WCC 2016 Rec 107 - Progress Report

General Information

Resolution
46524
Period covered
Activities to implement this Resolution from Activity Reports
Relevant operative para(s) of Res/Rec Activities Overview Description Status Action
Field activities Promoting Endogenous Technologies for CC Adaptation and Mitigation On-going Full activity report
Policy influencing/advocacy ENDA has been working to cover the gap identified in previous approaches with regard to identifying and using local technologies/ knowledge. It aims to focus on analysing vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in relation to communities’ livelihoods. On-going Full activity report
Policy influencing/advocacy IUCN is supporting enhanced ocean management policies and strategies including for the purposes of building resilience to climate change impacts with member countries. On-going Full activity report
Actors involved from Activity Reports
IUCN Members IUCN Commissions IUCN Secretariat Other non-IUCN related organisations
  • Ministry of Meteorology, Energy, Information, Disaster Management, Environment, Climate Change & Communications (MEIDECC) ( Tonga )
  • Ministry of Climate Change, Meteorology, Natural Disaster, Environment and Energy ( Vanuatu )
  • Fiji Department of Environment ( Fiji )
  • Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology ( Solomon Islands )
  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH ( Germany )
  • FB17E09E-5094-E611-97F4-005056BA6623
  • Yes
Challenges / lessons learned from Activity Reports
Report status
Published

I. IUCN Constituencies implementing this Resolution

IUCN Members
International Institute for Environment and Development ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland )
Conservation International ( United States of America )
The Nature Conservancy ( United States of America )
Environmental Defense Fund ( United States of America )
IUCN Commissions
F517E09E-5094-E611-97F4-005056BA6623
FB17E09E-5094-E611-97F4-005056BA6623
IUCN Secretariat
Yes
Other non-IUCN related organisations
IDDRI

II. Implementation

Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Policy influencing/advocacy
Describe the results/achievements of the activities
Influenced, in part, by the strong messaging from IUCN and many of its members/partners, several parties to the UNFCCC have included ambitious nature-based solutions within the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) that they submitted under the Paris Climate Change Agreement. One estimate, for example, suggests that around 40 NDCs include nature-based solutions in a highly-visible position (IDDRI 2016). IUCN together with its members has also estimated that 109 countries have included ecosystem-oriented visions for adaptation (IIED/IUCN 2016) and that 77% of NDCs contain references to ongoing/planned efforts in the forest sector (IUCN 2017).
Challenges/obstacles encountered in the implementation of this Resolution and measures taken
However, IUCN's analyses also shows that relatively few of these NDC references are presently presented as robust, quantitative and trackable targets, which is a challenge to be overcome.
Future actions / activities needed for the implementation of this Resolution
This will require continued policy-influencing and capacity building efforts from both IUCN state and non-state members to ensure the stronger integration of nature-based solutions into national climate change strategies and policies, including in the next round of NDCs scheduled for 2020.
Are these actions/activities planned?
Yes

III. Status of implementation

Implementation status of this Resolution
Initiated: first stages of implementation