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One Planet Summit organized by France on 11 January 2021

The One Planet Summit for Biodiversity, which closed on 11 Jan, was an international high level event, organised by the government of France, in cooperation with the United Nations and the World Bank.

The One Planet Summit for Biodiversity, which closed on 11 Jan, was an international high level event, organised by the government of France, in cooperation with the United Nations and the World Bank. The Summit was critical to continuing global momentum on nature at the start of 2021. It provided an opportunity for leaders to show they are serious about tackling nature loss to safeguard human health and livelihoods, and encourage others to step up. Many heads of state and government, as well as leaders of international organizations, financial institutions, the business sector and NGOs, made commitments for concrete action to preserve and restore biodiversity, around the summit's 4 themes:
  • The protection of terrestrial and marine ecosystems
  • The promotion of agro-ecology which makes it possible to protect the diversity of ecosystems by reducing pollution while allowing more job creation and acting for food security
  • The mobilization of finance for biodiversity
  • Protection of tropical forests, species and human health
Crucially, leaders must start to show that they are turning commitments into action.
 
Key announcements:
  • UK and France agreed to earmark 30% of their overseas public climate funding for nature-based solutions
  • Norway and Germany announced new financial commitments
  • Launch of the PREZODE initiative, the first global initiative to help prevent the next pandemic through collaborative research and reducing pressures on biodiversity
  • More than $14 billion in current and new funding was also committed for Africa's Great Green Wall

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