DUBAI (December 13, 2023) – The Nationwide Audubon Society praised parts of the final agreement signed by nations at the COP28 summit, however cautioned that extra stringent motion should be taken to cut back the speed of worldwide temperature rise and preserve habitat for birds and wildlife.
“We actually welcome a last settlement that takes a historic first step away from fossil fuels and acknowledges the very important have to reverse biodiversity loss in fixing the local weather disaster,” mentioned Sarah Rose, vice-president of local weather for the Nationwide Audubon Society. “We all know the world might want to do extra, and extra shortly, than this assertion entails. We are going to proceed to work with our native, nationwide, and world companions to match the urgency this second requires. This settlement should be seen as a ground, not a ceiling.”
Representatives from the National Audubon Society were in Dubai selling the significance of nature-based options, reminiscent of conserving landscapes like mangroves, forests, and grasslands that present essential hen habitat in addition to serving as pure local weather sinks. Audubon additionally promoted the accountable growth of renewable vitality and transmission, sustainable agriculture, and equitable hemispheric approaches to conservation that handle birds’ total migration routes whereas working with communities that share habitats with migratory birds.
The ultimate settlement from negotiating events at COP28 emphasised, partially:
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Transitioning away from fossil fuels in vitality methods, in a simply, orderly and equitable method, accelerating motion on this essential decade, in order to attain web zero by 2050;
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Tripling renewable vitality capability globally and doubling the worldwide common annual fee of vitality effectivity enhancements by 2030;
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Underlining the pressing want to handle, in a complete and synergetic method, the interlinked world crises of local weather change and biodiversity loss within the broader context of attaining the Sustainable Improvement Targets, in addition to the very important significance of defending, conserving, restoring and sustainably utilizing nature and ecosystems for efficient and sustainable local weather motion
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The significance of conserving, defending and restoring nature and ecosystems in direction of attaining the Paris Settlement temperature purpose, together with by enhanced efforts in direction of halting and reversing deforestation and forest degradation by 2030, and different terrestrial and marine ecosystems appearing as sinks and reservoirs of greenhouse gases and by conserving biodiversity, whereas guaranteeing social and environmental safeguards.
About Audubon
The Nationwide Audubon Society is a nonprofit conservation group that protects birds and the locations they want at this time and tomorrow. We work all through the Americas in direction of a future the place birds thrive as a result of Audubon is a robust, various, and ever-growing pressure for conservation. Audubon has greater than 700 employees working throughout the hemisphere and greater than 1.5 million energetic supporters. North America has misplaced three billion birds since 1970, and greater than 500 hen species are vulnerable to extinction throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. Birds act as early warning methods concerning the well being of our surroundings, they usually inform us that birds – and our planet – are in disaster. Collectively as one Audubon, we’re working to change the course of local weather change and habitat loss, resulting in more healthy hen populations and reversing present tendencies in biodiversity loss. We do that by implementing on-the-ground conservation, partnering with native communities, influencing public and company coverage, and constructing group. Study extra at www.audubon.org and on Fb, Twitter and Instagram @audubonsociety.
Media Contact: Robyn Shepherd, robyn.shepherd@audubon.org
