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Why science-policy platforms matter for advancing synergies across the Rio Conventions

Climate*Nature*PeopleNovember 19, 202523Views 0Likes 0Comments

By Idil Boran, Professor of Environmental Governance, York University COP30, the 30th Conference of the Parties under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is currently underway in the Amazonian city Belém, Brazil, from November 10-21, 2025. The meeting marks thirty years since the adoption of the Rio Conventions—the UNFCCC, the Convention on…

Ten Years of Global Climate Action Insights from the CoAct Database

New PublicationNovember 11, 2025101Views 0Likes 0Comments

Over the past decade, cooperative climate action has become a central feature of global climate governance. Thousands of businesses, subnational governments, civil society organizations, and international partnerships have mobilized to complement and support multilateral and state-led efforts. Using insights from the CoAct Database (formerly N-CID), and data from a sample of 387 initiatives, this chapter…

Climate, Nature & People: Advancing the Global Mutirão Vision

EventNovember 9, 2025101Views 0Likes 0Comments

A diverse panel shares how high-integrity climate actions can simultaneously advance climate adaptation, resilience, biodiversity, and social justice goals. With global and local insights, the event supports the COP30 “Global Mutirão” vision and deeper collaboration across the Rio Conventions. Join us at COP30! Thursday, 20 November 2025 18:30–20:00 Side Event Room 2 As the…

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From pledges to places: action agendas need spatial data to integrate climate and biodiversity action

New Publication, Press ReleaseNovember 1, 2025110Views 0Likes 0Comments

As COP30 approaches, policymakers must ensure that the integration of climate and biodiversity action by non-state and subnational actors is 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 Climate Action and CBD Action Agenda Portals should lead by…

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GVTC Hosts BioCAM4 Co-Design Workshop in Musanze, Rwanda

NewsSeptember 30, 2025126Views 0Likes 0Comments

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…

How Integrated Nature-Climate Action (INCA) relates to existing frameworks such as climate resilient development and Nature-based Solutions (NbS). The box on the right of the figure shows how NbS directly link to natural (land, water, oceans and coastal zones) systems, while INCA can target natural systems as well as anthropogenic ones (i.e. infrastructures linked to the energy systems, transport, industry, the built environment). Here, industries refer to heavy (e.g. aluminium, cement, chemicals, plastics, metals and mining sectors) as well as light industry (e.g. retail, consumer goods, fashion, mobile and ICT). Actions and solutions considered may target the finance, resilience and level of circularity in these systems. They could also target law and justice, something not currently considered under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Action Agenda pathways. All climate-focussed NbS can be considered INCAs, but NbS (i) are directly associated to a specific place/location within natural systems and (ii) deliver long-term outcomes (while INCA can deliver both term and short-term outcomes). This figure is an adaptation from a figure presented in the Improved Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action (UNFCCC, 2021). On the left-hand side of the figure, we provide examples of specific actions that could be considered INCA, and how these actions can ultimately support enhanced well-being. The blue dotted line highlights how all these interventions sit within the climate-nature nexus.

International Research Consortium BioCAM4 Calls for Integrated Nature-Climate Action as COP30 Draws Near

New Publication, Press ReleaseAugust 29, 2025287Views 0Likes 0Comments

London, UK — August 29, 2025 To keep global warming to below 1.5 degrees and halt biodiversity losses, policies must put nature at the heart of ambitious climate actions, urges international research group BioCAM4 (Biodiversity Integration in Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Actions for Planet, People, and Human Health). The new article, published today in the…

Scaling High-Integrity Nature-Based Climate Action: Bridging Research, Practice, and Finance

EventAugust 12, 202542Views 0Likes 0Comments

A dialogue between researchers and practitioners, with insights from the Global South, on scaling high-integrity, nature-based climate action. The focus is on finance, capacity strengthening, and challenges and opportunities for implementation and enhanced coordination across the Rio Conventions. Speakers: Ramiro Fernández (UNFCCC High-Level Champions Team, Campaigns Director), Idil Boran (York University), Sander Chan (Radboud University)…

BioCAM4 team meeting held a hybrid meeting in Bonn

NewsJune 26, 2025107Views 0Likes 0Comments

BioCAM4 team met in hybrid for project planning, June 23-25, 2025 in Bonn, Germany. The meeting was held during the Bonn Climate Change Conference SB62 – June 2025. The meeting was hosted by the German Institute of Development and Sustainability.

Submission of views and information on biodiversity and climate change by IOZ/ZSL, YU, RU et al. on notification 2025-005

LetterMay 31, 202586Views 0Likes 0Comments

Submission of views and information on biodiversity and climate change (Notification 2025-005 Ref.: SCBD/SSSF/JL/SS/TT/92042) Dear Executive Secretary, As a group of 191 climate scientists, ecologists, social scientists, law and governance scholars, policy experts, environmental management professionals from 57 countries, we appreciate the opportunity to respond to the call for submissions on biodiversity and climate change. The deep…

Call for a joint work programme between the CBD and the UNFCCC

LetterOctober 9, 2024144Views 0Likes 0Comments

To: Presidents, Conference of the Parties (COP 16) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP29) To: Parties to the CBD and the UNFCCC Cc: Executive Secretaries of the CBD and the UNFCCC Cc: UNFCCC Climate Champion Cc: UN Environment Management Group We, a group…

New Publication: Environmental Science & Policy

New PublicationSeptember 30, 2024106Views 0Likes 0Comments

New Publications: Making Global Climate Action work for Nature and People is a precursor to BioCAM4. This peer-reviewed article, led by project director Idil Boran and published by Environmental Science and Policy, sets the foundations for BioCAM4. The article is open access. Boran, I., Pettorelli, N., Köberle, A. C., Borges, R. A., De Palma, A.,…

BioCAM4 Team Meeting held in Bonn

NewsJune 8, 202491Views 0Likes 0Comments

BioCAM4 team met in hybrid for project planning, June 6-7, 2024 in Bonn, Germany. The meeting was held during the Bonn Climate Change Conference – June 2024. The meeting was hosted by the German Institute of Development and Sustainability.

Biodiversity Integration in Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Actions for Planet, People, and Human Health

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