How everyone has a role to play in protecting biodiversity

The authors assert that protecting biodiversity requires a collective effort involving governments and non-state actors, such as businesses, indigenous peoples, and sub-national governments. They highlight the economic risk of nature loss, noting that over half of global GDP depends on nature, and advocate for a measurable vision at COP-15 that is mainstreamed into domestic policies, drawing parallels to the inclusive approach of the Paris Agreement for climate change.

• Economic activity is heavily reliant on nature, with the World Economic Forum's Nature Risk Rising report stating that more than half of the world's total GDP, amounting to $44 trillion, is moderately or highly dependent on nature.
• The authors emphasize that non-state actors—including the financial sector, business, academia, youth, indigenous peoples, local communities, and sub-national governments—are critical to achieving biodiversity outcomes.
• The upcoming COP-15 to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Kunming, China, is expected to establish a successor to the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, which must be integrated into domestic policies and include measurable progress mechanisms.
• The document suggests that biodiversity efforts should emulate the UN climate talks and the 2015 Paris Agreement by utilizing mechanisms like the Lima-Paris Action Agenda to catalyze transformational action through broad participation.

APA

Mrema, E., & Pulgar-Vidal, M. (2021). How everyone has a role to play in protecting biodiversity. World Economic Forum. https://www.weforum.org/stories/nature-and-biodiversity/governments-biodiversity-sustainability/

Chicago

Mrema, Elizabeth, and Manuel Pulgar-Vidal. How everyone has a role to play in protecting biodiversity. World Economic Forum, 2021. https://www.weforum.org/stories/nature-and-biodiversity/governments-biodiversity-sustainability/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{mrema2021how, author = {Mrema, Elizabeth and Pulgar-Vidal, Manuel}, title = {{How everyone has a role to play in protecting biodiversity}}, publisher = {World Economic Forum}, year = {2021}, month = feb, url = {https://www.weforum.org/stories/nature-and-biodiversity/governments-biodiversity-sustainability/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }