Unclaimed
@inger_andersen_environmentalist
100%
Climate Love
All climate reviews are user created. Help Inger Andersen (environmentalist) claim this profile by sending an invitation. If you are Inger Andersen (environmentalist), you can claim this profile and answer reviews for free.
dickson mutai
31 w
•
SPEECH DELIVERED BY: Inger Andersen FOR: Nature Driving Economic Transformation: Leveraging the Power of Biodiversity and Nature to Drive Equitable Economic Progress (SDG Action Weekend, Acceleration Day, High Impact Initiatives) Excellencies, colleagues, and friends. This initiative aims to unlock the potential of nature to drive economic and social transformation. Well, nature has long been driving economic and social transformation. Or, more accurately, humanity has been using nature to drive these transformations. Everything comes from nature. Not only the usual suspects of food, water, air and medicines. Virtually every object or substance we use, regardless of how much it has been processed, starts with nature or in nature. But let us be clear. We are not using nature. We are using up nature. Driving nature and biodiversity to exhaustion and destruction. Natural capital has declined 40 per cent in two decades. Billions of hectares of land are degraded. Ecosystems and their services are faltering. The foundation of our economies is trembling. Livelihoods, food security and, indeed, the whole of the sustainable development agenda, are suffering. If the foundation collapses, no amount of technology or human innovation will save us. We need an urgent and radical shift: from using nature, to working with nature. To creating nature-centred economies that understand the difference between price and value, between price and cost. To prioritise nature-based solutions as a key enabler of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). So, I applaud Brazil and Indonesia, from whom we have heard. By setting national economic pathways to sustainably use nature, these nations are showing leadership. And my thanks to France, who will shortly be introducing new tools to help drive the transition. I call on other countries to join this initiative. Make their own commitments. And do whatever it takes to live in harmony with nature. So, what will it take? One, implementing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, or GBF The GBF is the most ambitious plan for biodiversity. Ever. We need a whole-of-society, whole-of-economy approach to make it work. Financing is crucial. The GBF Fund was launched in August. I encourage all potential donors to contribute and find other innovative ways to finance the goals of the GBF. Change will also come from domestic policy. Policies on subsidies that lead to overuse of water, land and species. Policies on limiting fragmentation of ecosystems. Policies on net-positive and resilient agriculture, and circular food systems that tackle food loss and waste. Biodiversity is everywhere: from the farmer’s field to cities. We need to think and act holistically. Two, accounting for nature As I said, natural capital is falling, but governments can point to GDP growth and say everything is rosy. Business can point to profits and say everything is rosy. Everything isn’t rosy. It won’t be, as long as we keep ignoring the damage our current economic models cause to nature. Target 14 of the GBF calls for the integration of biodiversity and its values into policies and national accounting. The UN Secretary General has issued a call to go beyond GDP. We need to answer these calls. And take concrete action based on these measurements. Three, taking holistic action across the triple planetary crisis This initiative on nature is great. But it will not solve the problems on its own. Everything is connected. For example, climate change is a major driver of nature and biodiversity loss, so we must meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. Pollution is another driver, so we must deliver a strong deal to end plastic pollution. A zero draft of the deal is on the table for negotiation in November. As with everything else, this deal must deliver economic shifts that cut off impacts on nature and biodiversity at source. This means designing out plastics, not just trying to avoid or mitigate the pollution aspect through recycling. To live in harmony with nature, we need to meet all international environmental commitments and take actions that deliver multiple benefits. Friends, This initiative also aims to increase UN support to countries transiting to sustainable management and use of nature. The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the wider UN is committed to providing this support. UN agencies have promised to mainstream biodiversity into their work through the Common Approach to Biodiversity and Nature-based Solutions. Momentum is yet to build, however. So, I call on UN agencies to do more, whether through concessional lending or grant-based programming that accounts for dependencies on nature. UN support to national biodiversity action plans – through UNEP, the UN Development Programme and the Global Environment Facility – needs to be aligned with national development planning and budgets. And it needs to consider risks, which is why the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction has a role to play. The UN system must also do more to align through country team approaches. In addition to sustainably using nature, we must also bring back what has been lost. This is why UNEP, the Food and Agriculture Organization and others are supporting commitments to restore one billion hectares of land under the Decade of Ecosystem Restoration. Look, we all agree that we are off track to achieve the SDGs and goals on climate, biodiversity and pollution. That the right to a healthy environment remains a worthy aspiration rather than reality. None of this will change unless we transform our relationship with nature. Can we do this? Of course, we can. But it all starts with understanding that nature is not an endless fuel to stoke the engines of economic growth. That humanity does not stand above or apart from nature. We are part of nature. It is time to start behaving like it. https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/speech/radical-shift-working-nature
A radical shift to working with nature
This initiative aims to unlock the potential of nature to drive economic and social transformation. Well, nature has long been driving economic and social transformation. Or, more accurately, humanity has been using nature to drive these transformations.
https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/speech/radical-shift-working-nature
24 more agrees trigger contact with the recipient
Grace Njeri
55 w
•
From climate procrastination to climate activation
My thanks to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Chair, ExCom, Bureau, authors, and Secretariat for their work during the sixth assessment cycle, which has culminated in this, the Summary for Policy Makers of the Synthesis Report of the Sixth Assessment Cycle. Congratulations.
https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/speech/climate-procrastination-climate-activation#:~:text=SPEECH%20CLIMATE%20ACTION-,From%20climate%20procrastination%20to%20climate%20activation,-Tony%20Lam%20Hoang
49 more agrees trigger social media ads
•
55 w
We need to see actions
•
•
55 w
Action always is better
•
55 w
actions speak louder than words.
"Who will make the gear shifts? Are we willing to take this into the voting booths and into boardrooms? We have to." I had the honor to be part of the panel discussion "Where we are, how we got here, and the road ahead of us" on climate action during the Exponential Climate Action Summit V – Nature in The Race To Zero. You can watch the whole panel session here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI9XqI7_NvU
•
98 w
Thanks you were there we shall take it to the voting bpx
I will be speaking at Nature in the Race to Zero on Earth Day, April 2022. Like all other speakers at the event, I have been asked to formulate a reply to the following question: “Decarbonizing our economies is a huge - and hugely important - challenge, deeply affecting all parts of our societies. What is the significance of mankind’s relationship with nature and the role of nature-based solutions in this transformation?” Here is my reply: Our high-carbon and resource-intensive economic models are warming the planet. They are destroying nature and biodiversity – undermining the foundations of our existence. They are polluting the air, land, and sea. They are increasing inequality, as those with the least access to the benefits of human development are the ones who suffer the most from its unwelcome side effects. As we degrade our ecosystems, we chip away at the foundations of what makes well-being possible – food, water, temperature regulation, economic growth, the roofs over our heads, and the clothes we wear. This loss is a threat to our very own survival. But when we give nature a chance, we give ourselves, ie. humanity, a chance because nature offers many solutions to the challenges we face. Tapping into the potential of nature to restore a degraded planet will be critical to overcome almost all the challenges we face. To tackle climate. To end pollution. To improve the quality of life in our cities. To guarantee human health. To overcome food and water shortages. To protect people from extreme weather. Yet we continue to underinvest in nature's infrastructure, but we do so at our own peril. Even as we embark on the complete ask of decarbonising our economies, we must do so with nature in tow, so that we can truly live in harmony with nature. That is the only way both people and the planet can thrive together. Join me on Earth Day, register for the event: https://www.wedonthavetime.org/events/nature
•
•
105 w
looking forward to listening to you on Friday
Leo Alexander
213 w
The corona pandemic shows that it is possible to act together. But also, UN environment chief, Inger Andersen says nature is sending us a message. – Never before have so many opportunities existed for pathogens to pass from wild and domestic animals to people, says Inger Anderson to The Guardian. We can't go back to business as usual. Individuals, big and small corporations and world leaders, the corona pandemic needs to be a wake-up call for all of us. – There are too many pressures at the same time on our natural systems and something has to give. We are intimately interconnected with nature, whether we like it or not. If we don’t take care of nature, we can’t take care of ourselves. And as we hurtle towards a population of 10 billion people on this planet, we need to go into this future armed with nature as our strongest ally, says Inger Andersen. If we as a civilization want to prevent future pandemic crises we need to show nature more respect and listen to the message that our planet sends out. Give a climate heart to Inger Andersen for speaking out!
879 more agrees trigger social media ads
•
•
133 w
Dear Leo Alexander Thank you for getting your climate love to level 2! We have reached out to Inger Andersen and requested a response. I will keep you updated on any progress! /Adam We Don't Have Time
•
213 w
Amazing and fast resultat when stoppning extended polluting! Such as less flying etc
•
213 w
Here's a link to full article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/25/coronavirus-nature-is-sending-us-a-message-says-un-environment-chief
Write or agree to climate reviews to make businesses and world leaders act. It’s easy and it works.
Certified accounts actively looking for your opinion on their climate impact.
One tree is planted for every climate review written to an organization that is Open for Climate Dialogue™.
•
25 w
I run a climate Centre in north London and citizens feel desperate and disempowered. Thoughts gratefully received
•
•
31 w
Great initiative to unlock the potential of nature to drive economic and social transformation.