Nature-based solutions to climate change

The extinction crisis and climate crisis are inextricably linked. We cannot solve one without solving the other.

At Fauna & Flora, we have a specialist team that provides guidance and support to ensure that our projects tackle climate and biodiversity challenges in tandem.

This work includes:

• Protecting terrestrial and marine carbon stores such as forests, peatlands and seagrass beds to reduce emissions
• Restoring ecosystems to improve carbon uptake, recognising the important role that biodiversity plays in maintaining healthy ecosystems
• Ensuring that projects anticipate and plan for likely climate change scenarios and devise adaptation measures to minimise the impacts on biodiversity
• Working with communities to plan for the impacts of climate change on livelihoods (such as farming and fishing), and finding ways to minimise these impacts while protecting nature
• Influencing governments and companies to take joined-up action to mitigate climate change while also protecting biodiversity
• Unlocking finance to support climate mitigation and adaptation finance, with a focus on ensuring that this finance reaches the most vulnerable geographies and communities.