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Circular Cities for Nature: Protecting Biodiversity through Local and Regional Circular Economy Strategies

 
As global hubs of resource consumption and waste generation, cities are key actors of the transition towards consumption and production pat

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Integrating Biodiversity, Climate and Land Management: Examples from the GPSC

 
This session focussed on the synergies of integra

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Exploring nature-positive buildings

The built environment sector is critical to achieving a nature-positive future, as it is responsible for nearly 30% of biodiversity loss globally, 50% of global raw materials extraction, 40% of w

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Compendium for City Good Practice Series: How Paris Is Leveraging Nature For Climate Resilience

This report, as part of the Compendium for City Good Practice series, highlights Paris's innovative approach to climate resilience through the strategic integration of nature into urban

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A Playbook for Nature-positive Infrastructure Development

Infrastructure is one of the main drivers of biodiversity loss. For example, 95% of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is within 5 km of a road.

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Nature-based Solutions to Build Climate Resilience in Informal Areas

This strategy paper draws from existing research and practical project experience applying nature-based solutions (NBS) for adaptation and building climate resilience in inform

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30x30 A Guide to Inclusive, Equitable and Effective Implementation of Target 3

This guide is about how to plan and implement the new global target for effectively and equitably conserving at least 30% of the Earth by 2030.

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Banking on nature: What the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework means for responsible banks

As part of a series of publications to help financial institutions understand the relevance and implications of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), this b

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Stepping Up on Biodiversity: What the Kunming‑Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework means for responsible investors

In the face of unprecedented biodiversity loss, 196 countries adopted in December 2022 the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) providing a global framework to

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Best Practice in Delivering the 30x30 Target: Protected Areas and Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures

This report was first published before the final decision on the Global Biodiversity Framework was made at the CBD meeting in December 2022.

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Cities and Nature: Planning for the Future

In preparation for the 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to adopt the Global Biodiversity Framework, UN-Habitat has prepared a white paper Cities

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Biodiversity in Cities - Technical Guide

In order to respond to the challenges and growing demand of counterparts, partners and populations to better integrate nature in cities, AFD Group has developed this technical

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Summary - Towards an IUCN Nature-Positive Approach: a Working Paper

To deliver a nature-positive future the world needs to be able to measure progress towards global goals, but currently lacks the tools to do so.

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C4B 1st Deep-Dive Learning: Greening Cities - Summary Report

Cities4Biodiversity (C4B) participants convened in April 2022 to explore the first of a series of themes critical to the purpose of C4B – developing and supporting a network of

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The Urban Butterfly Effect

This is a policy brief with recommendations for national governments to accelerate urban efforts to help them achieve the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) 2030 Action Targets.

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Nature-Based Solutions in Latin America and The Caribbean: Regional Status and Priorities for Growth

This paper discusses how the Latin American and Caribbean region is on the verge of a transition from experimenting with nature-based solutions (NBS) to adopting it on a much wider scale that can

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Urban Nature and Biodiversity for Cities. Policy Brief

One important way for urban leaders to rise to today’s challenges is to bring biodiversity and nature into urban design through urban eco

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2021 Sustainable LA Grand Challenge Sustainability Report Card for Los Angeles County Ecosystem Health

This 2021 Report Card on Ecosystem Health provides an in-depth look at the region’s efforts in moving toward a more resilient environment and community for people and native wi

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Biodiversity and Health in the Urban Environment

Biodiversity underpins urban ecosystem functions that are essential for human health and well-being.

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Lagos Resilience Strategy

The Lagos Resilience Strategy is the State’s first urban resilience strategy document and it articulates an integrated approach to addressing the shocks and stresses the city e

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