UNDP Nature Pledge 2030

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UNDP Nature Pledge 2030

As mentioned by the Administrator, this is a multi-year, high-ambition corporate commitment to accelerate global environmental action at scale for the benefit of people, planet, peace, and prosperity:

Aligned with our Strategic Plan, the Nature Pledge will provide a pathway to transform our global systems to meet vital targets to protect and restore our planet, eradicate poverty, reduce gender and other inequalities, advance human rights, and accelerate overall progress on the 2030 Agenda. This flagship commitment will support over 140 countries to put their ambitious targets under the historic Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework into action.

The Nature Pledge will advance three interconnected shifts needed for countries to address critical factors of global systems -- economic, financial & social and political -- that currently drive unsustainable consumption of our natural resources, jeopardizing both lives and livelihoods.

• A Global Value shift aims to change narratives and behaviours and place nature at the heart of development and across sectors including governance, economics, finance, health, and conservation to drive progress across the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).  The recognition of the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment is one example of an intervention with the potential to effect behavioural change at global, regional and country levels.  
• An Economic and Finance shift will help to ensure that natural capital is valued alongside financial and human-made capital by decision-makers. The Taskforce on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures, which is incentivizing the private sector to redirect finance flows towards nature-positive outcomes, is just one example of the positive change that is already happening.  
• A Policy and Practice shift aims to deliver change at scale on the ground, led by countries and grounded in local communities and informed by the knowledge of Indigenous peoples. This is already a defining feature of the UNDP’s support through initiatives such as our Biodiversity Finance Initiative and our extensive Vertical Fund portfolio.   

Crucially, the implementation of the Nature Pledge will require a shift in thinking within UNDP. The root causes of nature loss lie within unsustainable production and consumption patterns, corruption and misgovernance of natural resources, and the invisibility of nature in an economic and financial calculus that drives short-term profit over sustainability.  

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