N4C Weekly Brief | Jan 17 - 23
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Nature4Climate's 2024 Trends in Nature Positive Investments Survey is closing this Friday (26th Jan) and if you work for a financial organization or corporation investing in, or exploring investing in, nature then we need your answers now. We encourage you to fill in this 7-question survey whether you are just beginning to research nature-based solutions, have an established strategy, or are focused on the crucial goal of ending finance to nature-negative practices. Responses help shape future N4C events and communications at upcoming climate forums like UNFCCC regional climate weeks, Colombia's biodiversity COP16, and 29 in Azerbaijan. Those who respond may also have the chance to join a panel of speakers at one of Nature4Climate's nature finance events later this year. ?
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Positive nature stories
UK-based NGO Tree Aid has raised funds through US platform Earthshot Labs to support tree planting in Burkina Faso, part of Africa's "Great Green Wall" to combat desertification, it said Wednesday. The Tond Tenga project aims to plant over 6.6 million native trees in Burkina Faso, a West African country with vast swathes of desert, and monetize the process with voluntary carbon credits. Funding is predicted to generate "over $30 million" in direct community financial benefits over the project's lifetime.
Case Study of the Week: Hiniduma Bio-link
WHERE: HINIDUMA, SRI LANKA
TYPE OF NCS SOLUTION: RESTORE
Hiniduma, located in the southwest of Sri Lanka, is a mixed agricultural community surrounded by one the island’s last few remaining rainforest ecosystems. The Hiniduma Bio-link Project?aims to establish a biodiversity corridor between two large remnant disturbed rainforest patches – Singharaja?& Kanneliya, and to conserve buffer zones around the forest edges through reforestation.
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Global Canopy shares a case study from JGP Asset Management, showing how tackling deforestation using active ownership, creative financing, and nature restoration provides a holistic approach to driving the shift towards more sustainable commodity supply chains.?
Clean Cooking Alliance (CCA) features the story of a young Kenyan leader, Calvin Shikuku, working to advance sustainable solutions that address energy challenges while making a positive impact on communities.?
Conservation International covers a new report addressing how sustainable agriculture can help farmers in Madagascar mitigate its climate vulnerabilities.??
Wildlife Conservation Society features a new paper that analyzes highly productive marine areas to help the world achieve the protection of at least 30 percent of the planet by 2030.?
WBCSD – World Business Council for Sustainable Development announces the release of sector-specific circularity metrics by the CTI Fashion Initiative. These tailored metrics are poised to redefine how circularity is assessed within the fashion and textiles value chain and help rally companies around common targets.?
联合国开发计划署 shares updates on a five-year initiative aiming to overhaul water resource management along the Incomati and Maputo River Basins across three countries – Eswatini, Mozambique and South Africa.?
?ISS announces the release of the Biodiversity Impact Assessment Tool, which enables investors to assess the impact of companies’ business and supply chain activities on biodiversity.?
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