Climate change and biodiversity loss: key figures of the main issues
published on 05 January 2023
The end of 2022 was marked by the holding of two United Nations Conferences (COP): COP27 on climate change in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt and COP15 on biodiversity in Montreal, Canada. Focus on the key figures for these two major challenges, which were the subject of two dedicated issues of Private Sector & Development, Proparco's magazine.
To be discovered in full in the magazines Private Sector & Developement: Preserving biodiversity: The private sector in action (n°35 - May 2021) et Climate change adaptation: How the private sector is scaling up (n°38 - November 2022).
_Private Sector & Development (PS&D), Proparco's magazinePrivate Sector & Development (PS&D) is a publication that provides analyses of the mechanisms through which the private sector can support the development of southern countries. Each issue compares the views of experts in different fields, from academia to the private sector, development institutions and civil society. |
Climate change adaptation: investments remain insufficient
In the face of climate urgency, the necessary adaptation
Sources: GIEC 2022
The rising cost of adaptation
Financial flows for adaptation have increased in recent years, from $30 billion in 2017 to $46 billion in 2020. However, they remain insufficient to avoid the serious economic and human consequences of climate change, especially in developing countries. Indeed, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) estimates that the cost of adaptation will reach $140 billion to $300 billion a year by 2030, then $280 billion to $500 billion by 2050.
Financing climate change adaptation: an investment for the future
Studies conducted by the Global Commission on Adaptation show the strong leverage effect of investments related to climate change adaptation. Investing $1.8 trillion globally in five areas between 2020 and 2030 could yield $7.1 trillion of profits.
Sources: Enabling private investment in climate adaptation & resilience (2021) - Banque mondiale / GFDRR
_Private Sector & Development #38Climate change adaptation: How the private sector is scaling up_ |
Biodiversity Loss: An Alarming Report
What is biodiversity?
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) defines biodiversity as “The variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part; this includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems”.
Unprecedented species extinction rates
In its 2019 report, IPBES notes “unprecedented” and accelerating extinction rates.
Financing needs for global biodiversity from now until 2030
Sources: afd.fr / "The Little Book of Investing in Nature" (coordination Global Canopy – 2021)
_Private Sector & Development #35Preserving biodiversity: The private sector in action_ |
Read on the Private Sector & Development blog
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- What indicators for finance devoted to climate change adaptation?, by Bertrand Reysset, Climate adaptation expert, AFD Group
- Financing adaptation: the private sector’s role, by Maria Tapia, Global Lead of the Climate Finance Program, Global Center on Adaptation (GCA)
- Protected area management: how can the private sector play a part?, by Luthando Dziba, Managing Executive responsible for the Conservation Services Division, SANParks, and Jean Labuschagne, Director for Conservation Development and Assurance, African Parks
- Nature Positive: turning biodiversity from a risk into an opportunity, Edward Pollard, Technical Director, The Biodiversity Consultancy
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