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BioCAM4 Co-Creation Workshop in Kenya The BioCAM4 Kenya Co-creation Workshop, led by the African Research and Impact Network (ARIN) and in collaboration with the German Institute for Development and Sustainability (IDOS), was held December 8-10, 2025. This two-day workshop, followed by a field visit to the Kakamega Forest, sets the foundation for framing ambition for Nature-based Climate Action in the Lake Region Economic Bloc (LREB) under ARIN’s leadership and the launch of the LREB Community of Practice, to work on research and impact integrating biodiversity, climate, and human health through locally grounded Nature-Based Climate Actions (NBCAs). View more pictures from the workshop, or read the summary written by the ARIN team.
Recently, BioCAM4 and ACHIEVE invited speakers from their projects and networks to hold an online panel discussion regarding their participation in COP30. The event was moderated by Sander Chan, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Planning and Environment, Nijmegen School of Management, Radboud University. Panellists shared their insights on important outcomes, key issues and areas of improvement of this year’s COP. Five key takeaways stood out from the discussion.
Read the five key takeaways or watch the entire COP30 Debrief event.
The 2025 Yearbook of Global Climate Action, launched by the Climate High-Level Champions at COP30 Brazil. BioCAM4 is proud that our WP1 co-lead Sander Chan and his colleagues authored the new report, “TEN YEARS OF GLOBAL CLIMATE ACTION – INSIGHTS FROM THE COACT DATABASE,” which is one of the analytical studies that helped inform the Yearbook.
Over the past decade, hundreds of cooperative climate initiatives have mobilized cities, regions, businesses, NGOs, and international organizations. The analysis of 387 initiatives shows both encouraging trends and stubborn gaps:
- strong growth in cooperative climate action since 2015
- rising attention to finance, resilience, and cross-sector collaboration
- output effectiveness plateauing since 2018
- persistent equity gaps in participation and governance
- implementation still concentrated in high-income regions
Cooperative climate action has momentum, but its transformative potential will only be unlocked through stronger inclusion, robust accountability, and far more implementation where it is most needed to advance just and effective delivery of the Paris Agreement. Learn more.
New Paper
From pledges to places: action agendas need spatial data to integrate climate and biodiversity action
Our new paper in Nature calls for policymakers to ensure that the integration of climate and biodiversity action by non-state and subnational actors be anchored in spatial data. Otherwise, we cannot see where change is happening, how effective it is, or who bears costs and benefits. The UNFCCC Global ClimateAction and CBD Action Agenda Portals should lead by requiring spatial details on implementation, enabling more credible and participatory monitoring, analysis, and collaboration. Learn more.
On 30th July 2025, the Greater Virunga Transboundary Collaboration (GVTC), in partnership with the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), successfully hosted the BioCAM4 Co-Design Workshop at La Palme Hotel in Musanze, Republic of Rwanda. The event brought together key stakeholders from government agencies, conservation organizations, and local communities to jointly shape the Rwanda case study for the BioCAM4 Project. Read more…
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Climate change accelerates biodiversity decline and biodiversity loss intensifies climate breakdown. Current national commitments under the Paris Agreement and the Kunming-Montreal Biodiversity Framework do not live up to these challenges. Nature-based Climate Action (NBCA) is multi-actor, cross-sectoral collaborative commitments that integrate nature and biodiversity considerations within climate mitigation and adaptation strategies. NBCAs have the potential to complement national commitments, while responding to climate change-induc
Our Vision
BioCAM4 is an interdisciplinary and trans-sectoral research partnership dedicated to:
- Developing methodologies for mapping NBCA trends worldwide and assessing local opportunities and challenges for NBCAs with dedicated deep-dive studies in two world regions: East Africa and Central America.
- Engaging practitioners from local farming and tourism sectors and stakeholders from local governments and communities in the selected focus areas. On-site workshops and webinars will engage global institutions for policy recommendations, e.g., the UNFCCC, CBD, and global funding agencies while strengthening local capacity.
- Fostering leadership in the Global South and research collaboration through our focus areas in Africa and Central America.
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