Can Montreal deliver a Paris moment?
The COP27 dust has only just settled as a new COP arises on the horizon. While the last-minute Sharm el-Sheikh Implementation Plan does not explicitly mention the COP15 UN Biodiversity Summit, which is taking place in Montreal exactly a week from now, the text “underlines the urgent need to address, in a comprehensive and synergetic manner, the interlinked global crises of climate change and biodiversity loss”. By many, this has been labelled a highlight in a somewhat underwhelming agreement. The question remains; how does COP15 tie in with its older, more well-known sibling?
While biodiversity and climate change are inextricably linked and need to be addressed jointly, COP15 focuses on strategies to halt biodiversity loss, whereas COP27 aims at ramping up ambitions to limit global warming and mitigate climate change. The respective action plans, however, might stand before an even closer linkage with climate leaders stating that the Canadian summit is an unprecedented chance to turn the tide on nature loss and commit to a ‘Paris agreement’ for nature.
The fact remains that delivering on biodiversity means delivering on climate, pollution, ecosystem restoration, and the transformation of food and energy systems. With nature being a key contributor to staying within the 1.5°C threshold, actions to sustainably manage and use natural features to tackle socio-environmental challenges are urgently needed. As such, many of the solutions discussed in Sharm will overlap those that are on the agenda in Montreal.
In warming up for next week’s COP15, we have collected a list of Danish ways to use nature-based solutions in sustainably managing and restoring natural ecosystems.
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