UnitedNationsDevelopmentProgramme UN DP UNDP NATURE PLEDGE UNDP'scommitmenttosupportcountriestodelivertheGlobalBiodiversityFrameworkandachieyethe2030Agenda CopyrightUNDP2024.OneUnitedNalionsPlazs,NEWYORK,NY10017, USA,Airighitsreserved.Nopanofthispubliceticnmeybereproduced storedinaretrievalsystemortransmitted,inanyformorbymeans, elecironic,mechanical,photocopying,recordingorothenwise,withoutprior N permission. UnitedNationsDevelopmentProgramme(UNDP) ofpoverty,Inequality,andclimatechange.Workingwithourbroadnetwork ofexpertsendpertnersin17Ocountries,wehelpnstionstebuildintegrated, lastingsolutionsforpeopleencplenet,Leammcreatundp.orgorfollow QUNDP, Generaldisclaimers. Theanalysisandrecammendationsofthisdocumentdonotrepresentthe officialpositionoftheUNDPoroferyoftheUNMemberStatesthelerepart ctcd.Thementionofspeciticcrgarizztionscocsnotimplythattheyarc endorsedotrecommencledbyUNDPinpreferenicetoothersofasimilar UNDI NATURE PLEDGE naturethatarenotmentioned.Allreasonableprecoutionshavebeentaken toverifytheinformationconteinedinthisdocument,However,thematerialis beingdistributedvithoutwarrantyofanykind,eitherexpressedorimplied. TheresponsibilityfortheInterpretationanduseofthemateriallieswiththe reader. UNDPNaturePledge TheUnitedNationsDevelopmentProgramme's commitmentofsupporttocountriestoachievethe goalsandtergetsoftheGlobalBiodiversity Frameworkandthe2030.Agenda. Covercompositeimage UNDPNalure,UNDPSmallGrantsProgrsmme 5eychellesTourismBoard. Strategicsetting Withoutnature,wehavenothing.Withoutnature,wearenothing. UNSecretary-GeneralAntonioGuterres,December6,2022,Montreal,Canada[1] Natureunderpinsourlives,societies,and threebillionpeoplelivingtodayinareasfacing economles.NatureIsessentialforachlevingtheseverewaterstress,anumberlikelytorisetofour SustainableDevelopmentGoals(SDGs). billionpeopleby2030.Women,IndigenousPeoples,localcommunities,andyoutharecisproportionately Themajorityofthe169SDGtargetsrequirenature impacted,withoftentheleastpowertoprotecttheir basedsolutionstoachievethem.[2However,thelands,resources,andIivelihoods.Environmental worldfacesamulti-dimensionalplanetarythreats,astheyintensify.arecompromisingour emergencyofnatureloss,degradationandclimate obligationstofuturegenerationsandtoleavingno onebehind.Itconstitutesoneofthegreatest conflict,insecurityandhealthcrises.Thewell-being challengestohumanrightsinhumanhistory andhumanrightsofbillionsofpeopletoday,andof futuregenerations,areinjeopardy.Unlessworldleacers,governments,businessesandindividuals takeboldstepstoreducetheimmensepressurePoverty thatisbeingexertedonnature,effortstoachieve Food securit theSDGswillfail. Lfeet land Healthand Theeradlcatlonandpreventlonofpoverty,reductionofinequalities,andprotectionofhumanrightscanonlysucceedifwerespondtothe Ifebelowsater Climataction Educatior eeualit naturecrisis.9AP Suntainabl goodh wiwir ecgrity Humanity'sabilitytosurviveintothefutureisdirectlythreatenedbythiscrisis.Currenttrendsare Livaebl ciies Reduced lobsand etergy especiallysevereforthemorethantwobillioninequlltiesResilent poorestpeoplewhorelyupondirectaccessto Figure1:llustrationortheDependenciesoftheSustainable lvlihoodi naturalresourcesfordailysubsistenceandfortheDevelopmentGoelsonNatuire-BasedSoutions 01 and destruction, womenholdafractionof environmentaldecision-makingroles,especiallyat NatureCrisis thehighestlevels.[6]Progressreversingthistrendis Theworidisamidthe6thMassExtinction,werisklosine speciesintheccmingTecades.Wwilolifenotnearlyfastenough,especiallyinthefaceor growingevidencethatgenderequalityiskeyto Deenaru%declneorwetanos.Takesredlucingenvironmentaldegradationandinvestingin mostaffectedpyhabitatnature'sprotection.[7] destructionandpollution,Almostone-thirdoffreshwater speciesfaceextinction Thereishope. Source:LivingPlonetReport,2022 InDecember2022,196partiestotheConventionon BiologicalDiversity(CBD)agreedonthehistoric Kunming-MontrealGlobalBiodiversityFramework (GBF)-alsoknownasTheBiodiversityPlan.Theplan Theinternationallyagreedclimategoalof1.5Cisanambitiousbutpossiblepathtoreachtheglobal cannotbeachievedwithoutbettergovernanceofvisionofaworldlivinginharmomywithnatureby nature.Yetthebiodiversityandecosystemsthat2050.Theplan'skeyelementsare4goalsfor2050 sustainourlifesupportsystems,societiesandand23targetsfor2030.[8]TheBiodiversityPlansets economiesareinrapiddecline.TheWorldEconomic anewcourseforathrivingfutureonahealthyplanet Forum(WEF)GlobalRisksReport2023liststhatleevesnoonebehind.Anewnature-positive biodiversitylossandecosystemscollapseasoneofeconomycouldgenerateupto$1o.1trillioninannual thetopfourrisksoverthenext10years,alongwith businessvalueandcreate395millionjobsby2030. failureofclimatechangeadaptation,environmentalThis$10trillionofbusinessopportunitiescouldbe unlockcdbytransformingthecconomicsystemsthat disastersandextremeweatherevents.Theserisks compoundeachotherthroughcecliningecosystemareresponsibleforalmost80%ofnatureloss:food, goodsandservicessuchassoilfertility,pollinationinfrastructure,energyandextractives.[9] p