Promoting Synergies Between Climate Change Adaptation and Biodiversity Through the National Adaptation Plan and National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan Processes

This technical brief explores the interconnections between biodiversity and climate change adaptation, specifically focusing on how to create synergies between National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) and National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plans (NBSAPs) to improve policy coherence and resource efficiency.

• Climate change and biodiversity loss are mutually reinforcing drivers; climate change impacts ecosystems and drives biodiversity loss, while protecting biodiversity enhances ecosystem resilience, which aids human adaptation to climate change.
• Integrating the processes for NAPs and NBSAPs improves national governance by increasing coherence, reducing the duplication of efforts, and optimizing the use of limited resources across planning, finance, monitoring, and implementation.
• Eswatini, Fiji, Peru, and Rwanda have utilized linkages in their national biodiversity and climate strategies to mainstream system thinking and improve both social and ecosystem resilience to climate change.

APA

,, A. T. Q. Z. (2022). Promoting Synergies Between Climate Change Adaptation and Biodiversity Through the National Adaptation Plan and National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan Processes. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/publications/brief/climate-change-adaptation-biodiversity

Chicago

,, Anika Terton,Jeffrey Qi,Gino Zúñiga. Promoting Synergies Between Climate Change Adaptation and Biodiversity Through the National Adaptation Plan and National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan Processes. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2022. https://www.iisd.org/publications/brief/climate-change-adaptation-biodiversity.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{2022promoting, author = {,, Anika Terton,Jeffrey Qi,Gino Zúñiga}, title = {{Promoting Synergies Between Climate Change Adaptation and Biodiversity Through the National Adaptation Plan and National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan Processes}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2022}, month = oct, url = {https://www.iisd.org/publications/brief/climate-change-adaptation-biodiversity}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }