Biodiversity Means Climate

When: 4 August 2021, 15:00- 17:15 Hours (IST)

Where: Online

Overview

Climate change and environmental degradation are existential threats that the world faces today. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimates with high confidence that global warming is likely to reach 1.5°C between 2030 and 2052 if it continues to increase at the current rate. The Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services of IPBES (Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) report indicated that a million species risk being lost if governments and other stakeholders take no action in the unsustainable depletion of our natural environment.

Biodiversity loss and the climate crisis are interdependent and they exacerbate each other. Addressing climate change without addressing biodiversity is therefore not possible. To overcome these challenges, proactive steps must be taken for biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation and adaptation, seeking to realize synergies and co-benefits from planning and action.

Focus and Objectives

This webinar is being jointly organized by the European Union Delegation of India and UN Environment Programme. It will bring together stakeholders driven by the common goal of working towards the conservation of biodiversity as well as adapting and mitigating the adverse impacts of climate change.

The webinar will also be a platform for awareness generation on the need to look at biodiversity and climate in an integrated manner.