7 November 2023
Nature for Development and Climate
About this day
This day features two sessions - “Celebrating Local Action for a Planetary Safety Net,” which highlights how local communities around the world are taking action on nature; and “Protecting and Restoring our Future,” which explores the many ways in which we can create a planetary safety net by safeguarding nature.
Session 1
Celebrating Local Action for a Planetary Safety Net
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7 November 2023 |
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9 AM – 12:30 PM EDT |
This session includes a celebration of this year’s Equator Prize winners, along with other community initiatives, showcasing how communities are working to protect, restore and sustainably manage nature. This session also includes segments on how we can reimagine connections between nature and people.
Segments Opening segment This segment kicks off this year’s Nature for Life Hub with a musical piece by world-renowned Ricky Kej, celebrating action for a better planet. Celebrating the Equator Prize Winners The Equator Initiative celebrates 10 new winners of the Equator Prize, showcasing how Indigenous peoples and local communities are taking action. Celebrating Local Action from Around the World This segment features local action from around the world, all taking action to create a planetary safety net. Reimagining connections between nature and people Our world is becoming more fragmented by the day. Connections between nature are being lost, and our own connections with nature are weakened. This session shows how we can strengthen and reimagine connections between nature and people.
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Session 2
Protecting and Restoring our Future
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7 November 2023 |
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1 PM – 4:30 PM EDT |
This session explores the different ways we can protect and restore our future by protecting and restoring nature, including our forests, wetlands, rivers, oceans and species.
Segments Restoring Forests, Restoring our Future Forests protect 80% of the world’s biodiversity, and are a powerhouse when it comes to storing and sequestering carbon. This segment explores ways to restore forests around the world. Restoring Wetlands, Restoring our Future Wetlands are essential for our planet’s health, but also for providing humanity with clean water, and buffering us from natural disasters. This segment explores how restoring wetlands can safeguard our future. Restoring Species, Restoring our Future About a million species are at risk of extinction. This segment explores how we can rewild our planet to protect species. It also explores how we must tackle invasive species, one of the main drivers of species decline. Restoring our Future, Restoring Hope The world has made bold commitments to restore 30% of the planet. But where will those activities take place? This segment explores an inclusive approach to defining spatial restoration priorities. Protecting Forests, Protecting our Future The world has seen continued deforestation around the world. This segment identifies success stories in forest protection, and concludes with an exploration of the need to especially protect old and mature forests. Protecting Species, Protecting our Future This segment explores the need to protect species, and also to protect those who protect them, especially the rangers who are on the front line of species protection
Speakers:
Carme Machi Castaner
International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives- Europe
