Ahead of COP30, this updated and expanded web-based “Nature-positive Agrifood Systems Toolkit” aims to reflect additional guidance, tools and case studies for enhancing and implementing NDCs, NAPs, and National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) serving as a resource for national policymakers and decisionmakers aiming to align and accelerate national efforts on climate and biodiversity action and agriculture and food system transformation.
The toolkit covers resources specific to a wide range of sectors and themes, including livestock, crops, fisheries and aquaculture, agroforestry, nutrition, food security, forestry and other land use, biodiversity, nature-based solutions and ecosystem services, water, cities, coastal zones and oceans, disaster risk reduction, economic recovery, education, energy, gender equality, health, infrastructure and industry, livelihoods, poverty alleviation, waste, rural development, transport, youth, just transition.
Users can utilise the toolkit to access a curated collection of over 356 resources that can help accelerate a sustainable transformation of agriculture and food systems, including:
- Guidance and frameworks: Policy briefs, implementation guides, guidance frameworks, or other stand-alone documents that can help policymakers implement sustainable agriculture and sustainable food systems measures, and strengthen and/or implement their country's NDCs, NAPs, NBSAPs.
- Technical tools: Resources that offer analytical tools for climate, land-use, and biodiversity assessments in the context of food systems. These range from emissions scenario calculators and climate risk screening tools with geospatial data to land-use comparison models, cost-benefit analysis tools for sustainable agriculture transitions, and frameworks for resolving land-use conflicts.
- Partnerships, platforms, or initiatives: Organisations, initiatives, dedicated to supporting countries in developing, implementing, and monitoring their NDCs, NAPs, and NBSAPs or otherwise supporting the advancement of sustainable food systems. These initiatives often provide their own tools and resources as part of broader capacity-building programs.
- Implementation case studies: Real-world programs, projects, and policies that successfully integrate food systems targets and measures into national climate and biodiversity strategies.
- National strategy examples: Specific NDCs, NAPs, and NBSAPs examples with explanations of how they demonstrate agriculture and food systems integration and are developed through inclusive, multi-stakeholder processes.
This updated toolkit follows the Toolkit for National Action on Climate, Biodiversity, and Water in Agriculture and Food Systems.