Understand how climate actions can also promote health, jobs, biodiversity, economic resilience, gender equity, and social justice.
In this Terra.do x Solutions Journalism Network Series, hear from a panel of experts implementing climate solutions in the Global South. This particular webinar will focus on the co-benefits of implementing climate solutions, such as health gains from lower air pollution; jobs in new âgreenâ industries; increased and protected biodiversity; economic resilience from local food and energy production; sustainable forests, food, and farming; and enhancing gender equity and social justice can all be advanced through climate solutions. Leveraging these co-benefits can lead to faster action on climate solutions, deliver more cost effective solutions, and advance justice.
Climate Solutions do not exist in a vacuum. Health gains from lower air pollution; jobs in new âgreenâ industries; increased and protected biodiversity; economic resilience from local food and energy production; sustainable forests, food, and farming; and enhancing gender equity and social justice can all be advanced through climate solutions. Some examples include:
Faster Action: Emphasizing co-benefits can also drive the adoption of climate solutionsâfor example, in 2019 research by CDP found that Cities citing the co-benefits of their climate action reported 2.5 times more climate actions than cities that did not.
More Cost-Effective Solutions:Research by the UN found that the costs of achieving energy access in Sub-Saharan Africa would increase from USD 27 billion to USD 33 billion without effective climate policies (which would advance the adaptation of solar energy and decrease the energy demand for cooling).
Advancing Gender Equity: Analysis of 130 peer-reviewed studies found that women and girls often face disproportionately high health risks from the impacts of climate change when compared to men and boys.
This session will highlight examples of how co-benefits and solutions are being implemented in practiced globally.
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The term nature-based solutions (NBS) was adopted in 2008 by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which defined NBS as âactions to protect, sustainably manage, and restore natural and modified ecosystems that address societal challenges effectively and adaptively.
Indigenous peoples are often among the first to experience the effects of climate change, and First Nation voices and mental models can help solve the climate crisis. Indigenous perspectives place humans within the natural world, with land, water, and air as relatives rather than resources to exploit.
Explore our free learning modules and videos to deepen your understanding of climate solutions and their global impact.
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Read moreclimasolutions.org â In the case of our ecological crisis, those most impacted are frontline communities or those bearing the brunt of the impacts from extractive industries and most directly affected by climate chaos, often Indigenous Peoples, women, peasant farmers, and youth.
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