Daniela Knieling

✊🏾 The Kunming-Montréal Global Biodiversity Framework’s targets cannot be achieved without the rights, leadership, and knowledge of Indigenous Peoples, Afro-descendant Peoples, and local communities. 📖 A new RRI report with Forest Peoples Programme and the ICCA Consortium analyzes the legal frameworks of 30 countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America and finds that, although most have potential pathways for legally recognized community-led conservation, many have yet to formalize it as a distinct and additional means of achieving national conservation priorities. 🔑 Key findings: ➡️ Traditional protected areas (PAs) remain countries’ main approach to conservation, but are rarely governed by communities. ➡️ Even though 26 of 30 countries have legal pathways to recognize community-led conservation in PAs, many PAs do not fully protect communities’ territorial rights. ➡️ 29 of 30 countries have community-based tenure regimes that could be recognized under Other Effective area-based Conservation Measures and Indigenous and Traditional Territories, but many lack the mechanisms to include these in nationally recognized conservation areas. ➡️ Fewer than half of the countries legally define and protect communities’ right to free, prior and informed consent (FPIC). ➡️ Women’s rights to membership, voting, and leadership remain particularly weak. 💡 The path forward requires securing tenure rights, guaranteeing FPIC, advancing gender equality, and formalizing avenues for community-led conservation in legislation and countries’ National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans. Governments must bridge the gap between law and practice for effective + equitable conservation! ➡ Download the report: https://lnkd.in/ggfJn-Xs #tenure #biodiversity #landrights #landrightsnow #conservation

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🌡️ “Heat waves are among the most frequent and deadly impacts of climate change, along with floods and shrinking ice cover,” said UN Environment Programme Executive Director Inger Andersen. “We must be prepared for the risks these impacts pose, especially for society’s most vulnerable, including older persons. Yet as this year’s Frontiers Report shows, solutions exist that can help protect communities and restore ecosystems long-thought to have been lost,” she said. The UNEP Frontiers 2025 Report describes the growing vulnerability of older persons in the face of climate extremes: 📈 Annual heat-related deaths among the 65+ age group have risen by ~85% since the 1990s. 🏙️ Older adults living in low-lying, polluted, and flood-prone urban areas in low- and middle-income countries are most at risk. 🩺 Vulnerabilities include chronic illness, frailty, and limited mobility – with higher likelihood of heat-related respiratory, cardiovascular, and metabolic diseases. The Frontiers 2025 report recommends: 🤝 Community-based disaster risk management 📢 Improved access to climate information tailored to older populations 🌳 Pollution-free, accessible cities with more green spaces 🏗️ Age-inclusive urban planning Delve deeper ➡️https://ow.ly/hSSm50WoMJy #BeatTheHeat

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🌱 The green transition is not a luxury, but a necessity - ecologically, socially and economically. Many countries have the potential to play a leading role and are establishing themselves as important partners. Today at the #GlobalSolutionsSummit of Global Solutions Initiative, our Managing Director Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven shows how GIZ supports these partners in their green transition:  1️⃣ We promote technology transfer and local value creation - e.g. through green hydrogen projects in Namibia.  2️⃣ We improve investment conditions - as is currently the case in Jordan's green industrial policy.  3️⃣ We strengthen fair economic framework conditions for a sustainable future. 🌍 A fair green economy requires global partnership. We are committed to this.  #JustTransition #GreenTransition 

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The #FFD4 outcome document prioritises the loss of nature in the financing agenda. Onno van den Heuvel, Lead for UNDP’s BIOFIN - Biodiversity Finance Initiative, highlights the importance of integrating biodiversity into public budgeting systems and boosting private investment in nature-positive solutions.

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📢 We’re pleased to share that the Finance for Biodiversity Foundation has been named a Knowledge Partner of the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action. As part of a network of expert institutions, we support the Coalition’s analytical capacity on finance and climate-related issues. Knowledge Partners provide demand-driven inputs on topics such as implementing the Helsinki Principles, offering technical and research-based insights. We’re honoured to contribute to advancing climate and nature action through the financial system, alongside peers committed to evidence-based policymaking. 🔍 https://lnkd.in/dbRy8Y24 #SustainableFinance #FinancedforBiodiversity #FinanceForNature #Biodiversity #KnowledgePartner 

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💧🍽️ Water, Food, Future: Navigating the Global Water Crisis for Food Security Welthungerhilfe is taking part in the Hamburg Sustainability Conference on June 2 and 3, 2025 - to launch the Global Alliances for a Sustainable Future. 🌍 Mathias Mogge, Secretary-General of Welthungerhilfe, will join a panel of five international experts on June 2, from 14:00 to 15:00 (CEST) to discuss solutions to the global water crisis and its impact on food security. With agriculture consuming 72% of global freshwater, the discussion will focus on how smarter water management can drive long-term, sustainable change. 🚰 How can innovative water management strategies help secure food production while ensuring sustainable resource use? 💬 And how can we build alliances that not only respond to crises, but proactively shape resilient and equitable systems? We’re looking forward to meaningful dialogue and bold ideas that push us toward a more sustainable, food-secure future. #Sustainability #GlobalCollaboration #WaterManagement #HamburgSustainabilityConference #SDGs

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💸🕊️New Funding Opportunities for #Democracy and #Peacebuilding! Today we share 5 new funding commitments added to our ImpactMapper 2025 Funding Database, a mapping project of more than 425 grants and emergency funds on how philanthropies and other #donors and investors are meeting this moment: 🔸The ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen) zivik Funding Programme supports civil society actors worldwide in preventing crises and overcoming conflict. The program underlines the central role of young people in peace processes and is based on five pillars: Participation; Protection; Prevention; Partnership; Reintegration. https://lnkd.in/dwwA4ixQ 🔸The Pulitzer Center is seeking partners to advance reporting and engagement in Ghana, Zambia, Ethiopia, and Burkina Faso, focusing on critical issues impacting these countries. This initiative aims to raise young professionals’ awareness of key issues that are part of the Pulitzer Center’s five focus areas: Climate and Environment, Global Health, Peace and Conflict, Human Rights, and Information and Artificial Intelligence. https://lnkd.in/eikuvMfS 🔸 In response to the humanitarian impact of the recent Cambodia–Thailand border conflict, #SmartAxiata is committing $1,000,000 over three years to support communities, affected military personnel, and their families. The fund will assist a wide range of affected individuals, including evacuees, frontline military forces and their families, small business owners and their employees, students, and communities in need of material, social, emotional, and connectivity support. ​https://lnkd.in/g7Jv4v7K 🔸The Human Rights Foundation of Turkey #HRFT has launched the "Financial Support Program for Human Rights Defenders at Risk" as part of its solidarity efforts with human rights defenders who carry out activities to protect and develop human rights and face pressure and difficulties due to these activities. Within the scope of the program, at least 104 (one hundred and four) human rights defenders will be supported. https://lnkd.in/eQdxRswd 🔸Stiftung Erinnerung, Verantwortung und Zukunft (EVZ) Young Civil Societies for #Democracy call is open to nonprofit organizations that are committed to strengthening youth engagement and creating spaces where young civil society can thrive – with creativity, conviction, and the courage to drive change. https://lnkd.in/d5bRBiDq ➡️ Want to follow new funding? Subscribe to receive free access to our 2025 Funding Database listing 425+ new funding commitments with a detailed taxonomy, link in comments.

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💧 People learn from people – Celebrating utility solidarity and practical action at the 6th Global WOPs Congress This week in Bonn, nearly 550 participants from over 70 countries came together at the 6th Global Water Operators’ Partnerships Congress – convened by UN-Habitat through GWOPA, with support from the Government of Germany and the City of Bonn – to advance one shared goal: stronger utilities for thriving cities. Under the theme “Solidarity in Action”, the Congress highlighted how peer-to-peer cooperation is driving real progress towards universal access to safe water and sanitation. From climate resilience and digital innovation to gender equity and human rights, participants shared solutions showing that transformation comes from people – utility professionals working together across borders. Read the full story and discover how solidarity is shaping the future of urban water and sanitation: 👉 https://lnkd.in/eAx5nngG #6GlobalWOPs #WaterForAll #SanitationForAll #SolidarityInAction #UrbanOctober UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements Programme) Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Auswärtiges Amt (Federal Foreign Office) Germany Bundesstadt Bonn

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#Innovations and new partnerships are required to mobilise #finance in the right forms to better respond to intersecting crises in #frontier contexts. Blended finance tools such as first-loss guarantees and results-based financing can make them more accessible to #frontier markets. A coalition of investors, development bodies, donors and foundations can collectively address systemic barriers that hold back frontier markets. Find out more in this piece by Simon O'Connell, SNV CEO: https://lnkd.in/eDuxdKyr #WEF25

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The world must urgently mobilize and redirect finance for forests and nature to deliver on climate and biodiversity goals, as Franziska Haupt discussed at the OECD Green Growth and Sustainable Development Forum (#GGSD). Speaking in the session “Mobilizing finance for forests and nature for delivering on climate and biodiversity objectives,” she highlighted a key message:  finance for nature is both insufficient and fundamentally misaligned.     So, what needs to change? Among a range of priority actions, Franziska highlighted the need to:   ➡️ Scale up public and private finance for forests (especially toward high-integrity forests and Indigenous-led conservation) while ensuring this finance reaches frontline communities    ➡️ Redirect harmful subsidies to sustainable land use and food systems (and increase transparency around how governments mitigate harm from subsidies)     ➡️ Reform global financial structures that constrain developing countries – debt traps, lack of fiscal space, and a global financial architecture that too often holds countries back from sustainable development.     The GGSD brought together policymakers, researchers, civil society and the private sector to discuss forest management for carbon sequestration, sustainable agriculture, data and measurement, financing nature, and the links between forestry and rural development.    🔗 Check out the recording here: https://lnkd.in/dUX3rRQJ  OECD Environment OECD - OCDE

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🇩🇪 The IEU at the Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB62) At SB62, the IEU shared lessons from recent evaluations through side events and participation in key climate discussions: 🌎 Andreas Reumann, Head of the IEU, took part in the CIFOR-ICRAF side event “Advancing Zero Deforestation & Climate Resilience through Transparent & Participatory Monitoring”, and followed technical discussions on adaptation, transparency, and just transition under the Paris Agreement. 🎤 Genta Konci, Evaluation Specialist, spoke at two official side events: In the first, co-organized with the GCF Secretariat, she presented findings from the Independent Evaluation of the GCF’s Approach to Indigenous Peoples, sharing insights on participation, challenges, and opportunities to improve access to GCF resources. In the second, she discussed how Traditional Knowledge from Indigenous Peoples has been integrated into climate rationale and project design, drawing on evaluation evidence. 🔗 Learn more about the IPs evaluation: https://lnkd.in/g6e6FMsg

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🌿 How do we secure the financial future of protected and conserved areas? The IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), together with the Conservation Finance Alliance and the Sustainable Finance Specialist Group, invites you to the launch of the Practice Guidance for Protected and Conserved Area Finance, part of the IUCN WCPA Good Practice Guidelines Series. This new publication provides a practical framework to strengthen financial sustainability for protected and conserved areas (PCAs). It explores solutions across public funding, private investment, Indigenous-led finance, and site-based revenue mechanisms — offering a clear roadmap supported by case studies, recommendations, and 16 detailed factsheets. 📅 Date: 26 June 2025 🕘 Time: 9:00 AM EST 🔗 Register here: https://lnkd.in/eKZnbrHM Join this webinar to hear directly from the authors and experts behind the publication. Gain insights on how to mobilize resources, design effective finance strategies, and bridge the funding gap that so many PCAs face worldwide. 🎙️ Speakers include: David Meyers | Conservation Finance Alliance Kathleen Fitzgerald | The Pew Charitable Trusts Madhu Rao | Chair, IUCN WCPA Jessica Smith | UNEP Finance Initiative Ross Dixon | Coast Funds Hugo Van Zyl | Conservation Finance & Economics Expert Lucy Emerton | Conservation Finance & Economics Expert Thierry Lefebvre | Acting Head, IUCN Protected and Conserved Areas 📘 Access the full report here: https://lnkd.in/eDSMfB7G This event is relevant to protected area managers, conservation practitioners, donors, financial experts, and policymakers working to secure nature’s future. 👉 Join us and be part of advancing sustainable conservation finance.

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