Submitted by
senguptas
on Mon, 01/28/2019 - 14:16
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 |
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| Convene stakeholders/Networking | ECO is a member of Climate Action Network NZ and ECO itself is a network and a member of various climate and biodiversity networks. We have worked within these networks to press the case for greater public awareness and action. Within professional and official circles we have also worked with the Ministry for the Environment making connection to biosecurity, biodiversity and climate connectedness. |
On-going | Full activity report | |
| Policy influencing/advocacy | ECO has pressed for the protection and restoration of native ecosystems to help maintain soil and biodiversity carbon stores and to enhance biodiversity. We have also met with, submitted to, and in various other ways urged the NZ government to favour the protection and planting - of native species in the Government's "One Billion Trees" programme of planting trees for carbon sequestration. ECO has also pushed for an emissions trading system with the whole of the economy involved with agriculture included since agriculture accounts for half of New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions. We have urged that fossil fuels be left in the ground and that we should adopt plantation grown wood for construction purposes, increase solar and wind power. |
On-going | Full activity report | |
| Capacity building | IUCN co-authored A Framework for Assessing the Effectiveness of Ecosystem-Based Approaches to Adaptation (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128118917000165) | Completed | Full activity report | |
| Capacity building | IUCN contributed to the development of a Navigator of Tools for EbA (https://www.iied.org/help-pilot-navigator-tools-for-ecosystem-based-adaptation) | On-going | Full activity report | |
| Policy influencing/advocacy | EPIC project – ecosystem-based approaches mainstreamed into targeted policies | Completed | Full activity report | |
| Policy influencing/advocacy | IUCN contributed to producing the CBD Voluntary guidelines for the design and effective implementation of ecosystem-based approaches to climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction which were adopted by the Conference of Parties at COP14. | Completed | Full activity report |
Actors involved from Activity Reports
| IUCN Members | IUCN Commissions | IUCN Secretariat | Other non-IUCN related organisations |
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Challenges / lessons learned from Activity Reports
External link(s)
Report status
Published
I. IUCN Constituencies implementing this Resolution
IUCN Members
Wetlands International ( Netherlands (Kingdom of the) )
9ECE514B-B8A3-E011-96D3-002655853524
Conservation International ( United States of America )
The Nature Conservancy ( United States of America )
National Wildlife Federation ( United States of America )
Wildlife Conservation Society ( United States of America )
B791DD74-BAA3-E011-96D3-002655853524
IUCN Commissions
F517E09E-5094-E611-97F4-005056BA6623
FB17E09E-5094-E611-97F4-005056BA6623
IUCN Secretariat
Yes
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Policy influencing/advocacy
Describe the results/achievements of the activities
IUCN, in collaboration with several of its members and partners, continued to draw attention to the important role that nature-based solutions can play in addressing climate change, and called for states and other actors to include them in their plans and strategies. This was seen, for example, in the technical submissions that IUCN made in collaboration with other members and partners on the topic during the 2018 Talanoa Dialogue process, and in its own interventions and key messages at the same and during UNFCCC SB48 and UNFCCC COP24. IUCN also supported these through practical activities, such as the tools and guidelines that it helped prepare to enhance the uptake of ecosystem-based adaptation, both on the ground and at the policy level.
Challenges/obstacles encountered in the implementation of this Resolution and measures taken
IUCN analysis shows that there is a need for more concrete and expanded inclusion of nature-based solutions in the next round of Nationally Determined Contributions.
Future actions / activities needed for the implementation of this Resolution
Working in collaboration with like-minded members and partners, IUCN will continue to call for stronger inclusion and implementation of nature-based solutions to climate change.
Are these actions/activities planned?
Yes
III. Status of implementation
Implementation status of this Resolution
Underway: implementation well-advanced