Business for Nature’s suggestions to deliver an ambitious global agreement on nature at CBD COP15

 
 

Business for Nature has set out nine suggestions, with specific text amendments, for negotiators to include in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (the Framework), aiming to strengthen its ambition. More than 100 businesses head-quartered in 31 countries have provided input to our position. It builds on Business for Nature’s policy recommendations and on the momentum of our Call to Action, Nature Is Everyone‘s Business, through which 700 companies are urging governments to adopt policies now to reverse nature loss.

Nature is everyone’s business. We know that healthy societies, resilient economies and thriving businesses rely on nature. But nature is at a tipping point, and the science is clear—the nature crisis must be tackled within this decade if we are to build a stable net-zero, nature-positive and equitable future in which humanity and all life on earth can thrive. The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has a unique opportunity at the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) to adopt a transformative, meaningful, implementable and enforceable Framework that sets the direction for businesses to scale and speed up action and investment to reverse nature loss by 2030, while creating sustainable growth, generating clean jobs and potentially unlocking $US trillions in economic opportunities.

Business for Nature greatly appreciates the efforts of Parties to develop a strong Framework. However, we are concerned that the current draft is still unlikely to trigger the change needed and action necessary from the business community to transition towards a more sustainable, circular economy that respects the limits of the planet.

We need policies that provide direction and momentum to help unlock new opportunities and create a level playing field and stable operating environment for business. Let’s work together to deliver a global policy environment that accelerates collective leadership on nature and shows that the transition to a nature-positive future is both necessary and achievable.