Biodiversity loss and the climate change crises must be tackled together or neither will be resolved, according to experts of two intergovernmental science policy bodies (IPBES-IPCC). Narrowly focused actions to combat climate change can directly and indirectly harm nature, and vice versa. Nature-based solutions such as restoring carbon and species rich ecosystems can be cheap and effective to implement, with positive benefits to habitat, biodiversity, water quality and societal impacts of jobs and the economy. Synergies integrating technologies such as clean energy with nature-based solutions maximize benefits to society and help meet the Sustainable Development Goals. Panelists will discuss how biodiversity and nature based solutions are key to climate change solutions.

Panelists:
Chris Funk, Professor, Department of Biology
Yoichiro Kanno, Associate Professor, Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology
Kristen Ruegg, Associate Professor, Biology
Andrew Seidl, Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Moderator: Gene Kelly, SoGES Faculty Research Liaison, Deputy Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station and Associate Dean of Extension

 IPBES – IPCC report    https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/645392