Nature-based solutions Our nature and biodiversity and ocean Innovation Ecosystems, the largest collaborative network cultivated by UpLink alongside the Forum’s 1t.org and Friends of Ocean Action initiatives, bring together entrepreneurs with nature- based solutions. These ecosystems focus on tackling critical environmental challenges such as biodiversity loss, climate change and marine ecosystem degradation. In 2024, UpLink announced the first cohort of Top Innovators from China at the Forum’s Annual Meeting of New Champions, highlighting four leaders from a total of 17 selected through the Mercuria-funded Biodiversity Challenge. Later in 2024, The Nature Innovation event, held as part of the Economies for Biodiversity Day at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP16) in Colombia, further reinforced UpLink’s efforts to support the global commitment to protecting and restoring nature. Between 2023 and 2024, UpLink Top Innovators’ solutions have resulted in the following impacts: Table 5 Top Innovators’ social and environmental impact Impact Top Innovator example 140 million ha of aquatic or terrestrial area were protected or actively managed for protection. This area is equivalent to approximately one-fifth of the Amazon Rainforest.Over 2023-24, Origens Brasil supported the protection of 61 million ha in the Brazilian Amazon, carried out by indigenous people and communities. 17 million ha of aquatic or terrestrial area were managed for restoration, which is equivalent to restoring twice the size of Poland’s total forested land (around 9 million ha).In 2024, using their satellite imagery, Umgrauemeio managed 6.7 million ha of natural reserves, forests and restoration areas. 6.8 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent (CO2e) were removed or sold through regulated or voluntary carbon markets. Forestation initiatives estimate that 310 million mature trees growing over a year would be needed to capture this amount of CO2.In 2024, Taking Root collected data through their mobile application across 15,000 ha being restored. This effort is generating 4.3 million tonnes of carbon removals through Plan-Vivo-approved methodologies. 181,685 farmers received access to agricultural training. Studies have shown that training programmes can boost crop yields by 25-30%.7By 2024, Boomitra onboarded and trained 88,136 farmers, ranchers and growers whose farms have actively sequestered carbon. 3,448 tonnes of ocean-based seaweed and bivalves were produced or sold. Assuming nitrogen content of 2%,8 this amount would assimilate 69 tonnes of nitrogen from seawater, helping combat issues like eutrophication and dead zones.Coast 4C sold 2,934 tonnes of fresh seaweed in 2024, six times more than in 2023. 25,473 people received support to adapt to climate change.Healthy Seaweed supported 470 people around 2023-24 through their climate adaptation workshops and trainings. Uplink Annual Impact Report March 2025 25

UpLink Annual Impact Report 2025