GOVERNMENT AND PHILANTHROPIC LEADERS COMMIT TO 30X30

Government and philanthropic leaders commit to 30X30 and announce new initiatives to protect and restore land and ocean. On the first day of COP27, government and philanthropic leaders announced new commitments to catalyse high-level political support for the global UN 30×30 goal – to protect 30% of land and marine environments by 2030 – ahead of the upcoming Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) in Montreal next month.

At the Nature Zone Pavillion’s first event – hosted by the Bezos Earth Fund, Bloomberg Philanthropies, and Campaign for Nature – Presidents and ministers from Zambia, Palau, the United Kingdom, France, Costa Rica, Samoa, United States, Nigeria, and Gabon underscored the importance of 30×30 for climate, nature, and people.

WHO:

• His Excellency Hakainde Hichilema, President of Zambia
• His Excellency Surangel S. Whipps Jr., President of Palau
• The Right Honourable Lord Zac Goldsmith, Minister of State, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, UK
• Christophe Béchu, Minister for Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion, France
• Franz Tattenbach Capra, Minister of the Environment and Energy, Costa Rica
• Monica Medina, Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Department of State, USA and Special Envoy for Biodiversity and Water Resources
• Toeolesulusulu Cedric P. S. Schuster, Minister Natural Resources and Environment, Samoa
• Mohammed Hassan Abdullahi, Honourable Minister of Environment, Federal Republic of Nigeria
• Professor Lee White, Minister of Forests, Oceans, Environment and Climate Change, Gabonese Republic.
• His Excellency Ivan Duque, former President, Republic of Colombia
• Andrew Steer, President and CEO, Bezos Earth Fund
• Patricia E. Harris, CEO, Bloomberg Philanthropies
• Brian O’Donnell, Director, Campaign for Nature
• Jennifer Tauli Corpuz, Managing Director, Policy, Nia Tero and Member, International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity (IIFB)