Medhini Kumar, medhini.kumar@sierraclub.org
SHARM EL-SHEIKH -- Today, coinciding with the third day of COP27, the White House released two reports on advancing nature-based solutions to address climate change. The first is the Nature-Based Solutions Roadmap, which outlines recommendations for America to employ nature-based solutions in addressing the climate crisis, nature loss, and inequity.
The Roadmap builds upon the Executive Order that President Biden released on Earth Day, and focuses on mitigation and adaptation to address the climate crisis. This announcement focuses on five strategic areas of action: updating policies, unlocking funding, leading with federal facilities and assets, training the nature-based solutions workforce, and prioritizing research and knowledge.
In addition to the Roadmap, the Administration released The Nature-Based Solutions Resource Guide: Compendium of Federal Examples, Guidance, Resource Documents, Tools and Technical Assistance, a companion resource guide with examples of nature-based solutions the Biden Administration has already implemented.
In response, Sierra Club President Ramon Cruz released the following statement:
“If we are to leave behind a livable planet for the next generation, we must continue to support policies that protect the lands and waters we depend on and harness our natural world in the global fight against climate change. The intersecting climate and biodiversity crises know no borders, and this Roadmap highlights the way the US can, and must, be a global leader in addressing our changing climate.”
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Sierra Club Delegation at COP27:
Ramon Cruz, Sierra Club President
Cherelle Blazer, Senior Director of International Climate and Policy Campaign
Leslie Fields, National Director of Policy, Advocacy, and Legal
Steve Herz, International Climate Advisor
Cindy Carr, communications lead for the International Climate and Policy Campaign
During the negotiations, the Sierra Club will be closely following the negotiations and progress on US climate action and commitments, Loss and Damage, the global coal phase-out, Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs), climate finance, coal diplomacy, and more.
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About the Sierra Club
The Sierra Club is America’s largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization, with millions of members and supporters. In addition to protecting every person's right to get outdoors and access the healing power of nature, the Sierra Club works to promote clean energy, safeguard the health of our communities, protect wildlife, and preserve our remaining wild places through grassroots activism, public education, lobbying, and legal action. For more information, visit www.sierraclub.org.