India officially joins High Ambition Coalition (HAC) for Nature and People

What is the High Ambition Coalition (HAC) for Nature and People?

• The High Ambition Coalition (HAC) for Nature and People is an intergovernmental group of 70 countries co-chaired by Costa Rica and France and by the United Kingdom as Ocean co-chair, championing a global deal for nature and people with the central goal of protecting at least 30 percent of world’s land and ocean by
• HAC for Nature and People is co-chaired by Costa Rica, France and by United Kingdom as Ocean co-chair.
• HAC members currently include a mix of countries in the global north and south; European, Latin American, Africa and Asia countries are among the members. India is the first of the BRICS bloc of major emerging economies (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) to join the HAC.

What are the HAC’s specific goals?

• Currently, an estimated 15% of the world’s land and 7% of the ocean are protected. The group is pushing for a global agreement to protect at least 30% of the planet’s land and ocean by 2030 at the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, known as the “30x30 target”. Indigenous peoples and local communities are protectors of the most biodiverse sites in the world.
• The HAC for Nature and People has created a task force to address indigenous people and local communities' concerns and promote indigenous wisdom in the CBD negotiations. This task force has initiated a dialogue with the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity.
• Other goals include promoting nature-based solutions within the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and supporting the adoption of key elements of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework at COP15.

 About UN Conference on Biodiversity (COP 15)

• UNCTAD XV, the first segment of the 15th UN Conference on Biodiversity (COP 15) was held virtually hosted by China, October 11-15. The second segment, which, it is hoped, will be in-person, is scheduled to be held in Kunming, China in April 2022.
• Member States, including those of CARICOM, participating in the High-Level Segment of COP 15, adopted the Kunming Declaration. An objective is the development, adoption and implementation of a more effective post-2020 global biodiversity framework.

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