Enhancing NDCs Through Nature-Based Solutions: 8 Simple Recommendations for integrating nature into NDCs

With the increasing international momentum surrounding nature-based solutions, this tool is aimed to help countries understand how nature based solutions can be used to adapt and mitigate climate change. The tool provides 8 approaches that can be used in addition to an overview of various definitions of nature-based solutions in the context of climate change. The tool gives a wholistic overview by showing example actions, ecosystem services and the potential climate and social benefits. The tool additionally provides examples from countries that have successfully included nature for each of the 8 recommendations.