We must think globally to support local communities on the conservation frontlines

A tax-based joint global responsibility fund is proposed as a sustainable solution, a burden-sharing financial model to secure ours and our planet’s future. With the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Conference of the Parties (COP15) ongoing in Montreal, with the preparations for the Post-2020 Biodiversity Framework, and following the recent United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) COP27 and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) COP19 considering the imminent biodiversity, climate and health crisis that is threatening us all, it is time for bold, coordinated and integrated global action.

The impacts on local communities as well as their central role in enabling ecosystem integrity and resilience and the essential climate nature-based solutions are being highlighted, and finance solutions are being sought, especially for key biodiverse areas and for the most climate-affected countries and communities.