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Paris, France
On 26-27 November 2018, the Natural Capital Policy Forum - a joint meeting of the 3rd Forum on Natural Capital Accounting for Better Policy Decisions, the 2nd Government Dialogue on Natural Capital, and the Combining Forces initiative - will take place in Paris, France focusing on the theme of "Working together to improve decision-making: special insights on climate change and biodiversity".
Discussions will center on how natural capital accounting and complementary approaches that can help in informing decisions, providing special insights on climate change and biodiversity. This event is jointly hosted by three international initiatives that are seeking to create enabling environments for better decision-making, by mainstreaming considerations of natural capital:
The Forum on Natural Capital Accounting (NCA) for Better Policy Decisions - a yearly forum providing countries, international agencies and interested stakeholders a space to discuss the use of the natural capital accounting to support policies. The 2017 Forum highlighted the need for building collaboration with the private sector, which is making rapid progress in natural capital accounting and complementary approaches.
The Government Dialogue on Natural Capital - a platform for governments to explore, understand and strengthen the role of governments and their interaction with the private sector in up-scaling and mainstreaming natural capital approaches.
The Combining Forces Initiative, which focuses on building synergies between public and private approaches to natural capital with a view of generating trusted and credible information to inform decisions.