IUCN Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions

Launch events on 23 July 2020 Hosted by television journalist Asha Sumputh

The IUCN Global Standard on Nature-based Solutions (NbS) will help governments, NGOs, and businesses to design, invest in, and scale-up sustainable solutions to societal challenges. It is the first-ever tool to help design robust, durable actions that derive benefits for people AND nature in a way that such benefits can be verified, monitored for outcomes, and adapted to manage risks and changes.

INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE

More information For further information or content, please see here or contact the IUCN NbS Group at [email protected] Agenda for the IUCN Launch of the GlobalIUCN StandardLaunch of the for Global Nature-based Standard for Nature-based Solutions Solutions 10:00-11:00From 10:00–11.00 (CET) (CET)

10:00 – 10:02 Moderation, welcome by CNBC journalist Ms Asha Sumputh

Mrs Ana Tiraa Welcoming statement, importance and IUCN Vice President 10:02 – 10:07 potential of NbS including in post- COVID situation

The Hon Wallace Cosgrow Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change of Relevance to NbS in Africa and for the Republic of the Seychelles island states

The Rt Hon Lord Zac Goldsmith, Minister of State in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Department NbS for climate change, COP26 for International Development and the Department for 10:07 – 10:32 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, United Kingdom 5 min each Mr Yann Wehrling Green New Deal and ’s role in Environment Ambassador, Ministry for Europe and development of the standard Foreign Affairs, France

The Hon Malik Amin State Minister, Advisor to Prime Minister on Climate Climate Change and Pakistan’s Green Change, Ministry of Climate Change recovery

Mr Stewart Maginnis Summary presentation of concept and Global Director IUCN NbS Group standard

NbS as an inclusive approach - value Dr. Dalee Sambo Dorough of traditional knowledge, rights-based International Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council approaches through NbS 10:32 – 10:53 Moderated Mr Sunny Verghese discussion WBCSD Chair, and Co-Founder and Group CEO of NbS – a collaborative opportunity for Olam International Ltd the private sector towards sustainability

The Hon Mami Mizutori, Assistant Secretary-General Partnership with UN agencies in and Special Representative of the Secretary-General for implementing NbS together, beyond Disaster Risk Reduction in the United Nations Office for conservation and development – a DRR Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) perspective Mr Bertrand Walckenaer Closing remarks - Potential for standard Associate Chief Executive Officer, Agence Française de 10:53-10:58 and role of funding tools. Representing Développement (AfD) donor community

10:58 - 11:00 Moderator Thank you and closing

2 Agenda for the Panel Discussion on the AgendaGlobal for the Standard IUCN Panel forDiscussion Nature-based on the Global Solutions Standard for Nature-based16:00-17:00 Solutions (CET) 16:00– 17:00 (CET)

16:00 – 16:02 Moderation, welcome by CNBC journalist Ms Asha Sumputh

Dr Grethel Aguilar Welcoming statement, importance and potential of NbS 16:02 – 16:05 IUCN Acting Director General including in post-COVID situation

Mr Stewart Maginnis 16:05 – 16:10 Global Director IUCN NbS Group Summary presentation of concept and standard

The Hon Teresa Ribera Fourth Vice-President and Minister Potential for nature to address climate crisis and the imper- for the Ecological Transition and ative continuity between COPs Demographic Challenge, Spain

The Hon Pamela Castillo Costa Rica Vice-Minister of Natural Costa Rica’s Green Recovery Plan Resources

Mr Ramiro Batzin Coordinator of CICA/Sotz’il Natural Resources Management Program Respect for and need for rights and inclusivity to be upheld. with Indigenous Peoples of Central Traditional knowledge and NbS. America 16:10 – 16:45 Moderated panel Ms Mito Tsukamoto discussion Chief of Development and Invest- ment Department, International NbS role in development, green jobs and green works Labor Organization (ILO)

The Hon Manuel Pulgar-Vidal Former Minister of Environment for Peru, and Global Director Climate Role of biodiversity in the climate crisis and Energy, WWF

Dr Angela Andrade Chair of IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM), and Director of Environmental Policy Governance of standard and participatory approach for Conservation International-Co- lombia

The Hon Christiana Figueres Former Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Cli- 16:45 – 16:55 Recap of two events and vision setting speech mate Change (UNFCCC) and global authority on climate change

16:55 – 17:00 Moderator Thank you and closing

Continue the NbS discussion at the IUCN World Conservation Congress See here for how to participate the NbS Pavilion. 3 Mrs Ana Tiraa

Ana Tiraa is a committed conservationist with more than 20 years working for the benefit of the Pacific Islands environment. Ana has undertaken environmental related work for Government, National and International NGOs, communities, private sector, intergovernmental regional organisations and the UN. Work experience includes project design, implementation, negotiation, monitoring, review and evaluation. Individual work assignments have been in the Cook Islands, Samoa, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Tuvalu and Tokelau. She has been a major contributor to bringing back a critically endangered endemic Rarotongan bird from the brink of extinction. As Biodiversity Officer for the Secretariat for the Pacific Regional Environment Program (SPREP), she has contributed to the biodiversity conservation efforts of more than 20 Pacific Island countries and territories. She has also served 3 years as an incumbent IUCN councillor for Oceania, where she has gained a experience which can be consolidated and used effectively in the next inter- sessional period between World Conservation Congresses. This experience has given her a sound knowledge of processes within Council, which she can use to the benefit of the Oceania region, as well as globally.

Ana’s educational qualifications include a BSc Environmental Studies from the University of the South Pacific, Fiji (1994), and an MSc in Natural Resources Management from the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, (2011), for which she was awarded a UNEP scholarship. Her research project was on the topic of biodiversity and climate change in the Cook Islands. Ana is presently a member of the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM) and the World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA). She is an Executive committee member of the IUCN Trans boundary Specialist Group (Oceania Representative). She is also an Executive founding member of Te Ipukarea Society (a Cook Islands Environmental NGO formed in 1996, also an IUCN Member) and was a Global Councillor for BirdLife International Council from 2004 – 2006. She is a current Councillor of IUCN and would like to consolidate her work on Council by serving a second term.

The Hon Wallace Cosgrow

Minister for Environment Energy and Climate Change

Minister Cosgrow was appointed Minister for Environment Energy and Climate Change on the 27th of April 2018. Since 2015 when he was first appointed Minister, he has served as Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, Minister for Employment Entrepreneurship Development and Business Innovation, and Minister for Industry Entrepreneurship Development and Business Innovation.

He has also held the post of Chief Executive Officer of the Agency for Social Protection, Director General for Public Affairs in the Cabinet Office and Director for Industrial Relations in the Employment Department.

He holds a Bachelor degree in Economics from the University of East London in the United Kingdom.

4 The Rt Hon Lord Zac Goldsmith

Minister for the Environment for the United Kingdom

The Rt Hon Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park was appointed as Minister of State in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Department for International Development and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 13 February 2020. The Minister’s responsibilities include climate change, environment and conservation, biodiversity, oceans and the Blue Belt.

He was previously a Minister at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs July 2019 to September to February 2020.

Mr. Yan Whehrling

French Ambassador in charge of the Environment, Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, France. Graduate of the University of Human Sciences in (Art and History of Art) and the School of Decorative Arts in Strasbourg, Yann Wehrling became very early involved in the protection of nature (from 1986, as part of Jeunes pour la Nature in the Alsace-Nature association and then for several years as a member of Alsace-Nature, a regional structure of France Nature Environnement). He was the driving force behind the group of some 50 celebrities.

In parallel with his professional activities, he held several political positions, starting with his role as National Secretary of (2005-2007), then member of the Council of (since 2014), then member of the île-de-France Regional Council (since 2015), then MoDem Spokesperson (2008-2017) and finally MoDem Secretary General (since 2017). He is also the author of two books: La France à l’En-Vert, published by l’Archipel (2006) and Le changement climatique c’est maintenant, published by Le Belvédère (2015). .

5 The Hon Malik Amin Aslam

Malik Amin Aslam is currently the Federal Minister for Climate Change/Prime Minister’s Advisor on Climate Change as well as serving as the elected Global Vice President of IUCN. He has previously chaired the flagship “Green Growth initiative” for the province of KPK in Pakistan – which included the mass afforestation “Billion Tree Tsunami” project.

From 2002-07­ he served as a Member of Parliament and from 2004-­07 as the Minister of State for Environment (Government of Pakistan) and in this capacity has been the architect of the country’s National Policies on environment and climate change.

During this period Malik Amin Aslam worked as the Prime Minister’s special envoy for reform of the UN governance system. Malik Amin Aslam has also had the privilege of chairing the G77+China negotiations group and leading Pakistan’s climate change negotiations at various COP meetings since 1999. He has recently been chosen to serve on the high level “International Advisory Council” for the Eco-­Forum Global – a leading environmental think-­tank of China. In recognition of his contributions towards nature conservation, he was conferred with the prestigious “Tamgha-­e-­Imtiaz” (National civilian award) by the Government of Pakistan in 2018.

Malik is an electrical engineer with an MBA from McGill University and an MSc from Oxford University where he completed his thesis on the utility of the “emissions trading” concept within the context of managing the climate change issue.

Mr Stewart Maginnis

Stewart Maginnis has worked in sustainable development and biodiversity conservation for 35 years, 15 of which were based Tanzania, Sudan, Ghana and Costa Rica. He led the development and promotion of “forest landscape restoration” (FLR) – one of the first “purpose-built” nature-based solutions to which 63 countries have committed 172 million hectares under the Bonn Challenge. He and his team at IUCN have worked over the last 12 years on defining and promoting the concept of nature-based solutions and supporting its application to climate change, food and water security, and disaster risk reduction. They and have just finalized a two-year process to develop a Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions.

Stewart was educated at Oxford University and Queen’s University Belfast, and is the IUCN Global Director for Nature-based Solutions.

6 Mr Sunny Verghese Sunny George Verghese is the Co-founder & Group CEO and Executive Director of Olam International Limited and CEO of its subsidiary Olam Global Agri. Sunny has been Group CEO for over 30 years and is responsible for strategic planning, business development and overall management of the Olam group of companies worldwide.

Headquarted in Singapore, Olam is a global leading food and agri-business and ranks among the top 30 largest primarily listed companies on the SGX-ST in terms of market capitalisation. Today, Olam’s operations spans over 60 countries and it is integrated across the value chain with farming, processing and distribution operations, and also sources from a network of approximately 5.0 million farmers.

Sunny is passionate about Re-imagining Global Agriculture and Food Systems and in 2018, was appointed Chairman of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). He is also an ambassador for the Food & Land Use Coalition and a Champion for the global food loss and waste initiative, Champions 12.3, Chairman of the Board of the Human Capital Leadership Institute (HCLI), Chairmain of JOil (S) Pte Ltd and serves on the Board of Trustees of Singapore Management University.

Sunny holds a post graduate management degree from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) and has also completed the Advanced Management Program (AMP) from the Harvard Business School.

Dr Dalee Sambo Dorough

Dalee Sambo Dorough (Inuit-Alaska) is International Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council and former Associate Professor at University of Alaska Anchorage. Engaged for over 35 years at the UN, ILO, OAS and other international fora, she is a former Expert Member and Chairperson of the UNPFII and specializes in international Indigenous human rights law as well as political and legal relations between States and Indigenous peoples. She holds a PhD from University of British Columbia, Faculty of Law (2002) and a Master of Arts in Law & Diplomacy from The Fletcher School at Tufts University (1991). Current areas of research include Arctic Indigenous peoples’ human rights, Arctic policy and Arctic related issues. She is also co-Chair of the International Law Association Committee on Implementation of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

"Recognizing the profound relationship that we Inuit and other Indigenous Peoples have with the natural world and our perspective about being a part of our ecosystems, it is clear that we have much to contribute to understanding Nature Based Solutions. Our collective human rights and our responsibilities to future generations as well as our knowledge can provide significant insights." 7 The Hon Mami Mizutori

Mami Mizutori is the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) for Disaster Risk Reduction, and head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, based in Geneva, Switzerland. She assumed her role on 1 March 2018. Ms. Mizutori served for twenty- seven years in various capacities in the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Prior to joining the UN, Ms. Mizutori was Executive Director of the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures, University of East Anglia, UK, since 2011.

Ms. Mizutori graduated in law from Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, and obtained a Diploma in International Studies from the Diplomatic School of Spain. A Japanese national, Ms. Mizutori speaks Japanese, English and Spanish.

Mr Bertrand Walckenaer

Bertrand Walckenaer has been the Deputy CEO of the Agence française de développement (French Development Agency) since February 2019. Previously he was chief of staff of the State Secretary to the Minister for Economy and Finance. He worked ten years for the French Treasury (between 2005 and 2017) where he occupied several positions with responsibilities in the field of corporate restructuring, export finance in the aeronautics sector, and foreign investment control. In 2016 and 2017 he was also a board member of Bpifrance, La Poste and CNP Assurances. During this period he moved for two years to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, where he was deputy chief of staff of the State Secretary for foreign trade to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. And finally, in 2010, Bertrand Walckenaer was the technical director of the hospital of Pouma in Cameroun. He holds a degree in agronomy from AgroParisTech and a degree in international business from Paris-Dauphine University.

8 Dr Grethel Aguilar

Dr Grethel Aguilar has held senior roles in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as Acting Director General as well as Regional Director for Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. Dr Aguilar brings with her more than 25 years of experience in conservation and sustainable development, having worked extensively on developing and applying environmental law and policy in collaboration with governments and civil society. In particular, she is deeply passionate about the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities

The Hon Teresa Ribera

Teresa Ribera is the Fourth Vice President of the Spanish Government and Minister for the Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge, having already been Minister for the Ecological Transition since June 2018. Under her mandate, Spain organised COP25 in Madrid and has recently presented an ambitious Climate Law to cut the country's carbon emissions to net zero by 2050.

Prior to that, Ms Ribera was Director of the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI) from 2014 to 2018, and enabled the Institute to play a key role in the negotiation of the Paris Climate Agreement and the transition towards sustainable development.

She served as the Spanish Secretary of State for Climate Change and Biodiversity from 2008 to 2011, responsible for environmental and climate policies, as well as the National Meteorological Agency. A public official from the Senior Corps of State Civil Administrators, she has also taught as professor in public law at the Autonomous University of Madrid.

9 The Hon Pamela Castillo

Pamela Castillo Barahona, Viceminister of Natural Resources of the Ministry of Environment and Energy of the Government of Costa Rica. Master in Environmental Security and Peace. She has 18 years of experience in biodiversity management, conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. Currently, she holds the Presidency of the:

1. National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) 2. National Fund for Forest Development (FONAFIFO) 3. National Council of Biodiversity Management of Costa Rica (CONAGEBIO), and 4. Environmental Bank Foundation (FUNBAM).

Also she is leading the development of National Policy of Nature Based Solutions in Costa Rica.

Ramiro Batzin

Ramiro is a Maya Kaqchikel and IUCN Councillor representing the Indigenous Peoples Organisations. He is also Co-Chair of the International Forum of Indigenous Peoples on Biodiversity, Regional Coordinator of the Integrated Management of Natural Resources with Indigenous Peoples of Central America CICA/ Sotz’il.

Ramiro holds a Master’s degree in Local Environmental Management as well as a degree in Communication Sciences, Journalist Professional, and has more than 20 years of experience on indigenous systems of use, management and conservation of natural resources.

“It’s time for all human beings to learn how to live in harmony and balance with Mother Nature and the universe.”

10 Ms Mito Tsukamoto

Mito Tsukamoto is Head of the Development and Investment (DEVINVEST) Branch of the Employment Policy Department at the International Labour Office (ILO) in Geneva, Switzerland. Her career with the ILO now spans over a period of 24 years working in various capacities from strategic programming and management, donor relations to working at the humanitarian-development-peace nexus. Linking fragility and climate challenges to sustainable infrastructure development based on a human-centred approach, for over half of her career, she has supported different countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America on community-driven efforts. All of these efforts using an employment intensive investment approach. In the past she also worked with the World Bank on sector strategy research leading to advisory support to governments on corporate social responsibility in business, education and trade.

In her last posting, she contributed to various policy papers, including “Towards the right to work: Innovations in Public Employment Programmes (PEP)” a “Guidebook for designing innovative PEPs”. She also continues to work on adaptation to climate change issues, where she co-authored a policy paper on “Towards an ILO approach to climate change adaptation” and youth employment where she co-authored “Boosting youth employment through PEPs”.

She is currently managing the four teams in DEVINVEST: the Coordination Support unit for Peace & Resilience (CSPR), the Job Creation through Public Investments (JCPI), Structural transformation, Trade and Sectoral Strategies (STS), and the Transition to Formality (T2F). Ms. Mito Tsukamoto holds an MBA and Honours Certificate in International Business Diplomacy from Georgetown University. She is fluent in English, French and Spanish, in addition to also getting by in Albanian, Japanese and Portuguese.

The Hon Manuel Pulgar-Vidal

Manuel Pulgar-Vidal is the Global Leader of Climate & Energy at WWF. He has 35 years of experience in environmental law and policy and served as Minister of the Environment of Peru (2011 to 2016) and President of the Twentieth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - COP20 in 2014.

Pulgar-Vidal was the Executive Director of the Peruvian Society for Environmental Law, an influential institution in Latin America. He has a law degree from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, where he is a professor, and has completed studies for a master’s degree in Business Law at the Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas. He is a board member of Forest Trends, Amazon Conservation Association and Peruvian Society of Environmental Law and a member of the Assembly of the World Wide Fund for Nature - Colombia.

He has recently been added to the Aspen Institute Management and Leadership Advisory Group and is the chairman of the evaluation council of the French sovereign Green Bonds. He is an active member of different groups aiming to get strong outcomes as a part of the formal climate talks and the non-party stakeholders’ agenda. He has been recognized by the governments of France, Germany and Spain and by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society for his contribution to the Paris Agreement. 11 Dr Ángela Andrade-Pérez

Ángela Andrade-Pérez is the Chair of the IUCN Commis- sion on Ecosystem Management, a commission member for more than 18 years and the former Deputy Chair of the Commission from 2008 to 2016. Altogether, Ánge- la has more than 25 years of experience in ecosystem management. She worked in the Ministry of Environment of Colombia for 14 years and joined Conservation Inter- national-Colombia in 2004. She was appointed as the Environmental Policy Director in 2009.

“Until now, there has been neither consensus nor co- herent guidance on how to design and implement na- ture-based solution interventions that are capable of consistent delivery of benefits for people and nature. The contribution of the Commission, in addition to input from over 800 experts and practitioners from 100 countries, has been to guide the IUCN Global Standard, ensuring that it is scientifically robust and applicable across a wide range of regions and scenarios.”

The Hon Christiana Figueres

Christiana Figueres is a Costa Rican citizen and an internationally recognized leader on climate change. She was Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) from 2010 to 2016.

During her tenure at the UNFCCC, Ms. Figueres brought together national and sub-national governments, corporations and activists, financial institutions and NGOs to jointly deliver the historic

Paris Agreement on climate change, in which 195 sovereign nations agreed on a collaborative path forward to limit future global warming to well below 2°C, and strive for 1.5°C, in order to protect the most vulnerable. For this achievement Ms. Figueres has been credited with forging a new brand of collaborative diplomacy and received multiple awards.

Since then Ms. Figueres has continued to accelerate the global response to climate change. Today she is the co-founder of Global Optimism, co-host of the podcast “Outrage & Optimism” and is the co-author of the recently published book, “The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis.

Ms. Figueres sits on multiple executive and advisory boards and is a frequent public speaker and media commentator. She is a graduate of Swarthmore College and the London School of Economics. She lives in Costa Rica and has two fantastic daughters.

12 Ms Asha Sumputh – Moderator

Born and raised in Mauritius, a paradise in the Indian Ocean, where her grandfather was the first Prime Minister at the independence of the country. Asha grew up on a cosmopolitan island speaking English, French, Hindi and Mauritian Creole.

With this versatile background, innate curiosity and constant quest of discovering the world and other cultures, she went to Europe to pursue a higher education. She graduated Cambridge University, and a earned her Masters in Economics and Business Management from Sorbonne University in Paris.

Today, she is an entrepreneur, television journalist and emcee with a background in economics, finance and politics. You can watch her shows "Sustainable Energy" on CNBC and Le Club on BFM Business. She is currently directing and producing quality programmes for television channels as well as corporates. Two such examples are ”Business Africa" and "Initiative Africa" – two weekly programmes, broadcast in fifty countries, highlighting the economic and political news on the African continent.

Her favourite topics to cover are business, economics, finance, innovation, entrepreneurship, education and ecology. Today, she is also a lecturer at the ENA (Ecole Nationale d’Administration) and Sorbonne University.