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What should the future U.S. role in global conservation look like, & whose experience & ideas should shape it?
The biodiversity funding landscape changed dramatically in 2025 as the USG abruptly abandoned its international conservation commitments. The loss of approximately $500 million in annual U.S. international conservation funding, along with decades of government capacity & expertise, disrupted conservation efforts around the world. This moment demands more than restoring the former system. It creates an opportunity to examine it critically: what worked, what did not, whose perspectives carried weight, & what must change to build a more effective & durable approach.
Hosted by Reimagining Global Conservation, this event will bring together international & locally rooted conservation practitioners, policy experts, funders, & other Climate Week participants. One Earth Partners will present findings from Beyond the Funding Gap, its global assessment of USAID's distinctive role in climate & environmental programming, the structural effects of its 2025 withdrawal, & priorities for future U.S. engagement. A diverse panel of practitioners will then offer locally-grounded perspectives on the future U.S. role, including concrete reforms, institutional changes, & practical proposals for a new global conservation playbook. The session will create space for participants to question familiar assumptions & contribute ideas grounded in their own experience.
Biodiversity conservation is inseparable from resilience, livelihoods, stability, & security. Join us for a candid, nonpartisan conversation about how the United States can learn from the past & engage differently in the future.
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