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Country Commitments

National planning processes are the backbone of how countries put the Rio Conventions into practice. When biodiversity strategies, climate commitments and land restoration targets are developed in coordination, they reduce duplication and create stronger synergies across climate, biodiversity and land.

National planning processes under the three Rio Conventions

CBD

  • National biodiversity strategies and action plans (NBSAP) aim to conserve biodiversity and promote sustainable use of biodiversity to equitably distribute biodiversity benefits by aligning national policies with global biodiversity goals
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UNFCCC

  • Nationally-determined contributions (NDC) are commitments by countries to reduce national emissions and adapt to the impacts of climate change to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement
  • National adaptation plans (NAP) aim to reduce vulnerability to climate change impacts and build adaptive capacity and resilience by incorporating climate change adaptation into new and existing policies

UNCCD

  • Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) target-setting sets actionable targets to halt and reverse land degradation to achieve LDN and maintain or increase healthy and productive land resources
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