November 5, 2021 Glasgow, UK Parks Canada Agency
The organizations in charge of some of the largest tracts of protected landscapes and marine environments on the planet, including Parks Canada, have come together for the first time to invite world leaders to support the work of the global Protected Areas and Conserved Areas family as the vanguard of the fight against Climate Change and Biodiversity loss.
In a joint statement led by National Parks UK, as the host nation for this year's United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP) 26, signatories acknowledge that no single site or organization can address the global crisis of climate change nor the exacerbating impact of climate change on biodiversity loss. However, as a family of protected and conserved areas distributed all around the World, and focusing on collaboration and global ambitions for rapid and far-reaching actions to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss, our global network aspires to be the "first 30 per cent" that inspires nature-based solutions and informs land and sea use choices across the planet - the places where billions of people connect with nature and become inspired to play an active part in combatting the dual crises.
Parks Canada administers one of the finest and most extensive systems of natural and cultural heritage places in the world, which are a source of shared pride for all Canadians. Ron Hallman, President & CEO of Parks Canada Agency, signed the Statement virtually today, as part of the COP26 Youth Day events.
