THE ONE PLANET LAB
WHAT IS IT?
The One Planet Lab is an ideas laboratory. It structures strategic thinking and sets new objectives and levers for action
for future editions of the One Planet Summit, particularly bydeveloping coalitions of committed actors. Whether they comefrom private companies or institutions, it brings together concrete actions to address global challenges relating to climatechange, loss of biodiversity and the well-being of societies,
and promotes them on a large scale. It was officially launchedon 26 September 2018 in New York, during the second One
Planet Summit.

 HAT IS IT SETTING OUTWTO DO?
The One Planet Lab’s work for 2019 is divided into four priority
areas: fighting against global warming, protecting the oceans,protecting biodiversity, mobilising finance.
Key objectives, levers for action, an international agenda andpartners have been identified in advance for each of theseareas.
The Lab’s work in each area is based on an operational document identifying ambitious environmental objectives for theprivate and public sectors which must lead to:• short-term and long-term recommendations being producedfor politicians and the private sector in order to achieve theseobjectives;• a coalition strategy being developed around a critical massof actors in order to initiate irreversible changes.

WHO ARE ITS MEMBERS?
The One Planet Lab enlists influential figures from academia,
the private sector, the business world and international
financial institutions. While it intends to grow, it currently
has around thirty members and partners who are known for
their expertise and their commitment to protecting the environment. The Lab is actively supported by Bertrand Badré(Blue like an Orange Sustainable Capital), Paul Polman (UnileverFoundation) and Nick Stern (London School of Economics).

WHO’S IN THE TEAM?
At the start of the One Planet Summit initiative in 2017, Franceoversaw the Lab and hosted its task force, which consists of:• the One Planet Lab secretariat, which consists of experts
from the French authorities;• a scientific secretariat, run by two French think tanks: theInstitute for Climate Economics (I4CE) and the Institute for
Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI).
This French task force closely follows and supports the working groups.

WHAT IMPORTANT EVENTS ARE COMING UP?
• 4 March, Paris (France):
launch day for the One Planet
Lab. The programme includes
a working session for theleaders and a presentationof road maps to the President of the French Republic,
Emmanuel Macron.

• 14 March, Nairobi (Kenya):
the Lab will participate in the
1st regional edition of the One
Planet Summit, which aims
to highlight Africa’s key rolein implementing the ParisAgreement.

• 25 August, Biarritz (France):
contribution of the Lab to theG7 Summit.

• 23 September, New-York(United States): contributionof the Lab to the UN ClimateSummit.

WHAT ARE THE AREAS?

3 PROTECTING
BIODIVERSITY

1 FIGHTINGAGAINST GLOBAL WARMING

The biodiversity working group is divided into two sub-groups:• Broaden the carbon neutrality coalition, with priority being
given to zero-pollution transport.
> Accelerating the shift towards carbon-neutral systems androlling out specific transport for doing this.
• Reduce hydrofluorocarbon emissions, which are gases witha very high global warming potential.
> By accelerating the implementation of the Kigali amendment,
the large-scale implementation of energy-efficiency measureson gases which produce cold temperatures, particularly in airconditioners, would help to prevent a rise in temperature by 1°C.

2 PROTECTINGTHE OCEANS
The oceans working group is divided into two sub-groups:• Combating plastic pollution.
> Concrete objectives: increasing worldwide commitments
against plastic pollution and reducing pollution at the sourcein the packaging and fashion sectors• Increasing resilience in marine ecosystems and combatingillegal fishing.

• Nature-based solutions to help it to protect itself against
climate disturbances, particularly in coastal areas throughmangrove restoration.
• Feeding soils and soil use in order to protect ecosystems.
> Commitments from industrialists to transform their supply chain by supporting changes to farming practices and byrehabilitating degraded land, in order to enhance biodiversity
and strengthen the fight against climate change.

4 MOBILISINGFINANCEThe finance working group is divided into four sub-groups:• Work towards a green Bretton Woods: ensuring the resiliency
of financial systems against the backdrop of climate risks;• Multilateral development banks and international development-financing institutions, in the face of challenges infinancing global public assets in the 21st century;• Helping States and the private sector to adopt the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial
Disclosures (TCFD) on a large scale;• Accelerating funding for sustainable infrastructures. This
relates to establishing financial engineering which can redirecta substantial portion of the savings managed by institutional
investors to energy transition projects.

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The climate working group is divided into two sub-groups
aiming to: