A dialogue with representatives from businesses, NGOs and academia about the role of policymakers, businesses and financiers in ensuring that renewable energy developments do not lead to a loss in biodiversity but, on the contrary, contribute to a nature and climate positive future.
Read the IUCN and The Biodiversity Consultancy Report Mitigating biodiversity impacts associated with solar and wind energy development: guidelines for project developers.
(For reference – https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.CH.2021.04.en)
Speakers:
Gerard Bos, IUCN Business and Biodiversity Programme
Giulia Carbone, IUCN Business and Biodiversity Programme
Leon Bennun, The Biodiversity Consultancy
Sara Goulartt, Energias de Portugal (EDP)
Rebecca Burton, Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA)
Brandon Southall, Southall Environmental Associates and California Ocean Alliance
Tris Allinson, BirdLife International
Howard Rosenbaum, Wildlife Conservation Society
Joe Kiesecker, The Nature Conservancy
Ivana Lukic, Submariner Network for Blue Growth EEIG
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