🗽We're home! Here are some of our highlights from #ClimateWeekNYC and the UN Summit of the Future. 👇
At the start of the week, the Earth Commission co-hosted a high-level roundtable with Earth4All, PIK - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Planetary Guardians, Future Earth, The Earth League and the International Science Council to address the links between planetary stability, inequality, justice and human well-being. 🌎
This was followed by the unveiling of the inaugural #PlanetaryHealthCheck, a first-of-its-kind scientific tool and report on the health of the Planet. #EarthHQ, in partnership with PIK and the Planetary Guardians, helped to build and host the online presence of the Planetary Health Check. The reports, which will be published annually, support collective efforts to understand and protect the stability and resilience of Earth. 📊🌡️
#SystemsChangeLab, Bezos Earth Fund and World Resources Institute organized a session on driving food systems transformation, including sharing a glimpse of the new indicators on food and agriculture that will be launching on the data platform soon. Experts discussed how companies, NGOs, and investors can work together to break down silos and develop food and agricultural solutions within and across sectors. 🍏🚜
“Actions you take in the food system today actually impact the climate tomorrow,” said event moderator Andy Jarvis, Director of Future of Food, the Bezos Earth Fund.
Sustainability leaders gathered to hear insights from companies who piloted the first science-based targets for nature at an event organized by the WBCSD – World Business Council for Sustainable Development and co-hosted by the Science Based Targets Network (SBTN), which shared key outcomes from the pilot. 🎯
In her closing remarks, Erin Billman, Executive Director, the SBTN, highlighted the significance of this milestone for corporate target setting, stating that companies now have a “vetted” proof of concept for credible action on nature. However, she acknowledged the complexity of the task, remarking: “If it were easy, we’d be reinforcing the status quo.”
Hosted by New Zero World, Earth HQ and H&M Foundation, the Earth Public Information Collaborative (EPIC) held a special event to share the ‘Most important brief’, which aims to engage media agencies and the public to build Earth-centric campaigns and content that will drive wide scale behavioral change.
The final event of the week for the GCA was co-hosted with ClientEarth at an iconic venue in New York, the art auction house Christie's, about the latest innovations in law and science to protect all life on Earth.
👉 Read a full events summary and explore our photo galleries: https://lnkd.in/eG_7x5PD
GCA Accountability Accelerator Science Based Targets Network (SBTN)