In November 2018 (26 – 30), leading organizations in the natural capital space will convene in Paris for a week of events, discussions and networking. See below for details of events, partners, and registration. More information and detailed agendas to follow.
Natural Capital Policy Forum
When: Monday 26 – Tuesday 27
Who: WAVES/World Bank, UN Statistical Division, Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, UN Environment, Government Dialogue, Natural Capital Coalition.
More information here.
Registration: Invite only
UNEP FI Global Roundtable
When: Monday 26 – Tuesday 27
Who: UNEP FI and Finance for Tomorrow
How to engage: @UNEP_FI @FinforTomorrow #GRT2018
Registration: Paid (online)
2nd Global Forum on Green Economy Learning
When: Monday 26 – Tuesday 27
Who: Partnership for Action on Green Economy, OECD, Environment for Development, Global Green Growth Institute, Green Economy Coalition, Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP)
How to Engage: @PAGEExchange @OECDenvironment @EfD_initiative @gggi_hq @GECoalition @GGKPlatform #InvestInGreenSkills #GreenEconomy #GELearn2018
More information here.
Registration: Free (Online)
BBOP Final Conference
When: Tuesday 27
Who: BBOP & guests
Registration: Paid (online)
Natural Capital Coalition Collaboration Day
When: Wednesday 28
Who: Natural Capital Coalition
How to engage: @NatCapCoalition #NatCapWeek #CollaborationDay
Registration: Free (open registration to follow)
Details: A day for the natural capital community to reflect, discuss, challenge and prioritize for the year ahead. Note that registration is available currently only to Coalition Organizations, registration for non-Coalition Organizations will be available in September.
Climate Finance Day
When: Wednesday 28
Who: UNEP FI and Finance for Tomorrow
How to engage: @UNEP_FI @FinforTomorrow #CFD2018
Registration: Paid (online)
GGKP Annual Conference / OECD Green Growth and Sustainable Development (GGSD) Forum
When: Tuesday 27 – Thursday 29
How to engage: @GGKPlatform @OECDenvironment #GGKP6 #GGSD2018
Registration: (online)
GGKP Natural Capital Expert Meeting
When: Thursday 29 – Friday 30
How to engage: @GGKPlatform @OECDenvironment #NaturalCapital #NatCapWeek
Registration: Invite only
EU B@B Platform, BBOP & CDC Biodiversité conference: Business & Biodiversity | Roadmaps to Positive Impact
When: Thursday 29
Who: EU B@B Platform, BBOP and CDC Biodiversité
Registration: Free (online)
Details: The “Business & biodiversity: roadmaps to positive impact” conference will explore how roadmaps can guide business actions and mobilise their employees towards integrating natural capital and biodiversity into their business activities to achieve a measurable net positive impact. This conference is a unique opportunity to learn about the latest progress made by businesses in tackling these challenges, share experiences and discuss the links between business and biodiversity
Introduction to the Global Biodiversity Score: B4B+ Club International Workstream
When: Friday 30
Who: CDC Biodiversité and the B4B+ Club
Registration: Free (please email)
Details: CDC Biodiversité is organizing a meeting for those interested in learning more about the Global Biodiversity Score (GBS), a biodiversity footprint assessment tool, which seeks to make it possible to audit entire companies or financial assets to evaluate their impact on biodiversity. Will also discuss the “Common ground in biodiversity footprint methodologies for the financial sector” (2018) published together with 3 European FIs (Platform for Biodiversity Accounting for Financials or PBAF), and which establishes common concepts and methodological steps to assess biodiversity footprint.
You can see a map of event venues below: