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Great conversations today with solutions implementors from around the world. Here's one:

🤔 Did you know that one of the least explored areas in climate action is the relationship between material resource use and climate change? ⚠️ The International Resource Panel (IRP) Global Resources Outlook 2024 highlights that more than 60% of global emissions are tied to the extraction, production, and utilization of material resources. This trend is on the rise. COP29 Azerbaijan offers an opportunity to address this gap by encouraging countries to integrate Sustainable Consumption and Production practices and Circular Economy principles into their climate commitments. Learn more 👉 https://lnkd.in/gZcBAPQc #WeSwitch SWITCH-Asia Official #COP29Azerbaijan #CircularEconomy #SCP #ClimateAction Ranga Pallawala Zinaida Fadeeva Sanjay Vashist Rene Van Berkel Elodie Maria-Sube Cosima Stahr Loraine Gatlabayan sachin joshi Arab Hoballah

Tough news (under) from the UN. I am with BIA Sustainability Ambassador Lisa Blair who is right in calling for Climate Action Now as the clock is ticking. This is why BIA is supporting ICOMIA and its research into decarbonisation and its campaign Propelling Our Future ... see the report at https://lnkd.in/gf_xSYqK Transport is a significant global contributor with 20% of all greenhouse gas emissions. In contrast, the boating sector contributes less than 0.1%; however, there is much boating can do to contribute to the challenge; from electrification to alternative fuels such as sustainable drop in fuels. Propelling Our Future reveals there is no one size fits all solution. That is why BIA has been putting this report in front of policy makers across the nation. #sustainability #boatingindustry #climateaction https://lnkd.in/g7icZrMD

What’s happened this week in climate change? Read the latest issue of Carbon Brief’s weekly newsletter, DeBriefed, here ⬇️ https://buff.ly/3NGie7U In this issue... 🇨🇴 The largest ever biodiversity COP has kicked off in Cali, Colombia. 📚 US, UK and Brazil are reportedly releasing new climate plans at COP29 💼 Key dates for next week and pick of the jobs 💡 Spotlight | Where countries stand on reversing nature loss This week, Carbon Brief reports on how countries plan to get back on track after the majority of them missed a deadline to release new nature pledges ahead of COP16. 📊 Captured | Greenhouse gas emissions remain far off track to meet global climate goals, according to the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) 2024 emissions gap report covered by Carbon Brief. ✍ Written by Aruna Chandrasekhar Daisy Dunne Orla Dwyer Yanine Quiroz Giuliana Viglione Sign up to DeBriefed here ⬇ https://bit.ly/4a4gsGR #DeBriefed #ClimateNews #ClimateChange

Happy World Soil Day! With the closing of another COP meeting in Baku and confirmation of the wording of the agreement reached, it is obviously a good time to reflect back and to look forwards. Today is also World Soil Day which is held annually on 5 December to focus attention on the importance of healthy soil and advocate for the sustainable management of soil resources. The theme this year is Caring for Soils: Measure, Monitor, Manage, which underscores the importance of accurate soil data and information in understanding soil characteristics and supporting informed decision making on sustainable soil management. Data is so important but too often is lacking in relation to soils. And this is probably true of many aspects of the environment, perhaps not surprising given the multiple components, interactions and interdependencies associated with the natural world. So it can be difficult to appreciate what has been achieved and what specific actions to take next. At COP26 in 2021 US President Joe Biden called this the "decisive decade" for tackling climate change. The Secretary General quoted Robert Louis Stevenson “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant.” The Paris Agreement has inspired near universal action and promoted global cooperation. If all current commitments, those seeds which have been planted, are in place the world will avoid a potential 4°C increase and limit the increase to 2.1 – 2.8°C, with the possibility to bring this to below 2°C based on the direction of travel of discussions. So, this brings us back to the criticality of raising ambition and accelerating action, even if we don’t have all the data or answers at this point in time. Arcadis fully support the Paris Agreement, have science-based targets approved by the Science Based Target initiative (SBTi) aligned to a 1.5°C pathway. We are committed to achieving net zero across our value chain by 2035 with near-term objectives in place. We are working with our clients in critical areas around energy transition, Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG), C sequestration, water management, climate adaptation and resilience and Social Value. Over the course of 2025 Arcadis will be running an Insights Series to share knowledge as we take stock at the mid-point of this Decisive Decade. We will cover topics such as BNG, energy transition, climate adaptation, resilient development, water shortage, circularity and many more topics. Look out for these starting in January! #DecisiveDecade #Improvingqualityoflife #soilhealth #WorldSoilDay

💬 How can strategic communication drive real action at #COP29? At this year’s COP29—dubbed the “Finance COP” for its focus on securing the funding needed to turn climate promises into real action—we’re partnering with Nature4Climate to ensure Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) take center stage. Our role: make complex issues accessible and amplify the call for investment #WithNature in mind to drive a united push toward solutions that protect ecosystems, support communities, and enhance climate resilience. With Nature4Climate’s key asks—clear targets, dedicated financing, social safeguards, and policy integration—this COP offers a unique chance to advance policies, programs, and much-needed finance to build on the vital link between climate and nature. Follow along for insights, updates, and interviews from Baku as we spotlight the role of Nature in the climate agenda. 🌱🌎 ➡️ Read more about what’s at stake: https://lnkd.in/dtbXvUSG #COP29 #FinanceCOP #NatureBasedSolutions #NbS #ClimateAction #Biodiversity #ClimateResilience #UNFCCC

It’s a triple COP year: What does it mean? Our relationship with the natural world is strained. We currently consume resources equivalent to 1.7 Earths, exceeding the planet's regenerative capacity. Biodiversity loss, climate instability, and land degradation are interconnected issues that represent a single planetary crisis. The three Conferences of the Parties (COPs) bring together global leaders, policymakers, and environmental advocates to tackle these urgent challenges. By recognizing the connections among the three COPs, we can highlight their intersectionality. Since these crises are linked, the agendas and solutions proposed at the COPs will be coordinated. The COPs include: - COP16: The UN Biodiversity Conference - COP29: The UN Climate Change Conference - COP16: The UN Convention to Combat Desertification Conference These agreements ensure that actions addressing land, climate, and biodiversity are aligned to restore the Earth’s balance with nature. They aim to prevent redundant efforts and promote information sharing. While each summit operates independently, they significantly overlap, especially regarding nature-based solutions that help prevent erosion, stabilize the climate, and protect wildlife. Society's role in advancing clean, sustainable technologies is crucial for reducing emissions and mitigating biodiversity loss. Everyone deserves a voice, but achieving this requires a common understanding of the terms used in these discussions. Explore the guide below for the most important and frequently used terms and concepts. Enjoy your reading! Source: https://lnkd.in/d8Wqrzcu

It’s COP season and it’s crunch time - why wolves and the climate have more in common than you think The world has descended on Columbia for Cop16, full of promises, projects, roadmaps, targets, commitments, objectives, hope and hot air against a backdrop of heatwaves, worsening droughts, wilder weather, wildfires, wildlife extinctions, water stress, land clearance and climate disruption. Wealthy western countries have sent delegations to preach, promise and pontificate while back home their biodiversity dwindles and iconic, supposedly protected species are shot and culled. Apex predators are in the crosshairs and forests are being felled faster than you can say biomass, yet the west continues to abuse nature and guzzle Earth's resources while claiming the moral high ground. More copping out will follow at Cop29, in Azerbaijan, a country that has weakened its climate targets and is doubling down on fossil fuel extraction to feed our overconsumption. While none of the biodiversity or climate targets we have set ourselves have ever been met, you can bet more will spew forth from Cali and Baku. Cop15 pledged to set aside 30x30% of land and seas for nature by 2030. We are inching painfully towards 17.5% and 8.4% respectively and a recent survey damningly revealed that biodiversity is declining even faster in protected areas than outside them. As for “keeping 1.5 alive, only 6% of the world’s leading climate scientists believe this goal is still attainable; 77% think we're heading for at least 2.5°C and almost half believe warming will top 3°C. At 1.2°C above the preindustrial average, our oceans have already absorbed 90% of warming and last year, the hottest ever recorded, the world’s forests, plants and soil, absorbed almost no carbon. While the political will to address these problems is lacking, economic interests and disinformation aren’t. Political posturing permeates the world of wolves and temperature increases. One is a political animal, the other is a political game. Science has been sidelined. But culling keystone apex predators, as Europe is currently and hypocritically doing, weakens resilience just as surely as pumping greenhouses gases into the atmosphere. The mass shooting of wolves, bears and lynx can cascade down food chains sending shockwaves reverberating through ecosystems. Likewise, climate shocks can ripple through our connected global societies, triggering migration, food price hikes and conflicts over dwindling resources. But hope just like promises and oil wells, spring eternal. And maybe this is the problem. Hope leads to unwarranted optimism and complacency. Worse, it can encourage risk rather than responsibility. It is easy to sign treaties and set targets, but much harder to abide by and reach them. What is needed now are social tipping points where small changes in society trigger large-scale climate and biodiversity action. Reaching net zero is impossible without nature. We must act now.

The #CountdownToCOP16 begins! With just a month left until the biodiversity COP, I'll be highlighting global stories that inspire my hope for a just transition for both people and nature and addressing the pressing challenges we face. Why? The convergence of three major COPs this year is a unique opportunity for collective action on nature, climate, and people. In Montreal in 2022, witnessing the Global Biodiversity Framework take shape was a pivotal experience and lesson in a more optimistic politics of the possible. Alongside Benj Sykes and Nadia Gullestrup Christensen, I represented Ørsted to advocate for high ambition for nature, demonstrate that integrated action for climate and nature is possible, and showcase our efforts through offshore wind. This year, global decision-makers will gather at three COPs, focusing on #Biodiversity, #Climate, and #Desertification. How can public and private sectors transcend geopolitical tensions to curb carbon emissions, halt biodiversity loss, and ensure a more inclusive economy? How do we finance action and alleviate undue debt burden for the countries that can best deliver on global goals? As Ibrahim Thiaw, Undersecretary-General of the United Nations, noted at #NYCW, having three COPs in three months is "a wonderful opportunity for countries or parties... to actually have a much more holistic view rather than having decisions that are specific to one convention that may actually harm another treaty." At Ørsted, we understand that addressing the twin crises of climate and nature requires integrated solutions. Minister Maria Muhamad’s theme for COP16, "Peace with Nature," has never been more relevant. Acting in harmony, finding policy coherence, and leveraging Nationally Determined Contributions and Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans are crucial steps towards that vision. See you in Cali (hopefully with fewer layers)! #COP16 #Biodiversity #ClimateAction #SustainableEnergy #UNBiodiversity #TNFD #NatureDisclosure https://lnkd.in/e5MGYSYT

Polluters must pay: how COP29 can make this a reality Llewellyn Leonard Professor of Environmental Science, University of South Africa The 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) takes place in Azerbaijan in November 2024. The annual climate change conference must focus on holding corporations and countries accountable for greenhouse gas emissions. The “polluter pays” principle has been a key part of climate discussions for years. It says a polluter should bear the costs of managing its pollution, to prevent damage to human health and the environment. Although the principle is widely accepted in theory, it hasn’t been put into practice consistently, or enforced. Many of the largest polluters continue to operate with little or no financial consequence for the damage they cause. Many countries, especially developing ones, have been left to bear the costs of climate adaptation and mitigation, despite being the least responsible for global emissions. Read on at https://lnkd.in/esQ4NbRJ