The GBF is a historic agreement that seeks to reverse the decline of biodiversity by providing a strategic vision and global roadmap for the conservation, protection, and sustainable management of biodiversity and ecosystems through 2030.
the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) and the Philippines’ Climate Change Commission held the Biodiversity and Building Resilience to the Impacts of Climate Change in the ASEAN webinar on 15 December 2020.
MANILA, Dec. 21 The ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) and the Philippines’ Climate Change Commission held the Biodiversity and Building Resilience to the Impacts of Climate Change in the ASEAN webinar on 15 December, coinciding with the 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement.
The event sought to highlight the need to incorporate nature-based solutions as part of the approach in addressing climate change. The webinar, supported by Swedbio, a programme from the Stockholm Resilience Centre, gathered a diverse panel of experts who shared their perspectives and insights on biodiversity and nature’s role in building resilience against the climate crisis.
Highlights of the Biodiversity and Building Resilience to Impacts of Climate Change in ASEAN webinar. (Photo from the presentation of Mr. Elbert Or, Co-Founder and Chief Visual Consultant of Pushpin Visual Solutions)
PARAÑAQUE CITY, Dec. 16 (PIA) Environmental experts, advocates for climate change resilience, and members of the academe and civil society gathered virtually on Tuesday and discussed the importance of nature-based solutions in building better climate change resilience for countries in the ASEAN region and beyond at the “Biodiversity and Building Resilience to Impacts of Climate Change in ASEAN” webinar.
The virtual event, moderated by Mr. Jerome Ilagan, Chief of the Policy Research and Development, Climate Change Commission of the Philippines (CCC), featured biodiversity experts Mr. Tristan Tyrrell, Programme Officer of SwedBio; Dr. Isabelle de Lovinfosse, Head of Southeast Asia COP26 Strategy, British High Commission; and Mr. Krissusandi Gunui’, Executive Dir