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

The document argues that integrating National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) and National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plans (NBSAPs) reduces duplication and optimizes limited resources. It highlights that biodiversity protection increases ecosystem resilience, aiding human adaptation to climate change, and cites Eswatini, Fiji, Peru, and Rwanda as examples of countries that have successfully linked these strategies to enhance social and ecosystem resilience.

• Integrating the processes for National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) and National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plans (NBSAPs) improves policy coherence, reduces the duplication of efforts, and optimizes the use of limited resources across planning, finance, implementation, and monitoring.
• There is a reciprocal relationship between biodiversity and climate change: while climate change drives biodiversity loss, the protection and valuation of biodiversity enhance ecosystem resilience, which in turn supports human adaptation to climate change.
• Eswatini, Fiji, Peru, and Rwanda have utilized linkages between 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} }