Remarks at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference : Aligning Finance and Building Capacity for an Ecological Civilization

World Bank Group President David Malpass discussed biodiversity and climate change being closely interlinked, with terrestrial and marine ecosystems serving as critically important carbon sinks. At the same time climate change acts as a direct driver of biodiversity and ecosystem services loss. The...

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Main Author:	Malpass, David
Format:	Speech
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:	BIODIVERSITY COASTAL ECOSYSTEM MARINE ECOSYSTEM CLIMATE CHANGE CARBON SINK CONSERVATION PROTECTED AREA COVID-19 PANDEMIC BUFFER ZONE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/835141634614061617/Remarks-by-World-Bank-Group-President-David-Malpass-at-the-United-Nations-COP-15-Part-1-Biodiversity-Conference-High-Level-Segment-Aligning-Finance-and-Building-Capacity-for-an-Ecological-Civilization http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36489

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spelling	okr-10986-364892021-11-05T05:10:45Z Remarks at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference : Aligning Finance and Building Capacity for an Ecological Civilization Malpass, David BIODIVERSITY COASTAL ECOSYSTEM MARINE ECOSYSTEM CLIMATE CHANGE CARBON SINK CONSERVATION PROTECTED AREA COVID-19 PANDEMIC BUFFER ZONE World Bank Group President David Malpass discussed biodiversity and climate change being closely interlinked, with terrestrial and marine ecosystems serving as critically important carbon sinks. At the same time climate change acts as a direct driver of biodiversity and ecosystem services loss. The World Bank has financed biodiversity conservation around the world, including over 116 million hectares of Marine and Coastal Protected Areas, 10 million hectares of Terrestrial Protected Areas, and over 300 protected habitats, biological buffer zones and reserves. The COVID pandemic, biodiversity loss, climate change are all reminders of how connected we are. The recovery from this pandemic is an opportunity to put in place more effective policies, institutions, and resources to address biodiversity loss. 2021-11-04T19:49:06Z 2021-11-04T19:49:06Z 2021-10-12 Speech http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/835141634614061617/Remarks-by-World-Bank-Group-President-David-Malpass-at-the-United-Nations-COP-15-Part-1-Biodiversity-Conference-High-Level-Segment-Aligning-Finance-and-Building-Capacity-for-an-Ecological-Civilization http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36489 English Delivered October 12, 2021; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: President's Speech
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description	World Bank Group President David Malpass discussed biodiversity and climate change being closely interlinked, with terrestrial and marine ecosystems serving as critically important carbon sinks. At the same time climate change acts as a direct driver of biodiversity and ecosystem services loss. The World Bank has financed biodiversity conservation around the world, including over 116 million hectares of Marine and Coastal Protected Areas, 10 million hectares of Terrestrial Protected Areas, and over 300 protected habitats, biological buffer zones and reserves. The COVID pandemic, biodiversity loss, climate change are all reminders of how connected we are. The recovery from this pandemic is an opportunity to put in place more effective policies, institutions, and resources to address biodiversity loss.
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title	Remarks at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference : Aligning Finance and Building Capacity for an Ecological Civilization
title_short	Remarks at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference : Aligning Finance and Building Capacity for an Ecological Civilization
title_full	Remarks at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference : Aligning Finance and Building Capacity for an Ecological Civilization
title_fullStr	Remarks at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference : Aligning Finance and Building Capacity for an Ecological Civilization
title_full_unstemmed	Remarks at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference : Aligning Finance and Building Capacity for an Ecological Civilization
title_sort	remarks at the united nations biodiversity conference : aligning finance and building capacity for an ecological civilization
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
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Remarks at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference : Aligning Finance and Building Capacity for an Ecological Civilization

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