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🌍 Live from COP16 in Cali: A Convergence of Global Agendas 🌱 First report from #COP16Colombia at the Biodiversity Conference of the Parties. This week in Cali, we've witnessed the natural convergence of the climate, biodiversity, and desertification agendas. From the #MangroveAlliance's crucial work in #biodiversity to global efforts addressing plastic pollution, these challenges are now coming together into a unified global action plan. As we prepare for #COP16 in Saudi Arabia this December Ambition Loop is actively supporting the Secretariat and Presidency to drive non-state actor involvement. Our mission is clear: to help restore 50% of degraded land by 2040 while enhancing resilience to drought and promoting sustainable food systems. Looking ahead to 2025, integrating these environmental efforts—whether through land restoration, reducing CO2 emissions, or improving livelihoods—will be essential for a sustainable future. It's clear that we must work with and for nature. 🌿 Stay tuned as we continue to share updates from the ground. Together, we’re building a future where global agendas translate into real, actionable solutions. #COP16 #AmbitionLoop #Biodiversity #UNCCD #ClimateAction #Sustainability #Desertification #MangroveRestoration #RegenerativeFuture Daniel Vercelli Gonzalo Muñoz Abogabir CMG Manuia Latam

🌍 I have been closely following the UN Biodiversity COP16 in Colombia, dubbed the "People’s COP to Heal the Planet," with its powerful theme, #PeaceWithNature. This conference feels like the ideal fusion of purpose and action. Hopefully, this convergence will achieve far beyond mere words. As a nature enthusiast, I see this as an invitation for everyone: scientists, leaders, farmers, indigenous communities, and all global citizens to join forces to create an environment where nature is nurtured to flourish, protected, and conserved. It’s a collective responsibility to ensure that nature, our essential source of water, air, food, and resources, can continue to sustain life, businesses, and economies. When we choose to live in harmony with nature, we choose a future where both humanity and the planet thrive. Reflecting on COP16’s goals, it’s clear that thoughtful and adaptive leadership is vital to foster a “nature-positive” world. Leaders must prioritise environmental stewardship, embrace innovation, and actively promote biodiversity-supportive policies. Those in nature-focused roles must drive strategies that champion sustainable practices, ensuring they are woven into organisational frameworks that inspire real change. As we face unprecedented environmental challenges, thoughtful and adaptive leadership isn’t just an advantage; it’s essential for building a resilient, biodiversity-rich future. #cop16 #biodiversity #natureprotection #sustainability

🌍 COP16 & Bloom24: A Powerful Week of Progress in Cali! 🌱 We’ve wrapped up an incredible eight days at COP16 and Bloom24 in Cali, where the energy was buzzing! With 3,000+ delegates from the business, finance, and civil society sectors and a staggering 800,000 visitors, Cali was alive with ideas and action! ✨ Throughout the week, we co-hosted lively sessions, participated in hands-on workshops, and mingled at vibrant nature and business events. We connected with incredible new partners across consulting, data, and sustainability services—all united by a shared drive to turn nature data into real-world impact. Our takeaway? Businesses are ready for tools and insights that bring clarity to complex sustainability challenges. Whether it’s tackling deforestation, enhancing biodiversity, or understanding carbon and water impacts, companies need data that translates into clear, actionable steps within their supply chains. As we look back on this inspiring week, we want to recognize the unwavering dedication of all COP16 participants. 🙌 Their hard work has fostered a collaborative spirit that inspires our mission. We’re more motivated than ever to continue working with our partners and clients to protect biodiversity and create a sustainable future. 🌿 Ready to boost your biodiversity impact? Let's talk: https://lnkd.in/dfqYybYC #COP16 #Satelligence #Biodiversity #COP16Colombia #Bloom24 Niels Wielaard Alan Kroeger

🌱 COP16 >> Biodiversity talks are intensifying in Cali as the second week of COP16 kicks off. As with any negotiation, understanding the perspectives of other stakeholders is key to steering toward a desired outcome. In the corporate setting, CSOs, too, now have the massive task of putting nature on the agenda. How can sustainability leaders make the internal case for nature and secure buy-in from their colleagues? ➡️ Quantis' Alessandra Meloni, Auriane Bodivit and Marcial Vargas-Gonzalez share guidance here: https://bit.ly/4hjUfsV #COP16 #nature #biodiversity

Nature & Land Use policies accelerate post #COP28. Material & credible national policy announcements have doubled in last 12 months compared with the previous year, latest IPR analysis reveals. The analysis shows over 90% of nature-related policy developments tracked in the last year are in line with a pathway to a well below 2°C temperature outcome, the upper limit of the Paris Agreement. Russia & Argentina emerge as significant outliers, going against the tide of the global trend. But, despite this significant momentum, IPR modelling suggests policy developments do not go far enough to put the world on a pathway to 1.5°C, the goal reaffirmed by nearly 200 governments at the UAE-hosted COP28. To achieve that, IPR highlights policymakers must act much more urgently in several critical areas, including ensuring an immediate end to deforestation globally in 2025. This raises the stakes for the next 18 months, a period when governments are required to submit new, more ambitious national climate & biodiversity plans at two upcoming UN milestones, both hosted in ecologically ‘mega-diverse’ countries: #COP16, the biannual biodiversity summit hosted this year in Colombia; and #COP30 in Brazil in 2025. Resources: Read the Summary Media Release: Nature and land use will make or break the climate transition: 14/03/24 https://lnkd.in/gf8-AaNn Download the full IPR report: Global Land & Nature Policy Developments Q3 2023 - Q1 2024 14/03/24 https://lnkd.in/ghh96QKm Catch up Viewing - Launch Webinar 14/03/24 Via Planet Tracker YouTube 1:00:18secs https://lnkd.in/gZPHn5En Coming up! Tuesday 9th April Inevitable Policy Response - Principles for Responsible Investment investor briefing: Transition Since Dubai - Progress post the COP Stocktake Register now: https://lnkd.in/gCKkGyHw #iprforecasts #investment #risk #opportunity #acceleration   #sustainability #NBS #landuse #climate

Earlier today, we highlighted the importance of the COP trifecta for this year. Now let’s talk numbers and solutions: As you now know, the numbers are not in our planet’s favour. → In 2022, 💰$5 trillion was directed toward nature-harming activities, while only $200 billion supported nature-based solutions. To shift this imbalance and close the gap, businesses must take action. At CFTC, we offer trusted, turnkey, nature-based solutions, driving private investment into nature. This leads to real progress in reducing emissions, restoring biodiversity, and safeguarding our planet's future. As we are in the midst of #COP16, we invite businesses to join the conversation. 🤝 Ready to make an impact? Let’s talk: grow@canadasforesttrust.ca 🌱 Source: UNEP-WCMC #NatureFinance #NbS #GlobalBiodiversityFramework #SmartForests #CanadasForestTrustCorporation

This year’s #COP16 is focused on “Peace of Nature”, a theme which highlights the urgent need to reset the balance between society and the natural world. This is a goal we at Genuit aspire to everyday through our purpose of creating sustainable living🌱.  With growing urban populations, it’s urgent that we, as a global community, build resilient cities that respect and preserve the climate, nature and water systems we depend on. Without radical action, the impacts to our natural ecosystem will become more severe. At Genuit, we believe that real change demands:  🤝 Collaborative action: Cooperation across the value chain is essential to drive innovation and scale sustainable solutions.  🏗 Shared responsibility: Every stakeholder in the built environment must take accountability for nature and climate impacts.   🌎 End-to-end environmental focus: From product design to installation and maintenance, sustainable practices need to be embedded throughout.   As #COP16 unfolds in Colombia, we remain committed to placing nature and biodiversity at the core of our growth strategy as we build towards a greener future. #cop16 #Biodiveristy #LifeAtGenuit 

Earlier this week, our Senior Project Manager for Biodiversity, Anjali Dwesar, attended a fascinating roundtable led by H.E Razan Al Mubarak at COP16 in Cali, Colombia. The session focused on converging nature and climate strategies, the importance of COP parties listening to input from non-party stakeholders and breaking down silos, and the key opportunities to unlock finance for nature and strengthen the bioeconomy as we head towards COP30 in Brazil next year. Ms. Al Mubarak emphasised the need to ensure nature, climate and development strategies are addressed in unison with people and indigenous communities at their heart, underpinned by the principles of the bioeconomy. COP30 in Belem will provide a vital opportunity to direct finance through indigenous communities and organisations, establish the data and information mechanisms to steer innovation and new technology towards nature-positive action, and raise regulatory and reporting standards to entrench climate and nature-based solutions in the global financial system. #Climate #Nature #COP16 #COP30 #Biodiversity #UN #WorldClimateFoundation

This week, the #COP16 commenced in my hometown Cali, Colombia, which is responsible for the protection of biodiversity and decision-making about the safeguard of biological diversity. In these times, many organizations, large corporations, academic institutions, and government bodies are discussing the #SDGs and how they can be implemented according to their mission, needs, and how they find solutions that align with the 2030 UN Agenda. However, much is said about the SDGs, but very little is discussed about each of the pillars and how those pillars are interconnected. In this case, the environmental pillar is practically the foundation for both the economic and social pillars. Without the environmental pillar which is the core of what is being discussed in Cali and the review of the 2022 Montreal agreements made during #COP15 there is no possibility for the social and economic pillars to be achieved. This highlights the urgent need for practical actions to protect the planet's biodiversity and ensure our survival. Despite efforts to make improvements, the data is not very encouraging, and the outlook demonstrate a big challenge ahead to achieve by 2030. *The oceans are receiving 11 million tonnes of plastic waste. (#SDG14) *Although 120 countries already have an energy transition strategy, only 10 are leading the change, and all are developed countries. (#SDG7) *Almost 3.6 billion people have lack access to clean water, safe sanitation services, and basic hygiene facilities, and this figure may continue to rise as several countries start facing severe water stress due to climate change. (#SDG6) *Currently, about 33% of the world’s soils are degraded or severely degraded due to deforestation, overuse for agriculture, and the loss of biodiversity. (#SDG15) There is much to be resolved, and I hope the #COP16 proves that #COPs are not just spaces for discussion that are documented on paper and a nice leader’s picture. At this point of no return, #COPs must be spaces of less talk and far more action and concrete results. #COP16 #Biodiversity #ClimateActionNow #SDGPillars #Sustainability #EnviromentalActions

Only 73 days until #COP16 kicks off in Cali, Colombia. In this Forbes article, Amy Nguyen chats with key figures in the nature space to understand what business and finance should prioritise. They look at: 🌱 Development since COP15 and the Kunming-Montreal Agreement 🌱 Business priorities for COP16, including transition pathways, disclosure requirements, and eliminating harmful subsidies 🌱 Investors’ role in nature-positive transitions and reducing the nature finance gap 🌱 Hurdles to overcome: Government track records, focus on protected areas and species over pollution, production, consumption, and traditional knowledge 🌱 Translating ‘Peace with Nature’ into business practice, working with Indigenous Groups and local communities against biodiversity loss Featuring: Sebastian Leape – CEO of Natcap Eva Zabey – CEO of Business for Nature Laura García Vélez – Nature Sepcialist at Lombard Odier Group Give it a read here: https://lnkd.in/e72Adc2n #naturepositive #biodiversity #sustainability UN Environment Programme