What firefighters have taught us about working together

The document uses the example of international firefighters collaborating to fight Canadian wildfires as a metaphor for the necessary global cooperation required to address climate change and biodiversity loss. It highlights recent multilateral successes, such as the Convention of Biological Diversity COP15 agreement, the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund, and the UN Treaty of the High Seas, as evidence of a positive trend in environmental diplomacy. The author emphasizes the ecological importance of the boreal forest, which contains 20 percent of the world's carbon, and calls for continued partnership between governments, Indigenous Peoples, and civil society at the Seventh GEF Assembly.

• The 2023 Canadian wildfires burned a record 13 million hectares of forest, creating smoke across the United States and threatening the boreal forest, which stores 20 percent of the world's carbon in its soil and trees.
• Recent examples of successful international environmental collaboration include the Convention of Biological Diversity COP15 agreement, the establishment of the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund, and the adoption of the UN Treaty of the High Seas.
• The Seventh GEF Assembly, held August 22-26 in Vancouver, aims to strengthen partnerships for planetary health by bringing together representatives from 185 countries, Indigenous Peoples, civil society, youth, and business leaders.

APA

Rodríguez, C. M. (2023). What firefighters have taught us about working together. WWF International. https://www.worldwildlife.org/news/perspectives/sustainability-works-hub/sustainability-works-index/what-firefighters-have-taught-us-about-working-together/

Chicago

Rodríguez, Carlos Manuel. What firefighters have taught us about working together. WWF International, 2023. https://www.worldwildlife.org/news/perspectives/sustainability-works-hub/sustainability-works-index/what-firefighters-have-taught-us-about-working-together/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{rodrguez2023what, author = {Rodríguez, Carlos Manuel}, title = {{What firefighters have taught us about working together}}, publisher = {WWF International}, year = {2023}, month = aug, url = {https://www.worldwildlife.org/news/perspectives/sustainability-works-hub/sustainability-works-index/what-firefighters-have-taught-us-about-working-together/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }