A new key biodiversity platform for cross sectoral collaboration
For its inaugural launch, World Biodiversity Summit will help define what world leaders and the private sector in biodiversity and climate action need to do in the medium and long term to achieve sustainable development and hinder further biodiversity loss, focusing on partnerships and investment mechanisms as levers of progress. World Biodiversity Summit is a platform for responding to accelerating biodiversity loss, by using the Paris Agreement as a framework to learn from, promoting relevant solutions, innovations, and leadership networks, strengthening nature restoration and conservation. Nature-based solutions will be highlighted, from specificecosystems to global possibilities.
SPEAKERS
SPEAKERS
SPEAKERS
26 September 2024
SECOND, New York, USA
Climate Week NYC
27 October 2024
Cali, Colombia,
alongside UNCBD COP16
Partnering for Nature
Catalysing Nature-Positive Investments Through Public-Private Partnerships
World Biodiversity Summit returns for its 4th edition on 26 September on the sidelines of the UNGA 79 and Climate Week NYC and reconvenes later on 27 October alongside pivotal COP16 in Cali, Colombia.
This year, the programme will be pioneering global public-private partnerships to address the urgent need for biodiversity restoration through nature-based solutions and nature-positive investments, bridging the climate and biodiversity agendas.
To foster harmony with nature and effectively enact the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, this year's World Biodiversity Summit will explore the synergies between climate and biodiversity, fostering cross-agenda collaboration and actionable implementation strategies. The summit engages companies, civil society and financial institutions to bolster support for nature, mitigate environmental risks, and amplify business opportunities on a larger scale.
By convening leaders from governments, businesses, international organisations, academia and civil society, World Biodiversity Summit offers a dedicated and much-needed forum to increase promising solutions through cross-sectoral and cross-border collaboration.
His Majesty King Charles III
Unlocking Ambition, Partnerships, and Investments for a Net-Zero and Nature-Positive Future
As a part of the World Biodiversity Network, World Biodiversity Summit hosts sessions alongside other initiatives of the World Climate Foundation, bridging the climate, finance and health discussions with the biodiversity agenda.
World Biodiversity Summit stands out in the 2024 Roadmap as the main annual biodiversity summit in the world. Building on the success of the last years, World Biodiversity Summit promotes collaboration between the public and private sectors to explore and realise a myriad of opportunities presented by the net-zero, nature-positive transition.
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The climate and biodiversity crises are closely linked and equally serious. Unless we address biodiversity loss and the degradation of nature with similar urgency to that of climate change, we will not achieve the climate targets or the Sustainable Development Goals. Cooperation across sectors is therefore vital, and I commend the World Biodiversity Summit for facilitating this exchange.
Dr Anne Larigauderie, Executive Secretary, IPBES
Key Strengths of World Biodiversity Summit
Catalysing Nature-Positive Investments Through
Public-Private Partnerships
Connecting Our Partners With Influential Biodiversity Coalitions
Raising Cross-Sectoral Commitments for Nature-Positive Investments
Highlighting Best Practices & Scalable Demonstration Projects
Guiding the Public and Private Sector to Successfully Implement the Kunming – Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
2000+ High-Level Delegates
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