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This year's COP arrives in Dubai on the back of what is expected to be the hottest year in history. We take a look at what to expect, from the crucial role of blue carbon to regenerative agriculture and the restoration of forests. River and green forest mangrove BBC Wildlife Magazine Published: November 22, 2023 at 2:23 pm "Nature is the stealth issue for this COP,” says Andrew Deutz, managing director of global policy and conservation finance at The Nature Conservancy (TNC). “There is no pathway to 1.5°C that doesn’t include significantly scaling up investment in nature.” Every year since 1995, countries from across the world have met to discuss, negotiate and thrash out goals and deals to tackle climate change. Perhaps the most famous Conference of the Parties (COP) was in 2015, with the signing of the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to 1.5°C. This year the conference arrives in Dubai on the back of what is expected to be the hottest year in history.
The big issues that are likely to grab the headlines, says Deutz, a veteran of every preceding COP, will be the conclusion of the first Global Stocktake, an uncompromising assessment of progress towards the Paris Agreement. He doesn’t expect good news. There will also be continued negotiations around a loss and damage fund, set up at COP27 to help developing countries deal with the effects of climate change, as well as continued efforts to equitably phase out fossil fuels and scale up renewable energy. Alongside these, he hopes to see more recognition of the role of indigenous peoples and local communities that are at the frontline of action to protect and restore biodiversity. “Nature cuts across every one of those big issues,” says Deutz. Can animals adapt to climate BYB Directory change? The entire population of Kenya has been given the day off to plant trees Why eating insects could help the fight against climate changeThis year the conference arrives in Dubai on the back of what is expected to be the hottest year in history/Credit: Getty What to expect from COP28 A new deal for biodiversity Nature’s profile in the United Arab Emirates will be boosted by the new Global Biodiversity Framework, developed in Montreal last December at a separate COP devoted to biodiversity.
Hailed as a landmark agreement, it has set out to address biodiversity loss, restore ecosystems and protect indigenous rights, and includes ambitious plans to put 30% of the planet under protection by 2030. "I think nature has been moving up the agenda over the last few years,” says Zoe Quiroz-Cullen, director of climate & nature linkages at Fauna & Flora. “But the Global Biodiversity Framework really crystallizes - at an international level - just how important the issue of biodiversity loss is.” Leila Yassine, global advocacy manager for nature at the Rainforest Alliance, is looking forward to a COP that brings together the “inextricably linked” challenges of climate change, land degradation, biodiversity loss and poverty, adding that: “nature should always be at the centre of all these discussions.” Habitats and ecosystems: what’s the difference, and how they affect biodiversity.
The big issues that are likely to grab the headlines, says Deutz, a veteran of every preceding COP, will be the conclusion of the first Global Stocktake, an uncompromising assessment of progress towards the Paris Agreement. He doesn’t expect good news. There will also be continued negotiations around a loss and damage fund, set up at COP27 to help developing countries deal with the effects of climate change, as well as continued efforts to equitably phase out fossil fuels and scale up renewable energy. Alongside these, he hopes to see more recognition of the role of indigenous peoples and local communities that are at the frontline of action to protect and restore biodiversity. “Nature cuts across every one of those big issues,” says Deutz. Can animals adapt to climate BYB Directory change? The entire population of Kenya has been given the day off to plant trees Why eating insects could help the fight against climate changeThis year the conference arrives in Dubai on the back of what is expected to be the hottest year in history/Credit: Getty What to expect from COP28 A new deal for biodiversity Nature’s profile in the United Arab Emirates will be boosted by the new Global Biodiversity Framework, developed in Montreal last December at a separate COP devoted to biodiversity.
Hailed as a landmark agreement, it has set out to address biodiversity loss, restore ecosystems and protect indigenous rights, and includes ambitious plans to put 30% of the planet under protection by 2030. "I think nature has been moving up the agenda over the last few years,” says Zoe Quiroz-Cullen, director of climate & nature linkages at Fauna & Flora. “But the Global Biodiversity Framework really crystallizes - at an international level - just how important the issue of biodiversity loss is.” Leila Yassine, global advocacy manager for nature at the Rainforest Alliance, is looking forward to a COP that brings together the “inextricably linked” challenges of climate change, land degradation, biodiversity loss and poverty, adding that: “nature should always be at the centre of all these discussions.” Habitats and ecosystems: what’s the difference, and how they affect biodiversity.