Earth convention webinar: natural capital, biodiversity and oceans

  Biodiversity - crucial to human, economic and planetary health - is declining faster than at any time in human history. It is thought that one million animal and plant species are now threatened with extinction. How has this happened, what are the consequences and what can be done? The challenge is urgent; how can we properly value, protect and restore the planet and its eco-systems - from oceans to rainforests, coral reefs to savannas? And what can we do as individuals, citizens and investors? What economic models can we turn to- for example, how useful is the concept of natural capital? Should we be paying for biodiversity’s services to the planet? What is the role and power of the law and what are the models for sustaining nature in partnership with communities, government or tourism? What responsibility do governments, businesses and individuals have in maintaining biodiversity and natural capital for future generations?

Speakers:

Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta is a professor of economics at Cambridge and the author of the Dasgupta Review, a major report published in February 2021. Commissioned by the UK Treasury, it is a global independent review of the economics of biodiversity, bringing economics and ecology together

Dr Gabrielle Walker is an expert strategist, speaker and moderator, with a focus on sustainability and climate change and their impacts on the energy, finance and transportation sectors. She has a PhD from Cambridge University and has taught at both Cambridge and Princeton Universities

Tony Juniper CBE is Chair of the official nature conservation agency Natural England. Before taking up this role in April 2019 he was the executive director for advocacy and campaigns at WWF-UK, a fellow with the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) and president of the Wildlife Trusts

Chaired by Rosie Boycott, crossbench peer, food campaigner, and co-founder of 5x15