The third five-year cycle of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), due in 2025, represents a crucial opportunity to scale up global emissions reductions and strengthen the resilience of communities and ecosystems by integrating environmental integrity considerations and Nature-based Solutions (NbS) more prominently into NDCs. The second edition of the Nature4Climate coalition’s Guide for Including Nature in NDCs has been developed to assist national policymakers and technical experts involved in the revision and implementation of 2025 NDCs.
Launched in support of the discussions at COP 29, the guidance includes 15 recommendations to effectively advance in this direction, along with additional resources and case studies related to each of these: