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In order to re-connect our relations with Nature, various sources of inspiration may come into
play, such as: (a) biophilia - “there is an instinctive bond between human beings and other

living systems.” In other words, by nature we long to be surrounded by life — plants,

animals, and other human beings”; (b) biomimetics looks to nature as inspiration for human
design and development, by imitating nature to produce the built environment and to create

man-made systems. Nature is a guide and a model from which we gain important insights

about what serves us best”; (c) regenerative - With regenerative development and design the
role of the human being merges with nature. Nature is no longer seen as an “other”. Here the

purpose of humanity aligns with the purpose of the planetary system itself, having an
evolutionary function that looks to continuously improve through feedback loops, learning,

and adaptation toward ever-increasing levels of diversity, resilience, beauty, abundance, for

example.

In no small part related to that fact, we have come to a place in our history where nature

cannot save us by treatment - we must find a way to be proactive, and inclusive. While there
is no single answer how, several ways are known to work out. Our final message and

invitation in the Muscat Call is to join forces in collecting, building on, and leveraging those

as a basis for launching a comprehensive strategy to achieve Co-naturing for all.

APPENDIX 1: Events Going Forward

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i) The 29 Global Forum, the first ever outside the OECD, merging with Water and
Humanity shared intentions to formalise and lead international cross-disciplinary
cooperation with the aim to permanently alleviate the issues, and to affect the absolute
achievement of the operative clauses (or actionable solutions), presented hereto.

ii) The Muscat Call has fed into the EU NBS Task Force III of EU Horizon 2020
Research and Innovation Projects, addressing Governance, Business Models and
Financial Mechanisms, at the EC Side Event in the EU Pavilion of COP27 in Sharm
El Sheikh, Egypt, on November 9, 2022.

iii) The Muscat Call has already spiralled into the World Economic Forum, Davos,
Switzerland. On January 18, 2023, Water and Humanity joined forces with the EU
NBS Task Force as well as the Global Commons Alliance, the Global Forum, Intent,
and the Centre of Excellence University of Geneva, in organising a follow-up
Multistakeholder Forum on the theme of “Revamping Green Investment”.

iv) All members of the Water and Humanity network and Global Forum are invited to
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join the 30 Global Forum, again to be merged with Water and Humanity, this

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