A Challenge to Reimagine Conservation in 2022
CEESP News - by Kristen Walker Painemilla, 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 CEESP Commission Chair
With 2021 coming to a close, we have the听opportunity to reflect on the state of the world, take the good with the bad, and look toward the future -听to imagine how 2022 might be,听and how we want it to be.听My sincerest gratitude to 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 Members for my re-election as Chair of 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 CEESP. It has been an honor to serve the past five years, and to serve over the next four years. Thanks to the inspiring work and input by Commission members, the impact and influence of the six 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 Commissions have never been stronger.
The continued devastating impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic听on the health and well-being of communities and nature worldwide have left us still grabbling听with the resulting听inequity and injustice around the world.
We have also seen progress this year.听The 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 Congress held in Marseille in September听this year was the first major environmental event to be held in a hybrid format, attracting some 6,000 participants. While not perfect, we convened our global community, and the Congress brought significant contributions to:
- ,听,听听补苍诲听听via a number of Summits听
- The adoption of 28 resolutions on听conservation, sustainable development and other crucial issues added to the 109 resolutions already adopted through an online electronic vote in October 2020.
- The establishment of a听
- The promotion of a One Health Approach
- A moratorium on听
- Contributions to the post-2020 global biodiversity framework
- Greater recognition and support for the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities in conservation and the protection of environmental defenders.
- The election of听,听only the second female President of 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 and the first President from the听Arab world.
Shortly after the 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 Congress, governments, civil society, indigenous peoples, and local communities convened in Glasgow, Scotland, for the , as a result of which听governments agreed on the following:
- Recognition of the emergency: countries reaffirmed the Paris agreement of limiting the increase the global average temperature to well below 2 degrees Celsius
- The need to accelerate action: call for governments to present more robust National Action Plans next year, rather than 2025
- 听and the move听away from fossil fuels
- Delivery of Climate Finance: Countries reaffirmed the pledge to deliver $100 billion per year for developing countries by 2023, recognizing that they had fallen short
- Adaptation: Establishment of a work programme to define a global goal on adaptation
- Completion of the听Paris rulebook
- Greater focus on听loss and damage
Additionally, we saw new deals, announcements, and greater political will around:
- 听by world leaders, by 2030
- : slashing of methane emissions by 30% by 2030
- Greater recognition and听
- Greater recognition and incorporation of听
While we have seen movement and more significant political and financial commitments at both the 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 Congress and at COP26 in Glasgow, the underlying questions are:听will commitments be delivered, and how? These questions are especially relevant as we look toward COP15 in China and the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, as we will see further agreements and financial commitments.
The pandemic and the climate crisis have forced us and continue to push us to re-think ourselves, our communities, and our planet. Are these commitments just more of the same,听with significant lag times听that take years and years to deliver? It is time for us to take these commitments and political will, and听reimagine conservation...听justice... leadership... funding... reimagine the world we need.
As we embark on this next quadrennium at 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播, CEESP will focus on听鈥溾澨齛s part of our strategy over the next four years, and as part of a larger partnership that promotes a听culture for conservation and care for the planet.听It is a movement, people-centered and built from the bottom-up. It starts by听肠丑补濒濒别苍驳颈苍驳听the status quo,听濒颈蝉迟别苍颈苍驳听to diverse audiences, and 鈥 together -听谤别颈尘补驳颈苍颈苍驳听a new way of caring and protecting the planet and each other. We will listen, discuss, imagine and act!听
I invite and call on you to join us and to share how听you听! The world needs your ideas and experiences. Send your thoughts to me via this email.
To kick off 2022, CEESP will focus on three initial priorities around Reimagining Conservation:
- Reimagine听Justice -听building on our work around environmental defenders and rights-based approaches to conservation
- Reimagine Funding -听making funding more inclusive for Indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLCs), youth, and women and breaking down barriers to access听to resources
- Reimagine Conservation Dialogue Platform,听in conjunction with the 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 commissions, to provide Commission members, 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 Members, and partners the opportunity to discuss and debate how they are, and how we need to, reimagine and implement听efforts to protect the planet.
We look forward to working with you in the 2021-2025 period.听
More than forty percent of听 2017-2020 Commission members have already renewed their membership.听If you experienced issues in renewing your membership, we听hope that you will try again. The Commission System has been ameliorated听and should make听the renewal process easier. One of the technical glitches was access to the Commission System,听mostly due to a broken link which stays in your browser history. Please copy and paste this link into your browser to renew your membership:听听.听If this doesn鈥檛 work, try with another internet browser.
Another issue was 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 Username and password. To recover your credentials, please add the email you used as a member here: 听. 听The System will send you your username and let you change your password.听The team that supports the Commission System will continue responding to all enquiries as fast as they can 鈥 thank you for bearing with them. The renewal period is extended to 31 January 2022.听Thank you for your patience with the teething issues in 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播鈥檚 first online system for renewals and new applications.
Finally, we听wish you all a happy and healthy new year! I look forward to our journey over the coming years.
Kristen Walker Painemilla