Nature Positive for Climate Action

Framed by the Nature Positive for Climate Action call to action, this event will showcase leading businesses and financial firms that are charting new paths to deliver nature and climate goals through science-based targets, reporting, and analysis. Current and emerging frameworks - including TNFD, SBTN, and SBTi-FLAG - will be profiled as opportunities for companies to take integrated approaches to support the global goal of halting and reversing nature loss by 2030 and advancing delivery of net-zero commitments.

This event will showcase for the first time at a COP the number of non-state actors that are contributing to Nature Positive for Climate Action and charting new paths to deliver nature and climate goals through adoption of science-based targets, disclosure standards, transition plans and addressing deforestation risk. The discussion will also reflect regional nuances from companies from the global south, including how current and emerging tools and resources will help address and accelerate action will be platformed and regional and global leadership of businesses and financial institutions will be showcased.  

Confirmed Speakers:

• Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, CBD Nature Action Agenda Champion 
• Sweta Chakraborty, CEO of North America, We Don’t Have time 
• Jane Madgwick, Executive Director Global Commons Alliance  
  
• Johan Rockström, Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
  
• Xiye Bastida, Youth Activist, Global Ambassador, Race to Zero and Race to Resilience 
  
• Naoko Ishii, Director, Center for Global Commons
  
• Eva Zabey, CEO, Business for Nature
  
• Laila Mostafa Abdullatif, Director General at Emirates Nature– WWF
• Angela Pinhati, Head of Sustainability at Natura & Co Latin America
  
• Butch Bacani, Programme Lead, United Nations Environment Programme’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance Initiative (PSI)
  
• Jose Pugas, Head of Responsible Investments and Engagement, JGP Asset Management 
  
• Rob Cameron, Global Head of Public Affairs, Nestle
  
• Marco Lambertini, Curator, Nature Positive Initiative
  
• Emily McKenzie, Technical Director, TNFD
  
• Divya Mankikar, Global Head of ESG Market Engagement, S&P Global Sustainable1
  
• Diane Holdorf, Executive Vice President, Pathways, WBCSD

Organizers: COP28 Presidency, Global Commons Alliance (GCA), High-level Climate Champions with the support of Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), Science Based Targets Network (SBTN), UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), Business for Nature, Global Canopy, WEF, WBCSD, Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), Global Commons Alliance Accountability Accelerator