Nature as the backbone for Climate and as a Biodiversity Solution​

Date: Thursday 7​ September 2023

Time: 1:30pm- 2:30pm EAT

Location: Taifa Hall, Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) 

Live streaming link.

The event is an official side-event of the Africa Climate Week 2023 and is co-organized with the African Informal Biodiversity Support Group (UNEP, AfDB, FAO, IUCN, WWF, AWF, AUC and NEPAD) with inputs from the African Group of Negotiators on Biodiversity. 

Solving climate change, biodiversity loss and development in Africa cannot be addressed separately. They must be done in tandem, simultaneously and with equal urgency.  Healthy terrestrial and marine ecosystems are the foundations for natural systems in regulating climate including mitigation and adaptation. Healthy ecosystems also build communities’ resilience to withstand the impacts of climate change. Africa has an abundance of healthy ecosystems but how can it take advantage of its nature-based solutions to address climate change?  

This side event seeks to build momentum and promote nature-based solutions as a means for co-implementing the Paris Agreement and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) to address the planetary crises of biodiversity loss and climate change. The event entails vibrant dialogue with examples on NBS from different perspectives: Government, indigenous peoples and local communities, youth, private sector and the civil society.  

Explore UNEP's full list of activities during Africa Climate Week/Africa Climate Summit 2023.