April 15, 2021 from 15:00-17:00 UTC

Join us at the IUCN One Nature, One Future Global Youth Summit! Nature-based solutions (NbS) are becoming an increasingly contested issue in several policy fora. While many governments, businesses and even big NGOs in the climate space are pushing for swift global implementation and are praising NbS as an important response to climate change, many grassroot NGOs, Indigenous and local communities as well as an increasing number of young people are concerned that some projects implemented as NbS schemes could pose serious risks to ecosystems and species and perpetuate business as usual approaches or even greenwashing, leading to delayed decarbonization.

The lack of a universally agreed definition of NbS as well as concerns about human rights and missing biodiversity safeguards are gaining traction, particularly in the biodiversity space.

Together with our friends at GYBN and YOUNGO, we hope to bring more clarity to the discussion about NbS, build a better common understanding and discuss how it can be used as a tool to engage other actors.

Register to join us: https://www.iucnyouthsummit.org/