Nature Based Solutions: What's the Problem?



Abstract

The concept of 'Nature-Based Solutions' has been proposed as key in tackling both the crises of global climate change and global loss of biodiversity. It has been claimed, for example, that 'natural solutions' - like protecting forests and other ecosystems, and planting more trees - can account for more than a third of climate change mitigation by 2030. This talk explores whether such claims are true. It will explain where the concept originated, where it sits in global climate (and biodiversity) policy and how it is now being used in practice. It will consider what the overall/conceptual problems are, and also look at specific examples - which will include projects from which CPC is buying carbon credits to supposedly 'offset' its greenhouse gas emissions.


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https://www.storm.mg/article/4711978?mode=whole

http://shuchuan7.blogspot.com/2023/04/blog-post_25.html


Speaker's Short Intro.

Simon Counsell is an independent researcher working on nature-based solutions, offsetting, and rights-based conservation. He is advisor to Survival International and the former director of Rainforest Foundation UK. He has been on the front line of campaigns to protect the world's forests for nearly three decades. Prior to his work at the Rainforest Foundation, he led international consumer and public awareness campaigns for Friends of the Earth. Simon's work has taken him to the forests of Amazonia, the Congo Basin and West Africa. He often appears on television and radio, campaigning for the rights of rainforest peoples to protect their lives and livelihoods.