Despite the rescheduling of UNFCCC’s COP26, country representatives and decision-makers are revising their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to enhance climate ambition and meet the global temperature goals of the Paris Agreement. One strategy that holds a great potential to meet that ambition lies in nature-based solutions (NBS), particularly those actions related to forests and food. However, this potential is still largely untapped, and more concrete policy actions linked to both mitigation and adaptation potential are needed.



In this learning session, presenters will provide decision-makers with joint policy recommendations to maximize forest and food related NBS as they revise their NDCs to meet the ambition of the Paris Agreement. Fernanda de Carvalho from WWF will present the organization’s checklist for assessing the #NDCsWeWant, Franziska Haupt and Haseeb Bakhtary from Climate Focus will discuss key findings from “Enhancing NDCs for Food Systems” and a forthcoming report “Enhancing forest targets and measures in NDCs”, and a representative from the NDC partnership (TBC) will discuss the climate potential presented by NBS for NDCs.



A moderated Q&A will follow this presentation.