[Workshop] NATURE Impacts: Assessing national progress and priorities to drive urgent, transformative change for nature [SIGN-UP NEEDED, SEE DESCRIPTION]
Co-organized by GBF
Convener:
Tom White
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Co-conveners:
Eilish Kathleen Farrelly,
Stefania Karlsdottir,
Mike Barrett,
E.J. Milner-Gulland
We are now more than halfway to the 2030 deadline of the Global Biodiversity Framework, and yet global biodiversity indicators continue to decline, and we are not on track to meet its objectives. Progress is further complicated by several challenges, including:
- Partial reporting that highlight positive actions while masking negative impacts.
- Incomplete integration of non-governmental data that could help track real-world progress.
- A lack of tools to inform forward-looking policy choices that prioritise long-term global benefits over short-term national gains.
To begin addressing these challenges, we propose a new initiative: ‘NATURE Impacts’, which aims to assess national progress towards achieving the Global Biodiversity Framework’s mission of halting and reversing nature loss by 2030.
By leveraging existing datasets and engaging a broad range of stakeholders with expertise in national-level conservation contexts, NATURE Impacts will evaluate national commitments and actions contribute to global biodiversity recovery, aiming to provide civil society with the information needed to prioritise actions that can deliver the greatest positive impacts for nature. Over time, the project seeks to develop an evidence-based, dynamic picture of opportunities to accelerate progress and increase ambition for global nature recovery.
This workshop will begin with a short framing session introducing the NATURE Impacts initiative and outlining the framework. This will be followed by two breakout discussions designed to generate insights to inform the next phase of the project.
Participants will be invited to reflect on the following questions:
- What information is needed to prioritise actions in your country for maximum global benefit?
- Is it possible to assess fair allocation of effort between countries, and how might this be done?
Insights generated during the breakout sessions will be used to:
- Identify priority indicators for assessing national contributions to global biodiversity recovery.
- Highlight key data gaps and practical challenges in measuring and monitoring biodiversity status, policy actions, and cross-border environmental impacts.
- Explore approaches for assessing fair allocation of effort between nations, including metrics such as economic capacity, development level, population, and consumption footprints.
- Identify opportunities for pilot applications, partnerships, and further collaboration to advance the NATURE Impacts initiative.
- Identify information to inform a phase of modelling to underpin a policy tool.