Despite growing recognition that climate change and biodiversity loss are highly interlinked, policy efforts addressing both crises in an integrated manner remain limited. It is necessary to make better use of existing opportunities in order to effectively implement synergies into policies and implementation. The upcoming Conferences of the Parties under the biodiversity and climate conventions provide further opportunities for this, particularly in the 2024 triple Rio-COP year.
How can synergies between the UNFCCC and CBD agendas be used to their full effect? Which trade-offs with respect to integrated policy design and implementation need to be considered?
The series of six thematic papers developed by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in collaboration with the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV) aims to enhance the understanding and policy uptake of synergistic approaches. This includes legal agreements, recent scientific findings, and practical implementation aspects related to, for example, nature-based solutions.
The series was first published in 2022 and is now being gradually updated. Building on the results of CBD COP 15 (2022) and UNFCCC COP 27 (2022) and 28 (2023), Thematic paper 1 was revised in September 2024. The paper focuses on legal agreements under the CBD and UNFCCC. Check out the updated series here.
