Nature and The Climate Crisis

2021 marks the beginning of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration and is a crucial year for global frameworks set through COP26. When ecosystems are degraded, poorly managed or lost, they contribute to both global ¬warming and loss of wildlife. Healthy ecosystems are vitally important for our native wildlife, carbon storage and protecting people from the impacts of climate change. This webinar is to explore both the vulnerability and potential of nature ecosystems, and highlight how people and communities are at the core of enacting change for nature and climate.
What do we mean when we say ‘nature’s role in mitigation and adaptation’? Can we effectively outline safeguards, or principles, for nature based solutions that allow nature to be used as a tool for the climate? What are some examples of effective work in this field, and what are the standards and values by which we evaluate that effectiveness? How can people be at the heart of this work?