Biodiversity and Climate Change: Linkages at International, National and Local Levels

Alexander Paterson

doi:10.17159/1727-3781/2013/v16i4a2423

Abstract

At the tenth Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Conference of the Parties (COP) held in Nagoya 2010, the parties agreed that they would by 2020 enhance 'ecosystem resilience and the contribution of biodiversity to carbon stocks …, through conservation and restoration, including restoration of at least 15 per cent of degraded ecosystems, thereby contributing to climate change mitigation and adaptation and to combating desertification' (Aichi Target 15, Decision X/2 (Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020)).

Highlights

At the tenth Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Conference of the Parties (COP) held in Nagoya 2010, the parties agreed that they would by 2020 enhance 'ecosystem resilience and the contribution of biodiversity to carbon stocks ..., through conservation and restoration, including restoration of at least 15 per cent of degraded ecosystems, thereby contributing to climate change mitigation and adaptation and to combating desertification' (Aichi Target 15, Decision X/2 (Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020))
This integral link between biodiversity and climate change was recognised at the eleventh CBD COP held in Hyderabad in late 2012, at which the parties acknowledged the need to strengthen and enhance synergies between the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the CBD, so as to implement them in a coherent and mutually supportive way (Decision XI/6, XI/16 and XI/19)
In the context of REDD and REDD+, the parties proposed the introduction of relevant safeguards to aid developing countries reduce the potential negative impacts associated with these initiatives

Summary

Introduction

At the tenth Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Conference of the Parties (COP) held in Nagoya 2010, the parties agreed that they would by 2020 enhance 'ecosystem resilience and the contribution of biodiversity to carbon stocks ..., through conservation and restoration, including restoration of at least 15 per cent of degraded ecosystems, thereby contributing to climate change mitigation and adaptation and to combating desertification' (Aichi Target 15, Decision X/2 (Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020)). Biodiversity and Climate Change: Linkages at International, National and Local Levels

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