Upcoming events

Join the online webinar hosted by the Foundation for Sustainable Development in cooperation with ASN Bank to find out more about ecosystem services, the valuation of nature and how your organisation can use this to make nature count. The webinar will take place on Wednesday, 30th November, 14:00-15:30 CET.

Part of the discussions during COP 15 in Montreal will be around the concept of ‘nature positive’ and having a net positive effect on biodiversity. But what is nature positive? And what does a positive effect on biodiversity actually mean from a societal perspective? [Read more…] about Pre-COP15 webinar: Make Nature Count. Aligning financial flows with Ecosystem Services

This webinar will highlight innovative case studies that assess the costs and benefits of NbS, and how we might use that cost-benefit information to help scale these approaches. Join to hear from Mike Beck (UC Santa Cruz) on the cost effectiveness of nature-based coastal adaptation in the Gulf of Mexico, Anna Bettis (The Nature Conservancy) on a cost-benefit analysis of installing tree canopies to address extreme heat in Phoenix, and from Gregg Brill (The Pacific Institute, CEO Water Mandate) and Ivan Paspaldzhiev (Denkstatt) on benefit accounting and valuation of NbS for watersheds. [Read more…] about How Does Nature Measure Up? Innovative Examples of Cost-Benefit Analysis of Nature-Based Solutions

CENTRUS and Earth Law Centre invite you to Cumbre Madre Tierra (see invitation below, in Spanish). This meeting will join experts in diverse fields that are called around natures´ rights recognition and how this can help in achieving full multidimensional rights in different contexts. The main organizer is Raúl Gutiérrez Patiño and the venue is Universidad Iberoamericana, Ciudad de México. Register to participate online by writing to this email: [email protected]. [Read more…] about Invitation to Cumbre Madre Tierra event (Spanish only)