ICFA - International Climate Finance Accelerator’s Post

Marine scientist and climate risk expert, Deborah Brosnan was recently featured by His Majesty King Charles as part of his RE:TV Sustainable Markets Initiative, highlighting climate solutions for our planet and the experts leading the conversations 🌍 ⭐ Dr. Brosnan discusses the unique challenges faced by Small Island Developing States (SIDS), which contribute less than 1% of global emissions but are disproportionately affected by climate change. Check out the full video using the link below! #ClimateAction #ClimateChange #Sustainability #Environment

Looking forward to this conversation at Global Canopy launch webinar on why laws are vital to protect #humanrights and tackle #deforestation. With these 10 years of their Forest 500 report, it will be an opportunity for me to speak about the current state of play and share ClientEarth recommendations for the future of these laws. Check in here👇

✔𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲: 𝗨𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗱 Noted environmental researcher Noah Diffenbaugh from Stanford University highlighted the multifaceted nature of economic damage from climate change. 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 📕Read- https://lnkd.in/gs_c5uVa 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 #ClimateChange #EconomicCosts #UrgentAction #ClimateCrisis #EnvironmentalImpact #GlobalWarming #ClimateEmergency #Sustainability #ClimateAction #EconomicImpact #EnvironmentalCosts #ClimateReport #ClimateRisk #ClimatePolicy #ClimateMitigation #ClimateAdaptation #RenewableEnergy #CarbonFootprint #GreenEconomy #ClimateResilience

🌎Day2 of the Cambodia Climate Change Forum 2024: Bringing together the public sector, development organizations, private industry, and research institutions to discuss the production and marketing of climate-smart rice is a powerful step toward sustainable agriculture and climate resilience.🌾🌱 #ClimateSmartAgriculture #SustainableDevelopment #CCCF24

It was an honour to participate on the panel today at Climate week in New York on scaling up Indigenous pathways to nature-based solutions. Thank you Yamide Dagnet as our moderator and Judy Da Silva from Grassy Narrows and Samantha Whiteye as co-panelists. It was a pleasure and honour to provide insights and creative ideas for financing to unlock the potential climate mitigation activities. Meegwetch to the hosts Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Restore, Assert and Defend (RAD) Network. Indigenous-led nature-based solutions are initiatives that use Indigenous knowledge and science to address climate change. These solutions can include activities such as: - Ecological restoration: Restoring natural carbon sinks, like forests and wetlands, to help sequester carbon -Improved land management: Managing land to improve resilience to climate change -Cultural burning: Using cultural burning to increase light, soil moisture, and nutrients in grasslands -Biodiversity ranching: Ranching to increase biodiversity and ecosystem resilience There are a few actions needed to advance these solutions such as proper accounting for the investment case, better data and tools, amendments to policy and jurisdiction to support Nations, and multi- pronged approach to financing strategies. Looking forward to future collaboration with this area. #climateweek #climatejustice #naturebased #naturebasedclimatesolitions

We couldn't go into Scotland's Climate Week without talking about peatland! Peatland restoration and protection is vital in our fight against climate change as peatlands are highly effective at storing carbon. Innovations like University of Stirling Forth-ERA Digital Observatory play a vital role in supporting peatland restoration efforts. As the University of Stirling team explains, “Forth-ERA provides near real-time data on a wide range of environmental variables, from air and water quality to peatland health, which helps us and our partners better understand how different parts of the environment respond to pressures like climate change.” Research, monitoring and advancements like this are essential in fighting the climate crisis and helping ensure restoration efforts are as impactful as possible. Read more about the Forth-ERA Digital Observatory and how this innovation has inspired the team in our latest blog, as part of #ScotClimateWeek 🌿👇 🔗 https://bit.ly/4exwjQu University of Stirling NatureScot #PeatlandRestoration #ClimateAction #ForthERA #StoriesForChange #ScotlandClimateWeek #ScotClimateWeek

As we continue to search for ways to combat the climate change emergency, it is important that we as a global community consider nature-based solutions as an important tool in fighting climate change. Nature-based solutions include “actions that protect, conserve, restore, sustainably use, and manage natural or modified ecosystems to deliver societal benefits” and are often underutilized in intergovernmental decision-making related to climate and health. Nature-based solutions such as forest protection/restoration, creating and maintaining urban green spaces, and implementing sustainable agricultural practices (crop rotation, soil conservation, and agroforestry) have a wide range of benefits including: 🌱 Reducing greenhouse gas and carbon emissions 🌱 Providing opportunities for carbon sequestration and storage 🌱 Improving mental and physical health and allowing opportunities for greater social interactions  🌱 Improving air quality and reducing the effect of landslides, flooding, and food insecurity Click the link below to learn more about how nature-based policy solutions provide an excellent opportunity to combat climate change and improve peoples health worldwide: https://lnkd.in/gg5BX-H2 #GlobalHealth #ClimateChange #Nature #PublicHealth #Sustainability #HealthEquity

🚀 Just in: The European Commission is launching #CommunitiesforClimate (C4C) – a pilot action to support 50 local climate initiatives across Europe. 💨 #ClimateChange is no longer a distant threat – it's a pressing reality impacting us worldwide. But local communities have shown remarkable adaptability, #innovation and resilience in response. With Communities for Climate, the European Commission aims at empowering local climate projects to become beacons for broader change. Through tailored support, access to expertise, peer-learning opportunities, mentoring, and more, they are provided with key resources needed to make a lasting impact 🎯 Curious to learn more? ➡ https://bit.ly/3SU589n Register for the INFO WEBINAR on 29 February 2024 | 11:00-12:45 CET 👉 https://bit.ly/3UUbWX7 The webinar will provide info on what kind of support is offered and how you can apply. Don't miss out! #EUinmyRegion #Sustainability #biodiversity #watermanagement

📢 Help us unlock Nature's potential! Nature-based Solutions (NbS) offer promise for tackling climate change, but what's holding them back? The BiodivClim Knowledge Hub is seeking input from experts and practitioners on the challenges encountered when implementing NbS, especially for climate adaptation and mitigation. Why participate? • Your insights will help us capture the key barriers and enablers for NbS implementation across diverse contexts. • By identifying shared and unique challenges, we can ensure our research informs practical solutions across fields. • We value active engagement with practitioners to bridge the gap between research and real-world application. The survey findings will inform both an upcoming paper and a potential best-practice guide to support stakeholders in future NbS endeavours. Share your expertise! ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e_R6_3uV #NatureBasedSolutions #NbS #ClimateChange #Sustainability #BiodivClim

✊We are #Generation Restoration: Empowering Change on World Environment Day 🏜️🌍 “We cannot turn back time, but we can grow forests, revive water sources, and bring back soils. We are the generation that can make peace with land.” The World Environment Day marks the biggest global campaign for the environment. Led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the theme this year is “land restoration, desertification, and drought resilience.” As the foundation that makes all life on Earth possible, our land is currently threatened by drought, pollution, and climate threats 🌡️ 🏭 As UN Secretary-General António Guterres reminds us, “Inaction is too costly. But swift and effective action makes economic sense. Every dollar invested in ecosystem restoration creates up to thirty dollars in economic benefits.” 🌱🐝 ASUENE is proud to be part of #GenerationRestoration: a global community of policymakers, companies, organisations, and advocates that seek actionable change. #GenerationRestoration begins with us. 5 June is #WorldEnvironmentDay: https://lnkd.in/g8RBQ3q