Nota Informativa Sobre la Meta 8 en el Primer Borrador del Marco Mundial de la Diversidad Biológica Posterior a 2020

The briefing recommends that Target 8 focus on reducing biodiversity threats from climate change and ensuring mitigation efforts do not harm ecosystems. It specifically argues for the removal of a 10 Gt CO2-e annual mitigation target, asserting that carbon is an inappropriate metric for biodiversity and could incentivize the destruction of species-rich ecosystems in favor of monoculture plantations or BECCS projects.

• Target 8 should focus on three primary elements: reducing biodiversity threats caused by climate change through emission cuts in agriculture and deforestation, ensuring mitigation actions do not harm biodiversity, and prioritizing nature-based solutions like agroecology and silvopasture.
• Certain climate mitigation strategies are identified as threats to biodiversity, specifically geoengineering, large-scale afforestation that replaces natural ecosystems with tree plantations, and Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) due to its high land requirements for biomass.
• The document strongly recommends removing the target to 'contribute at least 10 Gt CO2-e per year to global mitigation efforts' because carbon is not a suitable metric for biodiversity and does not correlate with species richness.
• The 10 Gt CO2-e figure is criticized as scientifically unsound because it incorrectly sums two non-commensurable processes: the avoidance of emissions (e.g., ending deforestation) and the enhancement of carbon capture through restoration.
• Valuing biodiversity based on carbon content is viewed as a step toward commodifying nature for carbon offset markets, which the author argues must be avoided.

APA

Stabinsky, D. (2021). Nota Informativa Sobre la Meta 8 en el Primer Borrador del Marco Mundial de la Diversidad Biológica Posterior a 2020. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Meta-8-nota-Informativa-.pdf

Chicago

Stabinsky, Doreen. Nota Informativa Sobre la Meta 8 en el Primer Borrador del Marco Mundial de la Diversidad Biológica Posterior a 2020. Friends of the Earth International, 2021. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Meta-8-nota-Informativa-.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stabinsky2021nota, author = {Stabinsky, Doreen}, title = {{Nota Informativa Sobre la Meta 8 en el Primer Borrador del Marco Mundial de la Diversidad Biológica Posterior a 2020}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2021}, month = aug, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Meta-8-nota-Informativa-.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }