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 requiring spatial details on implementation, enabling more credible and participatory monitoring, analysis, and collaboration.
This paper is by BioCAM4 team members Paul Hagenström, Nathalie Pettorelli, Idil Boran, Deborah Delgado Pugley, Hollie Folkard-Tapp, Pablo Imbach, Sander Chan, and colleagues. Here is a summary of its findings:
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Read the paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s44168-025-00307-5
