WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.000 (people chattering) 2 00:00:04.450 --> 00:00:09.270 The evidence of our impact on the planet 3 00:00:09.270 --> 00:00:13.030 has become clearer than ever. 4 00:00:13.030 --> 00:00:15.800 We can't continue to dominate the world 5 00:00:15.800 --> 00:00:17.270 the way we have done it until now. 6 00:00:17.270 --> 00:00:21.310 We can't imagine to use unsustainably natural resources 7 00:00:21.310 --> 00:00:23.200 without consequences. 8 00:00:23.200 --> 00:00:25.310 We have to embrace a different way 9 00:00:25.310 --> 00:00:27.308 of developing and living. 10 00:00:27.308 --> 00:00:29.000 (uplifting music) 11 00:00:29.000 --> 00:00:31.720 I've never been more excited than today. 12 00:00:31.720 --> 00:00:33.990 Sounds like crazy because the indicators say 13 00:00:33.990 --> 00:00:36.860 the planet is still going in the wrong direction, 14 00:00:36.860 --> 00:00:39.820 but I can see that people are beginning to understand 15 00:00:39.820 --> 00:00:41.990 that we should stop taking nature for granted, 16 00:00:41.990 --> 00:00:43.950 and I think that's very exciting 17 00:00:43.950 --> 00:00:48.273 because it's a deep cultural change at a civilization level. 18 00:00:49.380 --> 00:00:51.890 We actually know what it takes 19 00:00:51.890 --> 00:00:54.750 to rebalance our relationship with nature. 20 00:00:54.750 --> 00:00:56.710 We need to protect more of the nature 21 00:00:56.710 --> 00:00:58.350 that is left on the planet, 22 00:00:58.350 --> 00:01:01.910 and we have to manage sustainably the rest. 23 00:01:01.910 --> 00:01:03.240 That means that on one hand, 24 00:01:03.240 --> 00:01:06.105 we need to put in place systems of protection 25 00:01:06.105 --> 00:01:08.010 through governments, regulation, 26 00:01:08.010 --> 00:01:10.750 through community, Indigenous people engagement, 27 00:01:10.750 --> 00:01:14.760 through private sector interventions and actions. 28 00:01:14.760 --> 00:01:16.950 And on the other hand, we need to actually tackle 29 00:01:16.950 --> 00:01:20.880 the drivers, the economic drivers of nature loss today. 30 00:01:20.880 --> 00:01:22.400 We call it the big five: 31 00:01:22.400 --> 00:01:27.400 agriculture, fishing, forestry, infrastructure, extractives. 32 00:01:27.630 --> 00:01:31.416 Those are the main drivers of today's loss of nature. 33 00:01:31.416 --> 00:01:32.320 (wave crashing) 34 00:01:32.320 --> 00:01:36.092 We really need to bring together the whole society 35 00:01:36.092 --> 00:01:39.620 around a global common shared plan 36 00:01:39.620 --> 00:01:43.310 that is inspired by a shared common global goal, 37 00:01:43.310 --> 00:01:48.310 to develop a Paris-style agreement for nature. 38 00:01:48.810 --> 00:01:50.330 That means in simple words, 39 00:01:50.330 --> 00:01:54.010 we need to have more nature by 2030 than today. 40 00:01:54.010 --> 00:01:56.950 More forest, more pollinators in the countryside, 41 00:01:56.950 --> 00:01:58.850 more fish in the ocean and rivers, 42 00:01:58.850 --> 00:02:00.719 more biodiversity globally. 43 00:02:00.719 --> 00:02:01.552 (water splashing) 44 00:02:01.552 --> 00:02:03.810 It's an opportunity to actually codify, 45 00:02:03.810 --> 00:02:07.530 formalize what we are already seeing informally 46 00:02:07.530 --> 00:02:10.290 as a commitment at the top level in governments, 47 00:02:10.290 --> 00:02:12.180 in corporates, in society. 48 00:02:12.180 --> 00:02:16.540 Ninety-four heads of state now has signed a Leaders Pledge for Nature 49 00:02:16.540 --> 00:02:20.020 that commits to reverse nature loss by 2030. 50 00:02:20.020 --> 00:02:22.710 We have initiatives that bring together 51 00:02:22.710 --> 00:02:25.680 thousands of businesses, a large number of investors 52 00:02:25.680 --> 00:02:29.380 that are committed to support such a goal. 53 00:02:29.380 --> 00:02:31.690 The nature agenda has never been higher, 54 00:02:31.690 --> 00:02:35.650 and realizing that and translating that new awareness 55 00:02:35.650 --> 00:02:38.930 into sustainable supply chains, sustainable value chains, 56 00:02:38.930 --> 00:02:41.530 sustainable responsible business practices 57 00:02:41.530 --> 00:02:43.977 is what business now has to do. 58 00:02:43.977 --> 00:02:46.560 (soft music)