Climate Capital Live: Developing Double Edge Solutions that Protect Biodiversity and Reduce Emissions

As part of the Financial Times’ Climate Capital Live 2024, Global Canopy founder and Senior Advisor, Andrew Mitchell, spoke at a panel event, Developing Double Edge Solutions that Protect Biodiversity and Reduce Emissions.

Although the sheer scale of biodiversity loss is one of the clearest examples of the impact of a warming climate on our planet, it is often overlooked in climate solutions. The rapid growth of green infrastructure has successfully begun to help tackle emissions but risks neglecting, and even contributing to, global species extinction. How can businesses and governments find common solutions that connect emissions reduction with the protection of biodiversity?

Speakers discussed:

• How can regulators guarantee the credibility and integrity of nature-based solutions to ensure they contribute towards biodiversity protection?
• What needs to be done so businesses can better integrate biodiversity into their climate-related disclosures?
• How can indigenous knowledge and local value systems be integrated into global strategies to protect ecosystems?
• Can technology be deployed at scale to drive down biodiversity loss?

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