Through these efforts, we will be able to help 100 million people at severe risk of climate-related emergencies and support the leadership of the 45 million people from local and indigenous communities whose lives depend on healthy oceans, fresh water, and land. We are also working to conserve 10 percent of the ocean, 650 million hectares of land (approximately twice the area of India), one million kilometers of river, and 30 million hectares of lakes and wetlands (an area about the size of the Great Barrier Reef).
By 2030, we aim to sequester three billion metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually-the equivalent of taking 650 million cars off the road every year. We are doing this with a bold set of goals. This inspires us at The Nature Conservancy to increase our ambition-and the ambition of others. Today, it is widely recognized that nature itself holds the transformative potential to protect people and the planet from the worst effects of the climate emergency and biodiversity loss. Increasingly grounded in science, conservation has experienced a shift-from protecting nature from people to protecting nature for people. Since then, approaches to conservation have evolved, growing in complexity. Jennifer Morris: The Nature Conservancy got its start in New York in 1951, when a small group of volunteers banded together to protect a piece of old growth hemlock forest. McKinsey: How is The Nature Conservancy tackling climate change and biodiversity loss? An edited version of their conversation follows. McKinsey’s Tony Hansen spoke with Jennifer Morris, CEO of TNC, about the leading role NGOs can play in building these bridges, and the actions the organization is taking to secure a sustainable future for all. It also innovates financial approaches that coordinate private and public actors to achieve benefits for nature and communities. Founded in 1951, the organization operates in 79 countries and territories, and has set ambitious goals to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss. The Nature Conservancy (TNC), a non-governmental organization (NGO), is one such bridge. What is clear is that the success of any climate or nature-positive action hinges on collaboration, coordination, and enhanced access to finance and technology-and that this typically requires capable organizations to act as bridges between corporations, sectors, governments, and funders. While the report details the potentially devastating consequences of failing to take action, it also highlights interventions that can be taken by governments, civil society, and business to protect the planet in the future. 1 Synthesis report of the IPCC sixth assessment report (AR6), Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, March 2023. The latest report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has provided us with yet more urgent insights into the global climate crisis.
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