Plant-for-the-Planet at CBD COP 17
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At CBD COP 17 in Yerevan, Armenia, Plant-for-the-Planet’s delegation is advocating for forest conservation and restoration, youth empowerment for climate action, and overarching climate justice.Get in touch with our delegation
Plant-for-the-Planet’s Key Demands for CBD COP 17
1. Cali Fund
âž” Parties must clarify who is expected to contribute: Parties and the Cali Fund should establish clear criteria for identifying companies within the seven sectors that directly or indirectly use digital sequence information (DSI), moving from broad sectoral guidance to a clear identification of expected contributors
âž” National governments must create an enabling policy environment for contributions: Governments should integrate the Cali Fund’s contribution framework into relevant national policies and legislation, providing a clear basis for companies to contribute and for those contributions to be recognised.
âž” Companies using DSI should pay up: Companies that use DSI and benefit from its commercial use should take responsibility for contributing to the Cali Fund now. Further modalities and implementation arrangements can continue to develop, but companies should not use this as a reason to delay contributions.
2. Biodiversity Finance via Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF)
âž” We urge the governments of the Netherlands, UK, China, Japan and Canada to announce TFFF investments as soon as possible to maintain momentum.
âž” Strengthen the Integrity and Accountability of the TFFF by advocating for robust improvements such as:
- establishing a comprehensive and independently monitored Negative Exclusion List,
- ensuring that financial return assumptions are transparent, evidence-based, and not overly optimistic,
- guaranteeing additionality, so only disbursements to rainforest countries count toward the NCQG,
- creating clear provisions for independent monitoring, transparency, and grievance mechanisms,
- enshrining explicit human rights protections for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, including FPIC and fair benefit-sharing,
- applying uniform USD 140 per-hectare penalties for all forms of forest degradation, not only those caused by fire.
âž” Children’s health and rights recognition: biodiversity in the environment must be recognized as a non-negotiable right.
âž” Roles beyond tokenism: Youth representatives must be directly included in official delegations and the CBD COP. Their demands must be recorded in a formal way and followed up on.
âž” Climate and biodiversity education must also show a clear connection between biodiversity and health: Significant contributions must be made to climate education.
âž” Finance for Youth: Financial systems must invest in biodiversity, conservation and restoration to secure the economic future of the next generation.
Our Forest Policy Tracking Platforms
Cali Watch
Ahead of the COP17 in Yerevan, Plant-for-the-Planet launched Cali Watch, a public flagship platform that shows which companies are expected to contribute, how much they have paid and how much is still missing. It also tracks government efforts to introduce laws that would encourage or require companies to contribute.At Plant-for-the-Planet, we developed a tool that tracks investments and payouts within Tropical Forest Forever Fund that helps to prevent deforestation and degradation of forests
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