Biodiversity Basics: a future where business and biodiversity flourish | webinar
Organised by the European Business & Biodiversity Platform
When it comes to the biodiversity, business as usual is no longer desirable nor acceptable. The Biodiversity Basics Webinars will get business up to speed with the fundamentals of biodiversity and everything they need to know to build a nature positive future.
You might also be interested in the ongoing IPBES Business and biodiversity assessment: IPBES will likely be seeking external reviewers with a relevant background in summer 2024. You might further be interested in the learning resources, especially online courses, curated at ONet: they are available at no cost to learners. Please see the section on biodiversity in business, finance, and law.
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Biodiversity is essential for the processes that support all life on Earth, and forms the foundation of our economy, and healthy and prosperous societies. It is critical to our well-being and livelihoods, and its dramatic decline currently poses the greatest systemic risks to our economy. Following the momentum of the Kunming-Montreal GBF, businesses are being called to step up and make substantial changes to improve their relations with nature.
However, many businesses are not fully aware of the extent to which they depend on biodiversity and ecosystems, or of the impact they have on them. Nor are they always able to anticipate the newcoming regulatory approaches and the material risks that they may entail.
The Biodiversity Basics Webinars will help organisations get up to speed with the fundamentals of biodiversity and the policy landscape by showcasing actionable changes to preserve biodiversity and restore natural capital and encouraging transformative action to future-proof businesses.
About the European Business & Biodiversity Platform
The EU Business & Biodiversity Platform provides a unique forum for dialogue and policy interface to discuss the links between business and biodiversity at EU level. Through the EU Business and Biodiversity Platform, businesses can learn about the importance of biodiversity and develop strategies to move towards a nature-positive future, benefiting both their operations and the planet. It is run by the European Commission.
The European Business Nature Commitment recognises the need to raise ambition for biodiversity and show their willingness to transform their businesses to help reverse nature loss and contribute to a nature-positive, net zero and equitable economy.
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Photo by Serey Morm on Unsplash: Fjaðrárgljúfur, a canyon in South Iceland. This landscape was shaped by the runoff of a glacial lake at the end of the last ice age.