COP 16 | Harnessing nature for advancing global biodiversity and climate goals
This event, as part of the IUCN Pavilion at CBD COP 16 in Cali, Colombia, will highlight how nature-based solutions can simultaneously address climate change and biodiversity loss while strengthening resilience and adaptation efforts globally.
About the event
Nature-based solutions (NbS) are innovative approaches that can simultaneously address climate change and biodiversity loss, while strengthening resilience and adaptation efforts globally. In Sub-Saharan Africa, community collaboration is key to overcoming local challenges, and this event will showcase how Canada’s Partnering for Climate initiative, with its impressive 315 million CAD investment, is driving transformative change.
Through inspiring examples, we'll explore how NbS, grounded in gender responsiveness and inclusive governance, support global biodiversity targets, especially climate action-related Targets 8 and 11 of the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. We will focus on equitable, locally relevant solutions that scale globally. We will also spotlight the ENACT Partnership and its role in advancing NbS in international policy and fostering a unified global narrative across the Rio Conventions.
Event partners
IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Global Affairs Canada, IISD.
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