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Good morning from Montreal! 🌞
After the 1st day of #COP15 yesterday, things are starting to move and there are 3⃣ reasons to be hopeful 🤞 that countries will agree an ambitious deal for nature 🌳🐍🦜 come next week 👇
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🚨Food solutions presented at #COP27 were dominated by corporate interests, experts say.
The food industry’s fingerprints were all over the solutions being touted, including an array of technologies that will do little to cut big food’s huge climate footprint.
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Leaders have a choice.
#COP15 can be a turning point for nature, for biodiversity, and for Indigenous Rights.
It can also be a tipping point for extraction and extinction to run unchecked for another decade.
What is done over the next two weeks decides.
#NewDealForNature
The #COP15 biodiversity summit could mark out a destination, money and roadmap for how we halt & reverse #BiodiversityLoss.
These will be key for companies, banks & investors to take this issue seriously and integrate #nature into their spending & lending.
🌳 Investor drive to halt #deforestation must move faster, says investor group IPDD.
It calls on participants at U.N. #COP15 summit to commit to halting and reversing forest loss and land degradation by 2030.
https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/investor-drive-halt-deforestation-must-move-faster-ipdd-report-2022-12-07/
Indigenous communities are essential guardians of some of the planet’s indispensable biological diversity.
We must work side-by-side with them & others at #COP15 & around the world - for a shared vision of living in harmony with nature.
🌎 "Star Trek prepared me to feel a connection with the universe. Instead, I felt terrible grief for our planet.
At #Cop15, our leaders must negotiate to protect it"
- @WilliamShatner
Read the full article⤵️
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/07/william-shatner-earth-must-live-long-and-prosper-aoe
Expanding nature reserves to cover at least 30% of the planet by 2030 is the flagship proposal #COP15 biodiversity talks.
🌿 But experts agree a new target will be ineffective without funding, rigorous monitoring and the respect of #indigenous land rights.
#30x30 #ForNature
🌱#Post2020 Global #Biodiversity Framework will not succeed w/o the active engagement of the food & agricultural sectors.
To learn more about @FAO at COP15: ⬇️🌳
https://bit.ly/FAOevents-COP15
🔴 UN warns humanity is “treating #nature like a toilet” and degradation of ecosystems would cost the world $3tn annually by 2030.
Heated negotiations expected at #COP15 summit over funding to deal with damage to environment & wildlife
https://www.ft.com/content/b1414d8f-bdf6-4b8d-8571-2ae009fa33cf?accessToken=zwAAAYTtVAs_kdOxQU2PvfZLjdOFcSrgCfozzw.MEQCIESxPvH-fbjIWTIUTbdgZx1L_jgt8FHRLtEoifmQxB0nAiBfxLEm38SXmY2U8C9P_rrye68mJQre32U2gMoO-1tJZA&sharetype=gift&token=20383d60-c943-440f-966c-f4416ba3c3f6
What are debt-for-nature swaps and how do they work?
What are debt-for-nature swaps and how do they work?
Debt-for-nature deals are increasingly seen as silver bullets for debt and biodiversity crises.
www.euronews.com
🤔 How does #Cop15 aim to protect nature? Who are the key players? What does a good agreement look like?
🍃 Here is everything you need to know about the once-in-a-decade chance to stop #BiodiversityLoss⤵️
Making sense of Cop15: what to look out for in Montreal
Everything you need to know about the once-in-a-decade chance to stop the loss of biodiversity – and how you can help
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