BIODIVERSITY AND POLLUTION
Biodiversity is critical for life on Earth, but it is declining faster than at any time in human history. Now, the four goals of the Biodiversity Plan aim to protect and restore nature, before it is too late – and leadership from the G7 is essential Our best chance for a sustainable future
of Indigenous peoples and local communities, women and youth, while also protecting their rights. As we move from agreement to action, the G7 must demonstrate leadership. Countries are currently working to translate this global ambition into national ambition and update or revise their National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans, setting out their policies and measures to implement the Biodiversity Plan. The plan will also contribute to efforts by countries to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Countries are working together to facilitate resource mobilisation through the advisory committee that the Conference of the Parties has set up for that purpose. The new Global Biodiversity Framework Fund, under the Global Environment Facility, is uniquely dedicated to support the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, its goals and targets. The fund will provide a much-needed increase of support to the least developed countries and small island developing states while, at the same time, recognising the important
By David Cooper, acting executive secretary, CBD Secretariat
W e all need biodiversity – the diversity of life on Earth – to survive and thrive. The diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems, supports nature’s contributions to people, including food, clean water, medicine and shelter. Yet biodiversity is declining faster than at any time in human history. The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, or the Biodiversity Plan, was agreed among countries in 2022 to halt and reverse this loss by 2030, for the benefit of people and the planet. The four goals of the Biodiversity Plan aim to protect and restore nature, to prosper with nature, to share benefits fairly, and to invest and collaborate for nature. They are backed by 23 action-oriented targets for 2030. Implementation requires a whole- of-government and whole-of-society approach, with the engagement
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G7 ITALY: THE APULIA SUMMIT — 2024
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2024 — ITALY: THE APULIA SUMMIT G7
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