WWF Annual Review 2022 - 16

THE (START OF THE) GREAT TRANSITION?
From 1.5ºC to nature positive
he historic 2015 Paris climate
accord and subsequent climate
COPs signalled to markets and
society a new vision and a new shared
goal: carbon neutrality and the limiting
of global warming to 1.5ºC. It wasn't long
before we saw divestment from fossil
fuels coupled by the crash in the cost of
renewable energy generation largely thanks
to China's massive domestic investment.
Building on the climate momentum, in
2018 WWF launched the notion of a New
Deal for Nature and People to provide the
same clarity for nature recovery efforts
that we had for climate: measurable and
time bound. At the same time, the WWF
Network united around three global goals
for 2030 on spaces, species and footprint,
delivered through nine thematic areas and
corresponding communities of practice
across the network working with a growing
number of partners across multiple sectors.
The ambition was for these goals not just to
serve as WWF's global compass, but also
to be at the core of the world's new global
biodiversity plan.
We partnered with the World Economic
Forum in gathering a first group of business
and political leaders around a Nature Action
Agenda and publishing a series of reports
that helped build a strong economic case for
nature conservation. In report after report,
economists highlighted the dependencies
of the economy on nature, with half of
global GDP estimated to rely on healthy
ecosystems; the social and economic costs
of nature loss; and the opportunities for
transition to sustainable practices. For the
first time in 2020, biodiversity loss entered
the top five risks for society in the
Forum's Global Risks Report. And in the
same year, the Forum's Annual Meeting in
Davos saw nature dominate the agenda like
never before − from Nat Geo's stunning
wildlife carousel slide shows in the main
hall to Sir David Attenborough and us
featuring in the main programme with the
premiere of the WWF-backed Our Planet
Netflix series. Inspired by the climate
journey and capitalizing on the growing
business case for nature, we also
supported the launch of new business and
investor coalitions, from Business For
Nature to the Taskforce on Nature-related
Financial Disclosures.
2017
2018
CHINA
IMPLEMENTS
A BAN on its
domestic
elephant
ivory trade, signalling
an end to the world's
largest legal ivory
market and a boost
for efforts against the
elephant poaching crisis.
WWF INTERNATIONAL 2022
WWF AND
OTHERS BACK
SUCCESSFUL
LOCAL EFFORTS
to support
the government of
Belize to ban offshore
oil exploration and
drilling around the
world's secondlargest
barrier reef.
2018
WWF CALLS
FOR A 'NEW
DEAL FOR NATURE
AND PEOPLE'
at the UN
CBD COP14 - a
roadmap for
nature recovery
equivalent to the
Paris Agreement.
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