Where do scientists, spiritual leaders, policy experts and filmmakers meet? At Nature’s Hub in New York at UN Climate Week and at the intersection of climate, nature and people.
Nature makes a special guest appearance in Time Square. Macron launches alliance at UN to protect tropical forests. Harrison Ford decried the lack of action, particularly on tropical forests.The High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy revealed how four ocean-based strategies, can give us 21% of the greenhouse gas reductions. And more — read the full bulletin.
A powerful first day in New York City for nature-based solutions and calls for action to protect, restore and fund nature ahead of the official start of UN Climate Action on Monday. Tzam Tigre Tzamarenda, a shaman from Ecuador, offers a traditional blessing to commence the week calling for action and solidarity to help reverse the impacts of environmental destruction and escalating climate change.
Nearly 90% of NDCs reference the land sector as a mechanism to reduce emissions — but most lack the most basic information needed to include nature as a viable emissions reduction option. However, much has changed since the first round of NDC submissions. Countries are now taking the invitation granted in Article 5 to include nature in NDCs very seriously.
From Gucci to Gabon — leaders call for nature to be protected, restored, funded as climate crisis goes mainstream
The risk of climate breakdown is real, but it can be reduced if we protect, restore and fund natural climate solutions. Find out more about how you can help this vital mission at http://naturalclimate.solutions #naturenow.
Ahead of what may be the most critical climate meeting since the UN Paris Agreement, NGO members of #VoiceForThePlanet are raising their collective voice to encourage individuals to add their #VoiceForThePlanet to protest the twin planetary crises of escalating climate change and the rapid loss of nature and wildlife.
A series of recent reports have concluded that the world’s food system is broken. The most recent of these studies, released this week from the Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU) speaks to 10 global transformations over the next decade with potential to help tackle the climate crisis while feeding a projected global population of nine billion people by 2050.
Youth4nature explain in their own words why nature must be part of the climate solution collating stories from all corners of the world detailing their experience of the climate crisis and explaining why this matters more than ever.
More leaders are now being encouraged to endorse the Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Manifesto with the goal of ensuring that people and nature are at the centre of economies and policies, as well as generating the shifts needed in domestic and international finance and scaling up nature-based solutions in practice.