Global Nature Positive Summit aims to boost private sector investment

The world’s first Global Nature Positive Summit will be in Sydney from 8th-10th October. The Summit is considered to be the next step towards turbocharging private sector investment in nature repair.

Federal Minister for the Environment and Water Tanya Plibersek notes that repairing nature is a huge job and governments can’t do it alone.

Hosted by the Federal and NSW governments, the Summit brings together Ministers, experts, environmental groups, businesses, First Nations people, community leaders and scientists.

Leaders and experts joining Minister Plibersek at the event include Nature Positive Initiative Convenor Marco Lambertini, Global Environment Facility CEO and Chair Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, Centre for International Forestry Research, World Agroforestry CEO Dr Eliane Ubalijoro, Australia’s Chief Scientist Dr Cathy Foley AO PSM, and Nature Finance Council Chair Ken Henry AC.

The sessions and site visits will cover a range of topics including:

• driving sustainable ocean economies and ‘blue finance’

• developing nature reporting frameworks

• business leadership on sustainability

• boosting First Nations leadership in nature repair

• showcasing nature repair in practice, across landscapes, seascapes and borders.

Minister Plibersek added “Australia can be a global leader in protecting and restoring nature, and stopping biodiversity loss, and we can do it in partnership with business and society.

“This world first summit will bring together global leaders to discuss next steps for a nature positive future, so that our kids and grandkids will be able to enjoy the wild places we love today.”

NSW Minister for the Environment Penny Sharpe advised “Getting nature on the path to recovery is as important as tackling climate change.

“Nature positive, and investing in nature, are newish concepts – and they are key to turning around destruction and pollution of land, waterways and air, and of stopping biodiversity loss.

“We must all be the stewards of protecting what’s left and restoring what’s been harmed.”

View the program and speaker list at Global Nature Positive Summit.