“Nature-based solutions” – another false, corporate pathway in the great greenwashing of the climate and biodiversity crise
With key United Nations and Global Convention on Biological Diversity meetings taking place in Nairobi, Kenya this October, GFC’s Souparna Lahiri and Valentina Figuera Martínez raise the alarm on the infiltration of nature-based solutions into global climate policy discussions, showing closer analysis and rigorous scrutiny of their implementation reveal them to be a dangerous barrier to resolving the climate and biodiversity crises.
The UN Environment Program (UNEP) working group on NbS is meeting from October 9-13, while the 25th meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) of the CBD convenes in Nairobi from October 15-19.
