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08/10/2024

Dear friends and partners,

As we approach COP16 in Cali, we’re excited to share a special edition of the Accountability Accelerator’s newsletter, highlighting the key events we’re organizing and supporting. These events are designed to spotlight groundbreaking initiatives and collaborative efforts aimed at strengthening corporate accountability, advancing environmental justice, and ensuring concrete action in the Global South and beyond. Below, you’ll find a detailed list of our events, complete with time, location, and registration details, where applicable. We invite you to join us for these important conversations, in which we discuss innovative approaches and foster meaningful engagement with global leaders, activists, and practitioners.

Please note: Entry to the Blue Zone is limited to official delegations from member countries and accredited observers (registration is now closed).

Let’s come together to drive impactful change! 

OUR EVENTS:

Technology and Corporate Nature Action: Strengthening Accountability in the Global South

Tuesday, October 22nd, 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. COT

Nature Positive Pavilion (Blue Zone) – Translation available in  PT/EN/SP

This session will showcase how groundbreaking accountability tools and technologies are driving corporate nature and climate action in Africa, Indonesia, and Latin America.

Learn how local organizations are using innovative platforms to ensure corporate and governmental transparency and responsibility. Featured case studies include:

• Southern Africa Resource Watch (SARW) – Citizen empowerment app to improve mining transparency and accountability.
• Auriga Nusantara – Data platform for real-time monitoring of deforestation in Indonesia’s mining regions.
• Fundación Avina – Stakeholder mapping of accountability actors in the Amazon and Chaco biomes.

Explore how technology and community-led solutions can empower change and build a nature-positive future aligned
with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

Find Your Match to Drive Action for a Safe and Just Planet

Thursday, 24 October, 10:30-11:30 COT

Nature Positive Pavilion  (Blue Zone) – Workshop conducted in English

We need collective action to achieve the scale and speed required for system change. This interactive session will help participants understand how their efforts fit into the Earth System boundaries and connect to the transition pathways being developed by the Earth Commission.In multilingual discussion groups, participants will explore enablers for accelerating system shifts and pathways for a Safe and Just Planet. How can this “whole earth system” approach support the Global Biodiversity Framework?

Workshop Objectives:

• Understand Earth System boundaries and transition pathways.
• Exchange ideas in small groups (5-6 people) based on geographic or thematic interests, facilitated in native languages when possible.
• Develop ideas for place-based or theme-based initiatives for deeper exploration by the Global Commons Alliance.

Key Questions:

• How does this region/theme align with the Earth System boundaries and transition pathways?
• What are the key success factors?
• What are the main obstacles to overcome?
• Who else should be involved to ensure collective success?

Perennial Land

Friday, October 25, 09:00-17:00 COT

Nature Positive Pavilion (Blue Zone)

We are excited to showcase one of our latest grantees, an exhibit titled Perennial Land: The Data Forest. This experiential installation, created by artists Isabel Duverger and Laia Cabrera, who have been collaborating for the past 15 years, presents powerful visual narratives. The immersive video installation invites the audience into a contemplative space, surrounded by dynamic imagery of Earth’s forests, interspersed with climate and nature data, as well as scenes depicting the impact of human actions on the planet. We believe that this fusion of art, nature, and technology can raise awareness and inspire action to combat nature loss. This open experience will be open all day at the Nature Positive Pavillion .

No registration needed.

Community Building Workshop:
Enhancing our Collective Impact – INVITE ONLY

Saturday, October 26

This interactive session aims to bring together approximately 50 grantees, partners, and funders, with a special focus on organizations working at the community level. Our goal is to connect members of our existing community, showcase ongoing projects, share experiences and lessons learned. We will explore how stakeholders involved in our accountability network  can support corporate accountability to achieve GBF targets.

Invitations for this private workshop have been sent. If you would like to delegate a colleague, please contact mariana@globalcommons.org.

A Safe & Just Energy Transition:
Securing Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Protecting
Nature in the Sourcing of Transition Minerals

Wednesday, 30 October, 10:30-11:30 COT 

Nature Positive Pavilion (Blue Zone) – Translation available in  PT/EN/SP

Join us for a crucial discussion on how protecting Indigenous Peoples’ rights is essential to halting biodiversity loss and addressing the unintended impacts of transition mineral extraction. This event will explore solutions for ensuring Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC).

Key Topics:

• Indigenous-led conservation and biodiversity protection
• Business practices for responsible mineral sourcing
• Policy changes to support accountability in the energy transition

Target Audience: Policymakers, Indigenous Peoples, mining and renewable energy companies, investors, and conservation NGOs.

Action Unlocked: Driving Corporate Change with
Validated Science-Based Targets for Nature

Wednesday 30 October, 12:00-13:00  COT

Nature Positive Pavilion (Blue Zone)

At COP16’s Nature Positive Pavilion, hosted by the Nature Positive Initiative, the Science Based Targets Network (SBTN) will present key corporate insights and the latest results from its year-long target validation pilot. The Accountability Accelerator, as the new host of target validation, will unveil its plans for upcoming target validation services.In 2023, a pioneering group of companies began piloting the first science-based targets for nature, testing the target validation process. With the conclusion of this pilot, SBTN has shown the feasibility of science-based targets for nature, with companies taking ambitious steps to halt and reverse nature loss. Valuable lessons from the pilot led to the adoption of an independent validation model, which will now be managed by the Accountability Accelerator.During this session, SBTN and its pilot companies will share critical insights and outline next steps. The Accountability Accelerator will introduce its collaboration with Deloitte to launch a new Validation Platform, designed to ensure a secure, rigorous submission and validation process. The Accelerator will also discuss its commitment to best practices in governance and assurance, in line with ISEAL standards.Speakers will include representatives from SBTN corporate pilot participants, WWF and the Accelerator’s validation consultants.

Partners and other events:

Join our colleagues and partners at these exciting COP16 events! For more information on each event, click the link below:

GLOBAL COMMONS ALLIANCE (GCA)

Wednesday, October 23

• From Science to Action: For a Just World on a Safe Planet
   9:00-9:45am COT
  Green Zone, Sala 5, Banco Occidente, San Pedro

• Enhancing Subnational Contributions to the Global Biodiversity Framework
   1:20-2:50pm COT
  Blue Zone, Cocuy – Marie Khan Women’s Caucus Meeting Room Plaza One

Friday, October 25

• From Science to Action: For a Just World on a Safe Planet
   1:00pm COT
  Pabellón Colombia, Blue Zone

• From Global Goals to Local Action – Setting Science-Based Targets for Nature Positive Cities
   2:00-3:00pm COT
  Nature Positive Pavilion, Blue Zone

For more details on these events, click here.

NATURE POSITIVE PAVILION

As part of the ongoing efforts to halt and reverse nature loss by 2030, the Nature Positive Initiative collaborates with the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity to support the implementation of ambitious biodiversity commitments. Below are some key events taking place at COP16 in Cali, Colombia. For more details and the complete agenda, please click on the link provided.

Mondayday, October 21

• Can We Have It All? Approaches to Equitable and Inclusive Nature-Based Solutions
   10:30 am – 11:30 am
   Nature Positive Pavilion, Blue Zone, Big Room

• What Is the Full Role of Private Finance in Delivering a Nature-Positive Future?
   12:00 pm – 1:00 pm, 21 Oct 2024
   Nature Positive Pavilion, Blue Zone, Big Room

Tuesday, October 22

• Indigenous Contributions to Biodiversity and Climate Protection
   3:30 pm – 4:30 pm, 22 Oct 2024
   Nature Positive Pavilion, Blue Zone, Small Room

Thursday, October 24

• Nature in the Boardroom: Asking the Right Questions
   9:00 am – 10:00 am, 21 Oct 2024
   Nature Positive Pavilion, Blue Zone, Big Room

For more details on these and other events, clickhere.

COP 16 BUSINESS AND BIODIVERSITY APP

This Business and Finance Journey is your guide to all the events relevant to businesses and financial institutions within the Blue Zone. This app is developed by UNEP-WCMC with funding support from the IBAT Alliance.

Download the Guide on mobile to access up-to-date information, track sessions, interact with attendees, view photos, and more!Scan the QR code or get more information here.

WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN CALI!

Natasha M. Matic, Ph.D.

Executive Director

Accountability Accelerator
Part of the Global Commons Alliance (GCA)

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