tailored to professional investors and Brazil’s top NbS business leaders, with a focus on the investment case for NbS within Brazil’s climate transition plan. The day will begin with macro opportunity and context setting sessions on the policy context, risk management, and catalytic finance led by leading experts in the field.

Following these sessions, will be featured presentations by 25+ nature-positive opportunities spanning funds, project developers, and enterprises across asset classes and solutions including agroforestry, the forest bioeconomy, regenerative agriculture, ecosystem restoration, restoration of degraded pastureland, sustainable livestock management, nature tech, and more.

Throughout the day you will have opportunities to forge in-person connections, catalyze dealmaking, and, on the third and final day, visit projects on-site, allowing attendees to experience the amazing work that these enterprises are doing on the ground firsthand. The complete agenda can be found HERE.

Biological diversity resources are the pillars upon which we build civilizations. Fish provide 20 per cent of animal protein to about 3 billion people. Over 80 per cent of the human diet is provided by plants. As many as 80 per cent of people living in rural areas in developing countries rely on traditional plant‐based medicines for basic healthcare.

But loss of biodiversity threatens all, including our health. It has been proven that biodiversity loss could expand zoonoses – diseases transmitted from animals to humans- while, on the other hand, if we keep biodiversity intact, it offers excellent tools to fight against pandemics like those caused by coronaviruses.

While there is a growing recognition that biological diversity is a global asset of tremendous value to future generations, the number of species is being significantly reduced by certain human activities. Given the importance of public education and awareness about this issue, the UN decided to celebrate the International Day for Biological Diversity annually.

Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are in the crossfires of multiple crises: climate change, the economic and social repercussions of COVID-19, and a crisis of debt. The pandemic hugely impacted all island nations, especially those dependent on tourism. Global lockdowns left large holes in islands’ coffers and severely set back efforts to invest in the Sustainable Development Goals.

Meanwhile, climate action is becoming increasingly urgent, as weather-related disasters have doubled in two decades: with island nations both most vulnerable and least responsible.

At this time of great peril, opportunity must be seized. In Antigua and Barbuda in May 2024, the international community will gather to review SIDS’ sustainable development progress and propose a new decade of partnerships and solutions to supercharge their path to resilient prosperity.