N4C Weekly Brief | APR 10-16

N4C NEWS

Investors engaged in the Brazilian NbS sector are invited to apply and join the 2nd Brazil Nature-based Solutions Investment Summit this May 22nd, organized by Capital for Climate and Converge Capital as part of the Brazil Climate Investment Week (May, 21-23). Nature4Climate supports this event and only accredited and institutional investors will be allowed to attend.

The summit will present macro-opportunities and context setting sessions on the policy context, risk management, and catalytic finance, as well as presentations by 25+ nature-positive opportunities spanning funds, project developers, and enterprises across asset classes and solutions including agroforestry, the forest bioeconomy, regenerative agriculture, ecosystem restoration, restoration of degraded pastureland, sustainable livestock management, nature tech, and more.

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Top nature news:

• Climate targets group trustees seek to calm governance storm - Reuters
• Climate transition could reduce soybean expansion by up to 36%, study finds - AgFeed
• Certified timber harvesting of tropical forests proves beneficial for gorillas and elephants - Afrik21

POSITIVE NATURE STORIES

A Group of Women Took Switzerland to Court Over Climate Inaction—and Won

Four years ago, a group of women, aged 64 and up, filed a lawsuit before Europe’s top human rights court against Switzerland for violating their rights by not protecting them from the health impacts of climate change. On Tuesday, the court decided in their favor, marking the first time an international court has ruled on governments’ legal obligations regarding climate change. This landmark ruling is the latest in a wave of court cases around the world targeting both governments and businesses to hold them accountable for their role in climate change—and their obligations to address it. 

Case Study of the Week - Mtwapa Creek Mangrove Planting

WHERE: MTWAPA CREEK, KILIFI, KENYA

TYPE OF NCS SOLUTION: ADAPT

Over 80% of Kenya’s mangrove forests have disappeared. On Mtwapa Creek, near Mombasa, the mangrove forests have been destroyed to provide fuel and income for local communities. A local conservation group is raising seedlings to restore the coastal mangroves. In order to present a new alternative to local communities, beehives are installed in the trees – providing a new income source from the sale of honey. Medicinal honey is in high demand and particularly valuable in the markets.

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For your information:

IETA shares its guidelines for high integrity use of carbon credits, outlining how the use of carbon credits should be deployed in parallel with other mitigation levers.

Youth4Nature launches the 2024 Call for Solutions to support the work of young people and youth-led organizations in five thematic areas: Climate and Environment Literacy, Sustainable Energy, Food and Agriculture, Nature Assets, Sustainable Consumption and Production.  

World Resources Institute publishes a report to help consumer-facing food companies with climate and other sustainability goals source not only “less meat” but also “better meat.” The report reviews evidence on the links between meat production, climate change, and other aspects of sustainability, looking across production practices and systems. 

BirdLife International in collaboration with other leading environmental organizations, releases the EU Parliament Scoreboard , finding that only a minority of MEPs during the 2019–2024 mandate acted to protect Europe’s climate, nature and air quality.  

UN Environment Programme seeks nominations of individuals and organizations working on innovative and sustainable solutions to restore land, enhance drought resilience, and combat desertification for its annual Champions of the Earth award.  

WWF announces that it is pioneering the development of a new simplified global Farm Loss Tool with WRAP-UK and Anthesis for farmers, ranchers, and growers of all sizes and food commodity types to easily measure and report their on-farm losses. This tool aims to help farmers and buyers across international lines to communicate what is being left behind in-field and why. 

Nature Jobs & Opportunities:

• International Nature Markets Lead - Green Finance Institute
• Drivers of Deforestation Adviser, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea Programs - Rainforest Foundation Norway
• Project Manager - Instituto Talanoa
• Director, Executive Communications - Ocean Conservancy 
• The Future of Food: Power and Biodiversity Fellowship - The New Institute
• Project Manager - Earthworm Foundation
• Project Manager (Forest IQ) - Global Canopy
• Sustainable Agriculture Lead - World Wildlife Fund
• Director for Climate and Environment - Winrock International
• Vice President Conservation Programs - Island Conservation
• RFP for Fire Safety Research for UK Mass Timber Construction - Built by Nature
• Office Manager, Foundation Services - Rockefeller Foundation
• Staff Writer – West and Central Africa - Mongabay
• Wire Reporter - Mongabay
• Consultant: Project Coordinator & Value Chain Expert - Forest Stewardship Council
• Global Director of Communications - Madre Brava
• Global Director of Research - Madre Brava
• Conservation Strategy and Metrics Specialist - The Nature Conservancy

NUMBER OF THE WEEK - 98 MtCO2e/yr

The annual carbon dioxide emissions that could be avoided by Indonesia meeting its potential to avoid forest conversion by 2050.  Deforestation for oil palm plantations increased for the second year in a row in Indonesia in 2023, ending a decade-long decline in forest loss. See more details on the potential for natural climate solutions in N4C's naturebase .

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