The Nature Positive Dialogues at COP30

 

Throughout COP30, live from Belém, the Nature Positive Initiative partnered with We Don’t Have Time to broadcast live panels and interviews. Throughout a series of nature-climate discussions, the Nature Positive Dialogues explored the many ways nature helps us tackle interlinked global issues and is fundamental to our ability to solve the climate crisis. Watch the series here, covering the following conversations. 

The Nature Positive Dialogues included the following live panels:

Panel 1 – Becoming Nature Positive: How it all began – watch here

  • Gemma Parkes, Head of Communications, Nature Positive Initiative
  • Marco Lambertini, Convener, Nature Positive Initiative
  • Patricia Zurita, Chief Strategy Officer, Conservation International
  • Carlos Eduardo Correa, Former Minister of Environment, Colombia

Panel 2 – The Great Mindset Shift: What needs to change in our minds to enable a nature positive transition? – watch here.

  • Gemma Parkes, Head of Communications, Nature Positive Initiative
  • Marco Lambertini, Convener, Nature Positive Initiative
  • Alvaro Almeida, Director, Latin America, Globescan
  • Lívia Pagotto, Institutional Director, Arapyaú Institute

Panel 3 – The Great Awakening: Connecting food, water, health and nature – watch here.

  • Gemma Parkes, Head of Communications, Nature Positive Initiative
  • Marco Lambertini, Convener, Nature Positive Initiative (confirmed)
  • Maria Honig, Initiative Lead, Accelerating Coastal Community-Led Conservation, WWF

Panel 4 – The True Value of Nature: Nature and the global economy – watch here.

  • Gavin Edwards, Executive Director, Nature Positive Initiative
  • Naoko Ishii, Director, Centre for Global Commons
  • Luana Maia, Global Brazil Lead, Nature Finance
  • Satya Tripathi, Secretary General, Global Alliance for a Sustainable Planet

Panel 5 – The Business Case for Nature Positive – watch here.

  • Gemma Parkes, Head of Communications, Nature Positive Initiative
  • Taciano Custodio, Head of Sustainability South America, Rabobank
  • Sarah Nelson, Global Lead Director of Nature and Biodiversity, KPMG International
  • Danielle Carreira, Head of Finance Sector Engagement, Centre for Nature and Climate, World Economic Forum

 

And the following broadcast interviews:

  • Ingrid Coetzee, Director of Biodiversity, Nature and Health, ICLEI – watch here.
  • Ilona Szabó, Co-Founder and President, Instituto Igarapé – watch here.
  • Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Identity and Culture, Canada – watch here.
  • Marcelo Behar, Special Envoy for Bioeconomy, COP30 Presidency – watch here.
  • Peter Thomson, UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean – watch here.
  • The Nature Positive Dialogues with We Don't Have Time