Conference “Protecting nature at a time when planetary boundaries are being crossed and geopolitical shifts”, AFD, 21/05/2025

What if rethinking our relationship with nature was the key to a new development model?

As planetary boundaries are being severely exceeded and human rights are regressing around the world, AFD is organizing a conference in Paris on nature protection and the systemic transformations we must undertake, in a context where multilateralism and the post–World War II international order are increasingly being challenged.

This event aims to explore how a rights-based approach to development – first focused on human rights and now extending to the rights of nature – can adapt to today’s geopolitical upheavals.

This conference is part of a research cycle launched in 2020 on rights-based approaches – human and beyond – and seeks to question our collective ability to build more just, sustainable, and resilient development pathways.

The program:

• Economists, Lawyers, Researchers, and field practitioners will discuss:
• The relationship between nature and the economy: What place for nature, what impacts?
• The intersection of human rights and the rights of nature: tensions, complementarities, and narratives of transformation.
• Concrete initiatives embedding the rights of the living in public policies and local practices.

The conference will close with a cocktail reception starting at 6:30 PM.

This hybrid event will offer simultaneous interpretation in French, English, and Spanish.