Resilience and Development: Caribbean Outlook on the 30×30 Target

Excerpt from Island Innovation

Building on a strong campaign that has seen multiple Caribbean nations become a part of the High Ambition Coalition (HAC) for Nature & People’s goal to protect 30% of global biodiversity by 2030, two regional political leaders have weighed in on the 30×30 target. The Honorable Matthew Samuda, Minister with responsibility for Environment, Water and Climate Change, Government of Jamaica, and the Honorable Simon Stiell, Ministry of Climate Resiliency, Government of Grenada, joined Caribbean Biodiversity Fund CEO Karen McDonald Gayle in a livestream discussing the importance of the HAC’s work globally, and what it means to the Caribbean.

Highlighting the region’s leadership in terms of sustainable development and resilience, both ministers discussed the Caribbean’s own goal of protecting 20% of its land and oceans by 2020. This target was carried out independently by regional governments, and without any support or planning with other global nations. The HAC’s 30×30 goal however, is being undertaken by over 85 countries from around the world, including Angola, France, the Marshall Islands, and Canada.

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