Designing renewable energy for nature
This webinar is free and open to all
As renewable energy deployment accelerates, developers are increasingly exploring how projects can contribute to nature recovery as well as climate goals. This webinar will examine how solar and wind energy developments can be implemented in harmony with nature, drawing on recent International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) guidance and international case studies. It will also explore the evolving definitions and distinctions between biodiversity impact mitigation, biodiversity enhancement, nature-inclusive design (NiD) and nature-based solutions (NbS), and what these concepts mean in practice for the renewable energy sector.
This webinar is free and open to all.
Our Speaker
Ben Jobson is a Principal Consultant at The Biodiversity Consultancy, specialising in biodiversity and renewable energy. He advises developers, investors and international financial institutions on biodiversity risk assessment, lender standards compliance and biodiversity strategies for renewable energy projects worldwide. Ben is a co-author of several IUCN publications on biodiversity and renewable energy, including Opportunities for Enhancing Biodiversity at Wind and Solar Energy Developments, and previously worked with BirdLife International and the Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool (IBAT) partnership.
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