Elizabeth Mrema, UN Convention on Biological Diversity, on Why Biodiversity Loss is a Risk to the Global Financial System

It is well established that climate change poses significant risks
to businesses and future investments but these concerns are often
intricately connected to biodiversity and nature-related issues.
Elizabeth Mrema, Executive Secretary of the United Nations
Convention on Biological Diversity, and co-chair of the Taskforce
on Nature-related Financial Disclosures joins the podcast to
discuss how firms can report and act on evolving nature-related
risks.  In this far-reaching conversation, Elizabeth Mrema and
Jason Mitchell, co-Head of Responsible Investment at Man Group,
talk about the upcoming UN Biodiversity Conference COP-15, the
legacy of the 2010 governmental Aichi Biodiversity Targets and what
the new expectations may be for a post-pandemic global biodiversity
framework.  You can find the full transcript of this episode
at: https://www.man.com/maninstitute/a-sustainable-future-podcast
Elizabeth Maruma Mrema Elizabeth Maruma Mrema is United Nations
Assistant Secretary General and Executive Secretary of United
Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, a multilateral treaty
addressing the loss of biodiversity and climate change, and
co-chair of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
(TNFD). Elizabeth has two decades of experience working in the
development and environment sectors. She is biodiversity leader and
lawyer, from Tanzania, with a track record of negotiating
next-generation policies and enabling instruments for planet,
people, and prosperity. Elizabeth’s work as Deputy Director of the
Ecosystems Division at the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) focused
on the development, implementation, and enforcement of
environmental laws both at the national, regional, and
international level.  Her previous work includes being the
Executive Secretary of the UNEP/Secretariat of the Convention on
the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals in which she
oversaw the conservation of migratory animals globally.