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For the past 15 years, the region has seen above-average levels of flooding, and the river is highly vulnerable to the effects of the climate emergency.\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n"},children:[]},{name:b,props:{template:"\n\u003Cp\u003EConscious of the precarity of the Indus’ future, the country’s Ministry of Climate Change and the United Nations in Pakistan called upon Professor Najam to develop the Living Indus initiative. The aim was to explore possible nature restoration strategies that would help to protect and sustain the Indus Basin, conserving it for generations to come.\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n"},children:[]},{name:b,props:{template:"\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fproduction-wordpress.unep-wcmc.org\u002Fcontent\u002F\u002Fuploads\u002F2024\u002F11\u002FAdobeStock_242787652-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14133\"\u002F\u003E\u003Cfigcaption\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe Indus River, a vital resource for the people and wildlife of Pakistan (Image: AdobeStock_242787652)\u003C\u002Fem\u003E\u003C\u002Ffigcaption\u003E\u003C\u002Ffigure\u003E\n"},children:[]},{name:b,props:{template:"\n\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Najam described how the working group facilitated consultations and workshops across the country to gather expertise. 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Living Indus generated a large amount of attention both locally and internationally; four of the proposed projects have now received funding and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.decadeonrestoration.org\u002Fliving-indus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"\u003E1,350,000 hectares of the basin have already been restored\u003C\u002Fa\u003E.\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n"},children:[]},{name:b,props:{template:"\n\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Najam considers that the use of accessible language has been key to the success of the initiative, as it has attracted and maintained attention among influential figures. 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The loss of life and severe damage to property and infrastructure in Porto Alegre, the largest city in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, are devastating. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Freliefweb.int\u002Freport\u002Fbrazil\u002Fbrazil-floods-and-landslides-update-defesa-civil-rio-grande-do-sul-inmet-echo-daily-flash-05-june-2024\"\u003EAs of 3 June\u003C\u002Fa\u003E, 172 people have died, around 600,000 are homeless and more than 2.3 million have been affected.\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n"},children:[]},{name:b,props:{template:"\n\u003Cp\u003EThe rains follow a four-year drought in Brazil, the most severe in living memory. In November, Araçuaí, a city in Minas Gerais state, sweltered in the highest temperature ever recorded in Brazil at 44.8°C. The drought has also turned the Amazon into a tinderbox, with recent fires surpassing the extreme 2019 season and constituting the most fire outbreaks in the Amazon for 15 years.    \u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n"},children:[]},{name:b,props:{template:"\n\u003Cp\u003EI lived in the capital, Brasília, between 2013 and 2020, and remember regular reports of a cycle of extreme weather from the south to the north of the country: heatwaves, intense rainfall, floods, droughts, and forest fires. Scientists can, with increasing confidence, confirm that these disasters are interlinked. Last month \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Flibrary.wmo.int\u002Fviewer\u002F68891\u002Fdownload?file=1351_State_of_the_Climate_in_LAC_2023_en.pdf&type=pdf&navigator=1\"\u003Ethe World Meteorological Organization published a report\u003C\u002Fa\u003E suggesting that a combination of the El Niño climate pattern and climate change has caused 12 extreme weather events in just one year in Brazil.\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n"},children:[]},{name:b,props:{template:"\n\u003Cp\u003EThese interconnected disasters remind us how intertwined the three Rio Conventions (the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbd.int\u002F\"\u003EConvention on Biological Diversity\u003C\u002Fa\u003E, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Funfccc.int\u002F\"\u003EUnited Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change\u003C\u002Fa\u003E and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.unccd.int\u002F\"\u003EUnited Nations Convention to Combat Desertification\u003C\u002Fa\u003E) are, both in their challenges and their shared solutions.\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n"},children:[]},{name:b,props:{template:"\n\u003Cp\u003EThe flooding in Rio Grande do Sul has also brought discussions about the unequal distribution of the impacts of climate change to the fore. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Flibrary.wmo.int\u002Fviewer\u002F68891\u002Fdownload?file=1351_State_of_the_Climate_in_LAC_2023_en.pdf&type=pdf&navigator=1\"\u003EStudies\u003C\u002Fa\u003E have already shown that the most affected areas are those with the highest concentrations of people in poverty. Awareness of this inequality must inform conversations about and the solutions to problems, at every level.\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n"},children:[]},{name:b,props:{template:"\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fproduction-wordpress.unep-wcmc.org\u002Fcontent\u002F\u002Fuploads\u002F2024\u002F06\u002FAdobeStock_807145720-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"Flooded playground equipment in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul\" class=\"wp-image-12770\"\u002F\u003E\u003Cfigcaption\u003EFlooded playground equipment in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul (Image: AdobeStock_807145720)\u003C\u002Ffigcaption\u003E\u003C\u002Ffigure\u003E\n"},children:[]},{name:b,props:{template:"\n\u003Ch2\u003ELand restoration is in the spotlight this year\u003C\u002Fh2\u003E\n"},children:[]},{name:b,props:{template:"\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 2025, Brazil will host the UNFCCC COP30 in the heart of the Amazon. This reflects the critical role the country can play in keeping the planet within the 1.5°C target. Tackling biodiversity loss and halting land and ecosystem degradation will be crucial. But we can’t wait for 2025. 2024 already represents a concrete opportunity to raise ambition in the way we manage our land and take action to tackle the interconnected crises.\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n"},children:[]},{name:b,props:{template:"\n\u003Cp\u003EHealthy land is at the heart of achieving climate, nature and sustainable development commitments. Land restoration and drought resilience represent common ground to tackle biodiversity loss, climate change impacts and poverty.\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n"},children:[]},{name:b,props:{template:"\n\u003Cp\u003EThe importance of this year's agenda is clear. At the sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fdocuments.un.org\u002Fdoc\u002Fundoc\u002Fltd\u002Fk24\u002F007\u002F04\u002Fpdf\u002Fk2400704.pdf?token=ewByFP24Fcth7MDd1f&fe=true\"\u003Ea resolution\u003C\u002Fa\u003E was adopted to strengthen international efforts on combatting desertification, restoring degraded land, promoting conservation and enhancing drought resilience. The theme of World Environment Day 2024 focused on rebuilding our ecosystems to counter desertification and land degradation. The UNCCD COP16 in Saudi Arabia this December will be vital for coordinated action on land and drought resilience. Finally, this year's \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.un.org\u002Fen\u002Fobservances\u002Fdesertification-day\"\u003EWorld Day to Combat Desertification and Drought Day\u003C\u002Fa\u003E (17\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\u002Fsup\u003E June) emphasises the future of land stewardship, backing caring for land as an intergenerational responsibility.\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n"},children:[]},{name:b,props:{template:"\n\u003Cp\u003EAs the UN Secretary-General António Guterres \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.linkedin.com\u002Fposts\u002Fantonio-guterres_we-depend-on-land-for-our-survival-yet-we-activity-7075713680738254848-XKlp\u002F\"\u003Estated last year\u003C\u002Fa\u003E, “W\u003Cem\u003Ee depend on land for our survival. Yet, we treat it like dirt\u003C\u002Fem\u003E.”\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n"},children:[]},{name:b,props:{template:"\n\u003Cp\u003EWe must change our collective behaviour. The \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.unccd.int\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002F2024-04\u002FDDD24%20key%20messages%20EN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003Ekey messages\u003C\u002Fa\u003E for today highlight the importance of hitting restoration goals, slowing climate change, protecting nature and providing food security for billions around the world. Global commitments have been set. Under the UNCCD, over 130 countries have pledged to achieve land degradation neutrality by 2030, which means each nation reaching a neutral, or even positive, impact on land. Restoring land also features prominently in the targets of the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbd.int\u002Fgbf\"\u003EGlobal Biodiversity Framework\u003C\u002Fa\u003E (or Biodiversity Plan) and the UNFCCC’s agenda.\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n"},children:[]},{name:b,props:{template:"\n\u003Cp\u003EUNEP-WCMC works actively to support the UNCCD Global Mechanism. We are currently assessing the financing needed globally to implement the Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought targets by 2030. Our experts helped to develop a methodology to assess these financial needs and tested it in five countries: Morocco, Panama, Sri Lanka, Turkey and Moldova. Quantifying these costs drove home to us the scale of the problem of land degradation, as a concrete issue where climate change and biodiversity loss interact. The work is all the more vital given most countries need to address the problem of drought, desertification and land degradation and they lack information to shape their priorities.\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n"},children:[]},{name:b,props:{template:"\n\u003Cp\u003EThis financial needs assessment will be presented in December at the UNCCD COP16. It will be a critical planning tool in identifying gaps between current and desired outcomes. The assessment will inform deliberations on critical issues related to resource mobilisation and implementation of the Convention.\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n"},children:[]},{name:b,props:{template:"\n\u003Cp\u003EUNEP-WCMC is also a partner agency of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030), which aims to halt the degradation of ecosystems, and restore them to achieve global goals - for the benefit of people and nature. Through our expertise, partnerships, ongoing projects and collaborations, we provide the evidence needed to make the case for nature recovery and to inform the prioritisation, planning, effective implementation, scaling up and monitoring of restoration action worldwide.\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n"},children:[]},{name:b,props:{template:"\n\u003Ch2\u003ENature-based Solutions to tackle drought and desertification\u003C\u002Fh2\u003E\n"},children:[]},{name:b,props:{template:"\n\u003Cp\u003EInnovative Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are on the frontline in tackling land degradation. NbS initiatives around the world are having a significant impact in fighting ecosystem degradation, restoring land health and improving human well-being.\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n"},children:[]},{name:b,props:{template:"\n\u003Cp\u003EIn my home country of Portugal, rewilding strategies have achieved remarkable land restoration in the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.endangeredlandscapes.org\u002Fproject\u002Fgreater-coa-valley\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003EGreater Côa Valley\u003C\u002Fa\u003E, in the north of the country. The landscape was degraded and vulnerable to forest fires, posing a huge threat to local communities and wildlife. Reducing the human footprint to allow natural ecological processes to re-establish themselves has meant the valley is now a revitalised natural landscape that \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.endangeredlandscapes.org\u002Frewilding-efforts-support-roe-deer-comeback-in-the-greater-coa-valley\u002F\"\u003Enative roe deer have returned to\u003C\u002Fa\u003E. It delivers important ecosystem services such as fire prevention, food and other produce. There are also enterprise opportunities such as wildlife tourism.\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n"},children:[]},{name:b,props:{template:"\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fproduction-wordpress.unep-wcmc.org\u002Fcontent\u002F\u002Fuploads\u002F2024\u002F06\u002FAdobeStock_313136682-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12811\"\u002F\u003E\u003Cfigcaption\u003EFaia Brava Nature Reserve, part of the Archaeological Park of the Greater Côa Valley, Portugal (Image: AdobeStock_313136682)\u003C\u002Ffigcaption\u003E\u003C\u002Ffigure\u003E\n"},children:[]},{name:b,props:{template:"\n\u003Cp\u003EThis project in the Greater Côa Valley was supported by the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.endangeredlandscapes.org\u002F\"\u003EEndangered Landscapes and Seascapes Programme\u003C\u002Fa\u003E, a conservation initiative to restore and protect important natural habitats across Europe and beyond. UNEP-WCMC played a role by developing a \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.endangeredlandscapes.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F09\u002FMeasuring-Climate-Change-Mitigation-Potential.pdf\"\u003Eguide\u003C\u002Fa\u003E to help restoration practitioners use two tools that quantify the climate change mitigation potential of ELSP landscape restoration projects.\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n"},children:[]},{name:b,props:{template:"\n\u003Cp\u003EUNEP-WCMC is involved in multiple strands of work to similarly support governments, international initiatives and companies. As part of the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Frexusproject.squarespace.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\u003EEU Horizon 2020 Rexus Project\u003C\u002Fa\u003E, UNEP-WCMC is working with partners to strengthen business cases for NbS as a way to deliver water, food and energy security in five drought-prone regions of Europe.\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n"},children:[]},{name:b,props:{template:"\n\u003Cp\u003EAll our work at UNEP-WCMC is guided by our awareness that tackling land degradation represents a common ground for solving biodiversity loss, climate change, pollution and poverty. We can do this by deploying equitable, science-led Nature-based Solutions. Projects like the Greater Côa Valley in Portugal demonstrate that tackling land degradation through NbS can deliver numerous wide-ranging benefits for people and nature. Now, we need such efforts to be scaled up at the international level to increase countries’ resilience to disasters and prevent such damage as that on the scale of recently seen in southern Brazil. To achieve this, the world must pursue a coherent approach to implementing the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.un.org\u002Fen\u002Fclimatechange\u002Fparis-agreement\"\u003EParis Agreement on Climate Change\u003C\u002Fa\u003E, the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbd.int\u002Fgbf\u002F\"\u003EGlobal Biodiversity Framework\u003C\u002Fa\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.unccd.int\u002F\"\u003EUN Convention to Combat Desertification\u003C\u002Fa\u003E.\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n"},children:[]},{name:b,props:{template:"\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EMain image: EU\u002FECHO\u002FAnouk Delafortrie via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.flickr.com\u002Fphotos\u002Feu_echo\u002F26364059305\"\u003EFlickr\u003C\u002Fa\u003E\u003C\u002Fem\u003E\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n"},children:[]}],categories:[{id:38,name:"Comment",slug:"comment"}],date:"2024-06-17T09:00:00",excerpt:aG,image:{id:aH,alt:"Two children in a dry landscape with a cloud of dust, EU\u002FECHO\u002FAnouk Delafortrie",src:"https:\u002F\u002Fproduction-wordpress.unep-wcmc.org\u002Fcontent\u002F\u002Fuploads\u002F2024\u002F06\u002F26364059305_03d5e7932e_o-1-scaled.jpg",srcset:"https:\u002F\u002Fproduction-wordpress.unep-wcmc.org\u002Fcontent\u002F\u002Fuploads\u002F2024\u002F06\u002F26364059305_03d5e7932e_o-1-150x150.jpg 150w,https:\u002F\u002Fproduction-wordpress.unep-wcmc.org\u002Fcontent\u002F\u002Fuploads\u002F2024\u002F06\u002F26364059305_03d5e7932e_o-1-250x250.jpg 250w,https:\u002F\u002Fproduction-wordpress.unep-wcmc.org\u002Fcontent\u002F\u002Fuploads\u002F2024\u002F06\u002F26364059305_03d5e7932e_o-1-300x180.jpg 300w,https:\u002F\u002Fproduction-wordpress.unep-wcmc.org\u002Fcontent\u002F\u002Fuploads\u002F2024\u002F06\u002F26364059305_03d5e7932e_o-1-768x461.jpg 768w,https:\u002F\u002Fproduction-wordpress.unep-wcmc.org\u002Fcontent\u002F\u002Fuploads\u002F2024\u002F06\u002F26364059305_03d5e7932e_o-1-1024x614.jpg 1024w,https:\u002F\u002Fproduction-wordpress.unep-wcmc.org\u002Fcontent\u002F\u002Fuploads\u002F2024\u002F06\u002F26364059305_03d5e7932e_o-1-2048x1229.jpg 2048w"},head:{title:aI,meta:[{hid:k,name:k,content:L},{hid:l,name:l,content:D},{hid:m,name:m,content:aI},{hid:n,name:n,content:M},{hid:o,name:o,content:"http:\u002F\u002Fproduction-wordpress.unep-wcmc.org\u002Fcountries-urgently-need-land-plans-to-respond-to-the-triple-planetary-crisis\u002F"},{hid:p,name:p,content:aG},{hid:q,name:q,content:N},{hid:r,name:r,content:1718719054},{hid:s,name:s,content:aJ},{hid:t,name:t,content:aE},{hid:u,name:u,content:O},{hid:v,name:v,content:aJ},{hid:w,name:w,content:U}]},hero:{title:aK,text:a,backgroundImageId:aH,overlayOpacity:j,iconName:a},layout:J,slug:"countries-urgently-need-land-plans-to-respond-to-the-triple-planetary-crisis",status:P,title:aK,type:W,emailShare:{subject:e,content:e},usefulLinks:e},{id:12623,author:V,blocks:[{name:b,props:{template:"\n\u003Cp\u003EA new report has underlined the case for green investment, demonstrating how a global push to meet nature-related sustainability goals over the next six years could deliver more than 20 times the return on investment.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EThe report, \u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fresources.unep-wcmc.org\u002Fproducts\u002FWCMC_RT607\"\u003EClosing the Gap: Investing in Natural Capital to meet the Sustainable Development Goals\u003C\u002Fa\u003E,\u003C\u002Fem\u003E explores how much 40 strategically chosen countries need to invest to meet key \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fsdgs.un.org\u002Fgoals\"\u003EUN Sustainable Development Goals\u003C\u002Fa\u003E (SDGs) linked to nature conservation and restoration, more efficient use of natural resources, and the reduction of water and air pollution. It then analyses the resulting return on investment in terms of benefits for nature and human wellbeing, calculated as an economic equivalent.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EIt estimates USD7.4 trillion would need to be invested between now and 2030 to meet nine key nature-related SDG targets. Closing the natural capital gap would generate the economic equivalent of USD152 trillion, or USD20 for every dollar spent. \u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EInvesting to meet nature-related targets would:\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n"},children:[]},{name:b,props:{template:"\n\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003Eavoid nearly 4.5 million premature deaths every year between now and 2030\u003C\u002Fli\u003E\u003Cli\u003Eavoid more than 27 million hectares of deforestation over the same period\u003C\u002Fli\u003E\u003Cli\u003Ereduce natural resource extraction by nearly 18 billion tonnes\u003C\u002Fli\u003E\u003Cli\u003Erestore more than 250 million hectares of agricultural land\u003C\u002Fli\u003E\u003Cli\u003Eincrease terrestrial protected areas by 396,000 hectares and marine protected areas by 218,000 hectares\u003C\u002Fli\u003E\u003C\u002Ful\u003E\n"},children:[]},{name:b,props:{template:"\n\u003Cp\u003EThe study was commissioned by the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.greengrowthknowledge.org\u002F\"\u003EGreen Growth Knowledge Partnership\u003C\u002Fa\u003E (GGKP) – an initiative dedicated to the transition to a green economy, led by major economic and development organisations and UN agencies – and authored by biodiversity economists at the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.unep-wcmc.org\u002Fen\"\u003EUN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre\u003C\u002Fa\u003E (UNEP-WCMC). It builds on a series of detailed GGKP economic reports assessing the gap that exists between the Earth’s remaining natural resources and environmental conditions – termed “natural capital” – and what experts calculate is needed to meet selected nature-related SDGs.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EThe 40 countries included in today’s report were chosen to ensure coverage across different geographical regions and World Bank income classifications and because of their combined population, economic income, land and coastal coverage, emissions output. In total, they represent 80 per cent of world GDP, 78 per cent of the global human population, 78 per cent of arable land and 81 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EThe gap between current natural capital stocks and what is needed, as well as resulting investment outcomes, varies from country-to-country. However, the report does show that action on two particular priorities – safeguarding important ecosystems and tackling air pollution – would result in high benefits everywhere.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EProtecting and restoring ecosystems emerges as a top-three investment priority in every region around the world. Combined action here would close the “natural capital gap” by 34 per cent. The highest returns on investment in most countries come from protecting and maintaining natural ecosystems (32 out of 40 countries) and restoring degraded agricultural land (seven out of 40 countries).\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EOn pollution and consumption, the study found that the USA, India and China stand to gain the most in this category if they all act on air pollution, cutting greenhouse gas emissions and reducing and improving their use of natural materials.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EIt also underlines how investment in nature would disproportionately provide a crucial boost to low and lower-middle income countries. Seven out of the 10 countries with most to gain from closing the natural capital gap are in Sub-Saharan Africa, with the greatest benefits connected to investment in water and sanitation, ecosystems and agricultural land remediation.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EThe report emphasises ongoing research and consensus on the failure to safeguard and invest in nature, highlighting stark conclusions from the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk\u002Fgovernment\u002Fuploads\u002Fsystem\u002Fuploads\u002Fattachment_data\u002Ffile\u002F962785\u002FThe_Economics_of_Biodiversity_The_Dasgupta_Review_Full_Report.pdf\"\u003EDasgupta Review of the Economics of Biodiversity\u003C\u002Fa\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.weforum.org\u002Freports\u002Fglobal-risks-report-2022\u002F\"\u003EWorld Economic Forum’s Global Risk Reports\u003C\u002Fa\u003E. It sets out urgent actions for governments and businesses, in line with other relevant frameworks and targets, such as the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Funsdg.un.org\u002F2030-agenda\u002Fcooperation-framework\"\u003ESDG Cooperation Framework\u003C\u002Fa\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbd.int\u002Fgbf\u002F\"\u003EGlobal Biodiversity Framework\u003C\u002Fa\u003E, also now known as the Biodiversity Plan.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EKey actions stressed by the researchers include: ending environmentally harmful subsidies and incentives, boosting protected areas and the implementation of nature-based solutions and a global effort to move “beyond GDP” as a measurement of determining holistic returns.\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\n"},children:[]},{name:b,props:{template:"\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe world is facing immense economic, climate and geopolitical challenges, on top of the long-term impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, and crises that have followed. It is no surprise we are behind on Sustainable Development Goals for nature and other priorities. However, our report shows just how much there is to gain if we collectively invest in nature. \u003C\u002Fp\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWe cannot continue to think in terms of trade-offs between economic progress and efforts to tackle pollution and the destruction and degradation of nature. Delivering the Sustainable Development Goals means finding development pathways that restore and enhance, rather than further degrade, natural assets. The action agenda set out to help deliver this is a challenging one, but the benefits of doing so for people and the economy, as well as the planet are likely to be huge.\u003C\u002Fp\u003E\u003Ccite\u003EJames Vause, Report Author and Lead Economist at UNEP-WCMC\u003C\u002Fcite\u003E\u003C\u002Fblockquote\u003E\n"},children:[]},{name:b,props:{template:"\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003EToo often investing in nature is seen as a 'nice-to-have’, something to be done once all other needs are met. Yet, human well-being is dependent on nature. Without a healthy, thriving environment, there is no way to achieve our sustainable development goals. \u003C\u002Fp\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs this report demonstrates, closing the gap between our current stock of natural capital and what is needed to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals is not only a good economic investment but has enormous benefits for people and the environment. 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