Champions for Nature: Raising Ambition, Sustaining Impact

The report advocates for a systemic shift to a nature-positive economy by focusing on policy coherence, sustainable land use, the valuation of natural capital, the nature-climate nexus, and the inclusion of Indigenous Peoples. It emphasizes that biodiversity loss and climate change are interdependent crises requiring integrated public-private partnerships, the repurposing of harmful subsidies, and the integration of traditional knowledge to achieve 2030 global targets.

• Global environmental goals are hindered by fragmentation across international agreements and national ministries. Effective action requires aligning the three Rio Conventions (UNFCCC, CBD, UNCCD) and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals to ensure policies are mutually reinforcing.
• Sustainable land use is critical for climate mitigation, with the forest, land and agriculture (FLAG) sector potentially delivering up to 30% of required mitigation actions by 2050. Transitioning food, land, and ocean-use systems could generate nearly $3.6 trillion in annual value and 191 million jobs by 2030.
• There is a significant funding gap for biodiversity; reversing loss by 2030 requires approximately $700 billion annually. A key strategy to close this gap is reforming harmful subsidies, with the Global Biodiversity Framework aiming to redirect $500 billion annually toward conservation.
• Nature-based solutions are essential for climate stabilization and could contribute up to 30% of the global mitigation needed by 2050. However, current investment in these solutions is considered alarmingly insufficient to meet 2030 targets.
• Indigenous Peoples steward over 80% of the world's biological and cultural diversity and provide essential knowledge for climate resilience, yet they receive only about 1% of current climate finance.
• The World Bank estimates that the collapse of key ecosystem services could result in a $2.7 trillion GDP loss by 2030, whereas nature-smart policies could increase global GDP by up to $150 billion in the same year.

APA

Rodríguez, C. M., Hoffmann, A., Thiaw, I., Holsether, S. T., Morris, J., Hu, F., Borg, A., Sanjayan, M., Muhamad, M. S., & Ibrahim, H. O. (2024). Champions for Nature: Raising Ambition, Sustaining Impact. World Economic Forum. https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Champions_for_Nature_Raising_Ambition_Sustaining_Impact_2024.pdf

Chicago

Rodríguez, Carlos Manuel, André Hoffmann, Ibrahim Thiaw, Svein Tore Holsether, Jennifer Morris, Fred Hu, Anna Borg, et al. Champions for Nature: Raising Ambition, Sustaining Impact. World Economic Forum, 2024. https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Champions_for_Nature_Raising_Ambition_Sustaining_Impact_2024.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{rodrguez2024champions, author = {Rodríguez, Carlos Manuel and Hoffmann, André and Thiaw, Ibrahim and Holsether, Svein Tore and Morris, Jennifer and Hu, Fred and Borg, Anna and Sanjayan, M. and Muhamad, María Susana and Ibrahim, Hindou Oumarou}, title = {{Champions for Nature: Raising Ambition, Sustaining Impact}}, institution = {World Economic Forum}, year = {2024}, month = oct, url = {https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Champions_for_Nature_Raising_Ambition_Sustaining_Impact_2024.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }