The climate and nature agendas must align at COP28. Can help come from space?

The author contends that COP28 in Dubai presents an opportunity to align climate and nature goals, noting that land, freshwater, and marine ecosystems have neutralized over half of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions. To achieve this alignment, the document proposes that nature-positive outcomes be central to climate solutions and that Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) include specific, measurable targets. A key technical recommendation is the use of remote sensing technology and the Global Ecosystems Atlas, led by the Group on Earth Observations (GEO), to provide a consolidated global map for harmonized ecosystem reporting to support the Paris Agreement and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

• There is a critical need to align the goals of the 2022 Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and the 2015 Paris Agreement, as previous climate COP outcomes in Sharm El-Sheik were non-committal regarding nature-based solutions and failed to reference synergies with the Convention on Biological Diversity.
• Nature plays a vital role in climate regulation, with ecosystems in land, freshwater, and marine environments neutralizing more than 50% of human-caused carbon dioxide emissions.
• To succeed at COP28, nature-positive outcomes must be integrated into climate solutions and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), moving beyond the current fragmented approach to include specific, measurable targets aligned with international frameworks like the Sustainable Development Goals.
• Satellite remote sensing technology and the Global Ecosystems Atlas initiative, led by the Group on Earth Observations (GEO), can address fragmented ecosystem data by providing a coherent global map to monitor habitat distribution and transformations in real time.

APA

Gevorgyan, M. L. Y. (2023). The climate and nature agendas must align at COP28. Can help come from space? World Economic Forum. https://www.weforum.org/stories/nature-and-biodiversity/the-climate-and-nature-agendas-must-align-at-cop28-can-help-come-from-space/

Chicago

Gevorgyan, Marco Lambertini, Yana. The climate and nature agendas must align at COP28. Can help come from space? World Economic Forum, 2023. https://www.weforum.org/stories/nature-and-biodiversity/the-climate-and-nature-agendas-must-align-at-cop28-can-help-come-from-space/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{gevorgyan2023climate, author = {Gevorgyan, Marco Lambertini, Yana}, title = {{The climate and nature agendas must align at COP28. Can help come from space?}}, publisher = {World Economic Forum}, year = {2023}, month = dec, url = {https://www.weforum.org/stories/nature-and-biodiversity/the-climate-and-nature-agendas-must-align-at-cop28-can-help-come-from-space/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }