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Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 Vision By 2050, biodiversity is valued, conserved, restored and wisely used, maintaining ecosystem services, sustaining a healthy planet and delivering benefits essential for all people Mission Take effective and urgent action to halt the loss of biodiversity Strategic Goal A Strategic Goal B Strategic Goal C Strategic Goal D Address the underlying Reduce the direct pressures and Safeguard ecosystems, species and Enhance the benefits to all from causes of biodiversity loss promote sustainable use genetic diversity biodiversity and ecosystem services Strategic Goal E Enhance implementation Implementation Support Mechanisms Source: Global Biodiversity Outlook 4
I NNOVATI ON LEADERSHI P Business can identify innovative and Business can take a leading role and scalable solutions, develop new driving change not only in its direct materials and products and engage with operations, value chain but also through stakeholders promoting behavioral sectoral policies change COLLABORATI ON COMMI TMENT By promoting partnerships and engaging Through bold and forward thinking with partners, government, civil society commitments, business can stimulate and consumers, business can be the concrete and positive actions for nature powering force behind transformational and help halt biodiversity loss change How can business drive change?
How is CBD engaging with business? Global Long-Term Action Agenda Biodiversity Partnership for Approach to and Post 2020 Measures for Business and Mainstreaming Process Business Biodiversity • Commitments • Disclosure and • National and • COP 14 decision platform reporting of the Regional Initiatives • Consultations • Establishment of impacts of • Partners • Partnerships IAG businesses on • Business • Draft proposal to be biodiversity and their Associations presented to OEWG dependencies on • Business Forum biodiversity • Events
The Global Partnership for Business and Biodiversity • COP10 Decision engagement with business sector • Objectives • To share information, knowledge and best practices • Mainstreaming biodiversity into businesses and broader major groups • Support business in the transition to more sustainable model • Current work and activities: • Communication: Newsletters, case studies, tools and mechanisms • Guidelines for voluntary commitments, identifying opportunities for business inputs/contributions to Post 2020 and beyond • Support to national initiatives – bridging gaps with business and government • Liaising with partners to ensure alignment – one voice • Strategy for upcoming business focused events and activities leading up to COP15
2020 The Year for Action 2 SDGS NDCs U N 7 5 th WCC 2020 Nature COP 15 An n i ve r s a r y Summit Review of Goals National Global discussion Multi stakeholder Commitments and Adoption of Global and Targets Determined about role of discussion about collaboration for Biodiversity Contributions cooperation the role of Nature Post 2020 Framework become operational
• There is an opportunity to build a united voice for business that can shape the next decade and beyond • The private sector can take a leading role in the transformation needed to a sustainable future • Collaboration is key to success
Thank you. Bianca Brasil Business Engagement Program Manager Convention on Biological Diversity Bianca.brasil@cbd.int
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