On 22 May 2020 at 15:00 (CEST), the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) is hosting a webinar on 'Nature-based Solutions for Climate Change: From global ambition to local action'.
The world is facing two unprecedented environmental crises: biodiversity loss and climate change. The causes of these challenges are interrelated, as are the solutions.
This online event will bring together government, private sector, and practitioners to discuss how to translate global ambitions on nature-based solutions into local actions that can benefit those most vulnerable to climate change. It will ask:
- How can nature-based solutions move us from business as usual and deliver changes we need urgently and at scale?
- How can nature-based solutions be financed so the resources can reach communities who are already bearing the brunt of climate change impacts?
- How can those who have been implementing nature-based solutions, including indigenous peoples and local communities, be supported to work with nature at scale?
Speakers:
- Alex White, International Climate and Strategy, UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
- Chip Cunliffe, Sustainable Development Director, AXA
- Musonda Kapena, CEO, Zambia National Forest Commodities Association
- Xiaoting Hou-Jones (chair), Senior Researcher, IIED