Leonardo DiCaprio Instagram – Over these past few days, world leaders have come together while they’ve attended #COP27 climate summit. The leaders of these countries are committing to invest in solutions to a crisis that is inherently linked to climate change and equally devastating: biodiversity loss. Ecuador, the UK, Gabon, the Maldives, and thirteen other countries have so far committed to directly increase biodiversity financing for conservation. They are also calling on governments around the planet to progressively end subsidies that are harmful to nature, increase the mobilization and allocation of new funding, for the private sector to become more nature-positive, and for international financial institutions to increase their contributions, among other critical appeals. These countries have set a powerful example. But to halt and reverse the decline of biodiversity by 2030, it is going to take the highest political ambition, a global effort and commitments by many more countries. Let’s call for more governments at #COP27 to join the #10PointPlan and urgently invest not only in climate change solutions and mitigation but in the conservation of the diversity of life on Earth and the people protecting it. Photo by @robindmoore