SBSTTA-25 CBD Alliance SIDE EVENT: Will GBF implementation be equitable, socially and gender just or will false solutions prevail?

17 Oct 2023

 CBD Alliance SIDE EVENT
Will GBF implementation be equitable, socially and gender just or will false solutions prevail?

 17/10/2023
18:15 Nairobi Time

UN Complex, CR-10, GRULAC ROOM

 

Live streaming: https://www.instagram.com/cbd_alliance/

CBD Alliance believes all targets should be implemented in ways that assure a fair, just, equitable, and gender-just implementation. This side event will assess where we see the danger that greenwashing techniques and false solutions could undermine the positive outcomes of the GBF. Finally, the side event will provide insights on ways to include equity and fairness in the indicators, which are critical measures for implementation.

1) False solutions

a) Carbon offsets and NBS: Souparna Lahiri, Global Forest Coalition(GFC)
b) Biodiversity offsets and credits: T19- Mirna Fernández, Third World Network (TWN)
c) Private sector’s voluntary approaches: Agricultural intensification, certification, TNFD – T10, T15, T16 – Nele Marien, Friends of the Earth International (FOEI)

 2) Ecological integrity:

a) Ecological Integrity in the Ecosystem Approach
b) Ecological integrity in standards or criteria to assess ecological performance of interventions:
Alice Hughes, China Biodiversity Conservation, GDF

 3) Human Rights and Social Justice
a) T22: Participation, and justice of IPLCs, women, and youth
b) Lack of indicators for human rights-related targets
Jacqueline Rukanda, Natural Justice