As countries revise or prepare new Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) in support of the Paris Agreement, there is a major opportunity to increase global ambition on climate change through strengthening the role of the nature-based solutions (NbS).
To support the increased uptake of NbS in future NDCs, this report presents an overview of the current level of ambition for nature within them, and highlights what can be done further to fully harness the potential of NbS in global climate action going forward.
Based on an in-depth analysis across 10 substantive assessments of the role of nature and nature-based solutions in the NDCs, the report proposes a set of recommendations on how ambition and action for NbS can be further increased within the NDCs.