Side Event

Climate and biodiversity: so-called solutions to climate change could further deplete biological diversity and undermine ecosystem resilience

Organizer
EcoNexus with co-sponsors:Ecoropa, Third World Network

Date and Time
10 November 2011 13:15 - 14:45

Meeting
Fifteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice

Biodiversity and ecosystem resilience and integrity are crucial to efforts to stabilise climate, but some proposed solutions to climate change could undermine them still further. Key issues include: biomass for energy, biofuels and biochar, genetically engineered trees and crops, geoengineering the climate. Presentations discuss the risks and argue that indigenous people and local communities must be central to deciding actions to tackle climate change that will not further destroy biodiversity, including agricultural biodiversity.