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Annex IV
50+ ways to integrating biodiversity and nature-based solutions – a UN system commitment to collective action forpeople and planet●

A.

The following table provides an illustrative list of practical interventions the UN system can pursue jointly as part of the common approach on
biodiversity and nature-based solutions. The table is structured according to the 3 impact areas and 15 medium-term objectives of the common
approach. The first column presents a non-exhaustive list of actions that the UN system can pursue at all levels to implement the common approach.
Column two expands on potential examples to operationalize each action, while columns three and four identify which UN entity could be involved
and what already-existing resources the actions could build on. Finally, a link to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is established in column
five.
Human rights, peaceful societies and planetary stability#1: Human rights are protected and can be exercised, including the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment.
ActionOperational examples

Potential
collective action
by1:

Ongoing collaborations,collective initiatives andcoordination mechanisms

Link to SDGs

1. Support the SecretaryGeneral’s Call to Actionfor Human Rights●

All UN Entities,
in particular
UNEP, UNDP
and OHCHR●

SG C2A●

Human Rights Up Front
initiative

05 10 13 14
15 16 17●

1

Increase UN support for laws and policies
that protect and promote the right to a safe,
clean, healthy and sustainable environment,
and for effective individual access to justiceand effective remedies for environmentrelated rights violations and abuses.
Increase UN support for the development ofprotection mechanisms for human rights

Including collaborations with Secretariats of the Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs).

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defenders and environmental and climate
activists, particularly indigenous peoples andlocal communities, children, young people,
women and girls.
2. Fulfill the right to a safe,
clean, healthy andsustainable environment●

Address biodiversity and habitat loss andprevent its negative impacts on human rights.

●

Ensure equity in actions to address
biodiversity loss and in the use of the benefitsof biodiversity.

●

Ensure meaningful and informed
participation including in land and resource
governance.

●

Support Member States to fulfil their humanrights obligations relating to biodiversity andthe environment stemming frominternational human rights andenvironmental treaties andrecommendations of inter-governmental
bodies.

●Support and protect rights of nature, whereapplicable, and those of environmental
human rights defenders.

●

Promote effective participation of indigenous
peoples in ecosystem management andguarantee their free, prior and informed
consent in actions that affect their rights.

UNEP, UNDP,OHCHR, FAO,
IFAD, CBD,CITES, CMS,
RamsarConvention,
UNCCD, UNECE,
UNESCO
designatedsites, ILO,
UNICEF,
UNFCCC,UNESCWA,
ECA, WFP●

SG’s Call to Action for
Human Rights●

UN Human Rights Council●

UN Decade on Ecosystem
Restoration●

UN Decade of Ocean Science
for Sustainable Development●

The Bonn Challenge●

MAB programme and its
World Network of Biosphere
Reserves, World Heritage
Convention●

UNFCCC Nairobi work
programme on vulnerability,
impacts and adaptation toclimate change (NWP)●

Local Communities andIndigenous Peoples Platform(LCIPP) under the UNFCCC●

Warsaw International
Mechanism for Loss and

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15

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3. Ensure access to cleanwater and sanitation forall●

Promote procedural rights at local andcommunity level including formeaningful participation, access to
information, and access to justice inenvironmental matters for all.

Use nature-based solutions for water andwastewater management.

●

Enhance water use efficiency in agriculture.

●

Enhance water reuse in urban areas.

●

Promote sustainable freshwater extraction.

●

Promote innovations for the use of new
water sources (e.g. fog harvesting).

●

Promote representation of women and girls
in water management bodies.

●

Promote equitable access to water thatconsiders situations of vulnerability.

•

Ensure relevant actions are based oninternational human rights law and standards
relating to the right to water (e.g. availability,
quality, acceptability, accessibility,
affordability, etc.).

Damage (WIM) under the
UNFCCC

WHO, BRS,
UNDP, UNEP,UNESCO,UNFCCC,UNICEF, FAO,
UNIDO, IOM,
UN Women,
OCHA, UNU,
IFAD, IAEA, ILO,
UN-Habitat,
UNESCWA,WFP●ILO Employment-Intensive
Investment Programme(EIIP) Green Works●

UNDP Environmental
Governance Programme for
Mining●UN-Water●Global Wastewater Initiative(GW²I)●UNU Water Network●

UNESCO IHP Ecohydrology
Programme●

UNESCO IHP water
harvesting and water
scarcity●

National Adaptation Plans
under the UNFCCC●

Megacities Alliance for
Water and Climate●

UN-Habitat Global Water
Operators' Partnerships
Alliance (GWOPA)

02 03 05 06
07 09 11 12
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4. Ensure right to adequate
food●

Promote public works and asset creation
programs to improve access to water andsanitation, contain and reduce the spreadof invasive alien species, and create jobs fortargeted groups.
Promote and protect the security of land
tenure, especially with respect to women,
indigenous peoples, and poor anddisadvantaged groups.

●

Protection of relevant traditional knowledge
and equitable participation in sharing
benefits arising from the use of genetic
resources for food and agriculture.

●

Enhance environmental protection by
ensuring appropriate biosafety safeguards.

●

Protect ecological sustainability and thecarrying capacity of ecosystems to ensure thepossibility for increased, sustainable foodproduction.

●

Take measures to prevent and address
malnutrition, maintain, adapt or strengthen
dietary diversity and healthy eating habits
and food preparation, as well as feeding
patterns.

●

Ensure relevant actions are based oninternational human rights law and standards
relating to the right to food (e.g. availability,
accessibility, adequacy, sustainability, etc.)

IFAD, CBD, FAO,
UNFPA, UNICEF,
UNDP, UNEP,
ILO, IAEA,
UNESCWA,
UNFCCC, WIPO,
WFP●

Global Water Security Issues●

UNESCO IHP Water for
Human Settlements Chairs
and Centers network●

UN Food Systems Summit•

FAO Programme Right toFood
Outcomes and follow up to
Regional Food Systems
Dialogues (ESCWA, FAORNE, IFAD, WFP)•●

Issue Based Coalition (IBC)
on Food Security, Climate
Action and Environment in
the Arab Region●

Koronivia joint work on
agriculture under the
UNFCCC

01 02 03 06
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ActionOperational examples

Potential
collective
action by:

Ongoing collaborations,collective initiatives andcoordination mechanisms

Link toSDGs

5. Build sustainability andresilience whileempowering indigenous
peoples and local
communities●

UNDP, UNEP,UNESCO,UNICEF, FAO,
IOM, ILO, UN
Women,OHCHR, CBD,UNDESA,UNODC, UNU,
IFAD, UNFCCC,UNCTAD, ECA,
WIPO, WFP●UN Permanent Forum on
Indigenous Issues

02 14 15 17●

UNESCO's Local andIndigenous Knowledge
Systems programme (LINKS)●

Satoyama Initiative•

UNFCCC Local Communities
and Indigenous Peoples
Platform (LCIPP)UNDPmanaged GEF Small Grants
Programme●

UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative●●

Recognize and empower indigenous peoples
and local communities as both users andcustodians of biodiversity and ecosystems.
Promote sustainable use and trade ofterrestrial, marine and other aquatic
biodiversity-based products and services thatgenerate livelihoods for indigenous peoples
and local communities.
Facilitate greater benefit sharing andgovernance opportunities for indigenous
peoples and local communities in relation tonatural resource stewardship, conservationand sustainable use.

●

Promote regional and internationalrecognition of indigenous knowledge, skills,
competencies and livelihoods.

●

Enhance the engagement of local
communities and indigenous peoples in theinternational climate change policy process

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6. Use nature conservation
for conflict prevention
and reduce conflict
impact on biodiversity

7. Strengthen the links
between biodiversity
conservation and poverty
alleviation

CEB/2021/HLCP41/CRP.2. Annex IV●

Empower indigenous peoples and local
communities to engage in sustainability
policies and actions.

●

Ensure Indigenous Peoples’ free, prior andinformed consent in any environmental
decision-making or policy that affects them.

●

Reduce impact of conflicts on natural
resources that sustain livelihoods andecosystems.

●

Ensure that action on biodiversity is part ofconflict prevention, peacekeeping andpeacebuilding strategies.

●

Catalyze community-based ecosystem
restoration and sustainable reconstruction
projects in sites damaged by or vulnerable toconflicts and disasters.

●

Promote nature conservation actions asmeans to prevent and mitigate conflict andaddress the harmful drivers of migration.

●

Support increased research on the
improvement of underutilized local crops(land- and ocean-based) for food andnutrition security.

●

Enhance Payments for Ecosystem Services(PES) and other income generating livelihood
support programs.

DPO, DOS,UNEP,
UNOCHA,
UNHCR,
IOM, WFP●DPO - DOS Environmental
Policy for UN Field Missions●

Great Green Wall Initiative●

UNFICYP Youth Champions forEnvironment & Peace

FAO, IFAD,
IAEA, ILO, WTO,
UNDP, UNFPA,UNHCR, WFP,UNICEF
UNWTO, UNDP,
UNEP, CBD,
CMS, UNU,●

UNEP-UNDP PovertyEnvironment Action●

UN-REDD Programme●

The Economics of Ecosystems
and Biodiversity (TEEB)
initiative

13 14 15 16
17

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Collect sex-, disability- and age-disaggregateddata on the distribution of PES.

●

Support improvement in benefit sharing,
including sustainable use and complementary
economic development for communities.

●

●

●

8. Address all forms ofinequality and exclusion
in sustainable use andmanagement of
biodiversity●

UNCTAD,
UNESCO
designatedsites,UNDESA,
ECA, WIPO

Promote norms and methods to empower
coastal and island communities inconservation and sustainable use of coastal
and marine resources, including the use of
traditional systems of governance anddecision-making.
Promote public investments that create laborbased inclusive job opportunities throughGreen Works.

●

GEF Small Grants Programme
(SGP)

●

Equator Initiative●

PES schemes●

UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative,
Oceans Economy and
Fisheries Programme and VSS
programme●

United Nations Forum on
Sustainability Standards•

Satoyama Initiative•

Report of the SecretaryGeneral of the World Tourism
Organization (UNWTO)
transmitted by the SecretaryGeneral of the UN on
Promotion of sustainable
tourism, including ecotourism,
for poverty eradication andenvironment protection•

Great Green Wall Initiative●

Report of the UN Special
Rapporteur on human rights
and environment●

UN Woman - Towards a
gender-responsive
implementation of the CBD

Promote sustainable tourism, including
ecotourism, as a tool for fighting poverty andcontribute to sustainable development, inparticular to the conservation and sustainable
use of biodiversity and natural resources.

Empower women, youth, people withdisabilities, racial and ethnic minorities,
marginalized and crisis affected groups,
including through social protection systems,
skills development, entrepreneurship, green
and decent job opportunities.

UNDP, UNEP,UNESCO,UNICEF,
UNWTO, FAO,
IOM, ILO, UN
Women,OHCHR, CBD,

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Ensure equal access, use and control ofnatural resources.

●

Secure equitable land tenure and governance.

●

Support innovation in land claims registration(including through blockchain technology)
and promote and protect traditional andcommunal land tenure systems.

●

Address the decoupling of environmental
effects.

●

Incorporate risk management approaches forthe deployment of modern biotechnology.

●

Develop and promote gender-responsiveplanning, data collection and reporting.

●

Promote a more sustainable tourism model
based on social and financial inclusion and theconservation and protection of theenvironment

UNDESA,
UNFCCC, UNU,
ECA, IFAD,
WFP●

Lima work proramme on
gender and its gender action
plan under the UNFCCC●

Satoyama Initiative●

Report of the SecretaryGeneral of the UNWTO
transmitted by the SecretaryGeneral of the UN on the
Promotion of sustainable
tourism, including
ecotourism, for poverty
eradication and environment
protection#3: A One Health approach is implemented, and the interconnections among people, animals and ecosystems are recognized.
ActionOperational examples

Potential
collective
action by:

Ongoing collaborations,collective initiatives andcoordination mechanisms

Link toSDGs

9. Prevent the emergence of
zoonotic diseases●

WHO, CBDUNFCCC, UNDP,
UNEP, CMS,●

03 11 13 14
15 16

Mainstream and implement “One-Health”
approaches.

WHO Manifesto for a healthy
and green post-COVID
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10. Improve the quality ofurbanization and limit
encroachment

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Increase countries’ capacity to detect andmonitor actual and potential pathogens.

●Support the exchange of risk assessment andrisk management information on global
platforms.

●

Increase action against wildlife trafficking toprevent future wildlife-related pandemics.

●

Support evidence-based assessment oflocations posing high risk of transmitting
zoonotic diseases (e.g. wet markets, petmarkets, restaurants, breeding facilities, interalia) and provide options and solutions to andin collaboration with respective governments
and regional (economic) groupings tominimize the risks.

●Integrate the consideration of ecosystem
impacts in city planning, expansion andzoning.

●11. Reduce pollution from all
sources, including plastic●

FAO, IAEA
CITES, UNAIDS,UNESCO,UNODC, UNHabitat, ECA,
UNWTO

UN-Habitat,
UNEP, UNFCCC

Incorporate well-planned natural habitats
into cities.

Promote ratification/accession andimplementation of international treaties,
global standards and regulations.

UNDP, UNEP,
BRS, UNHabitat, ICAO,ITU, UNICEF,
UPU, CMS,●

WHO-CBD Interagency Liaison
Group on Biodiversity and
Health●UNODC-led initiative SAFE●

UN-Habitat City-Wide Public
Space Strategies●

One Planet Vision for a
Responsible Recovery of the
Tourism Sector●

UN-Habitat City-Wide Public
Space Strategies●

UNEP’s Sustainable Cities
Impact Programme●

Nairobi work programme(NWP) under the UNFCCC●

Climate and Clean Air
Coalition●

New Plastics Economy Global
Commitment

03 11 13 14
15

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10 11 12 14
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12. Stop ocean pollution

Promote green infrastructure, sustainable
manufacturing, and biofiltration for air, soil
and water pollution.

●

Mobilize global responses to halt plastic
pollution and monitor impacts on wildlife.

●

Promote smart lighting and noise
management on land and seascape.

●Include Environmental Impact Assessments(EIAs) for all constructions on land andseascape.

IMO, UNU,UNCTAD, ICAO,
IAEA, UNESCO,ECA, UNWTO●

UNU Water Network●

UNCTAD Sustainable
Manufacturing andEnvironmental Pollution●

UN Decade of Ocean Sciences
for Sustainable
Developmment●

Sources to Sea Platform●

Group of Experts on the
Scientific Aspects of Marine
Environmental Protection(GESAMP)●Enhance international coordination of seismic
surveying or resulting data.

●

Monitor water quality and quantity.

●●

Provide a platform for the tourism sector inits fight against plastic pollution, triggering
action in the sector and beyond.

International Initiative on
Water Quality (IIWQ) –UNESCO●

Global Tourism Plastics
Initiative (led by
UNWTO/UNEP)●

UN Decade of Ocean Science
for Sustainable Development●

Global Partnership on Marine
Litter•GOA-ON Initiative●

Understand and map land and sea-basedsources of pollutants and contaminants andtheir potential impacts on human health,ocean ecosystems, livelihood of costal and/or
ocean-dependent communities, andeconomic growth.

UNDP, UNEP,
BRS, CMS, IMO,
IAEA, UNESCOIOC,
IMO/London
Protocol,UNCTAD, ECA

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14 17

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Develop integrated solutions to remove or
mitigate pollutants and contaminants.

●

Monitor and reduce bioaccumulation of
toxins.

●Test innovative clean up of water-borne
microplastics (including before they reach theocean).

●

Use bioremediation and negative emission
technologies to extract pollutants, including
residuals from marine munitions.

●

Assess the extent of ocean acidification.

●

UNCTAD Sustainable
Manufacturing andEnvironmental Pollution#4: Nature is conserved and restored, while nature-based solutions for disaster risk reduction, climate action are accelerated.
ActionOperational examples

Potential
collective
action by:

Ongoing collaborations,collective initiatives andcoordination mechanisms

Link toSDGs

13. Prevent risks fromclimate change, including
extreme weather events●

Promote ecosystem-based adaptation.

●●

Promote nature-based solutions for
Disaster Risk Reduction including
through asset creation and public works
programs.

WMO, IOM,UNHCR,UNFCCC,UNICEF, Ramsar
Convention,
UNDP, UNU,UNESCO,UNESCO-IOC,
ICAO, ILO,
UNODC, UN
ESCWA,UNODC,UNDRR, WFP

Partnership for Environmentand Disaster Risk Reduction(PEDRR)

03 06 10 13
14 15

●

UN-SPIDER●

Sendai Framework for
Disaster Risk Reduction●

The Warsaw International
Mechanism for Loss andDamage under the UNFCCC●

Friends of EbA (FEBA)
community●

UN Decade of Ocean Science●●

Integrate nature-based solutions withclimate risk insurance programs.
Promote cooperation between
traditional indigenous weather
forecasting and scientific capacities tomanage extreme weather events.

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14. Halt habitat degradationand promote ecosystem
restoration

Enhance observation, forecasts,
predictions, early warning systems andcommunity preparedness in the face of
ocean-related risks.
Support integrated climate security
measures.

●

Explore linkages between environmental
degradation, conflict and migration.

●

Enhance understanding of the contextspecific nature of the risks andchallenges across different time
horizons.

●

UN Decade on Ecosystem
Restoration•

UNFCCC Koronivia joint workon agriculture
Megacities Alliance for Water
and Climate•●

Risk-Informed Early Action
Partnership (REAP)●

InsuResilience Global
Partnership●

UN Decade on Ecosystem
Restoration●

UN Decade of Ocean Science
for Sustainable Development●

UNESCO designated sites•

National Adaptation Plans
under the UNFCCC•

Maintain and restore critical habitats andunique ecosystems (e.g. fully or highly
protected MPAs).

UNESCO IHP Ecohydrology
Programme●

Short Term Action Plan on
Ecosystem Restoration

Accelerate marine/maritime spatial planningfor integrated approach to addressing ocean,●

Global Partnership on Forest
Landscape Restoration●

Promote transboundary collaborations for theconservation and restoration of vulnerable
ecosystems, such as coastal, mountain, andwetland.

●

IOC Tsunami Programme

UNESCO IHP Water for
Human Settlements Chairs
and Centers network

Accelerate existing global and regional efforts
to achieve ecosystem restoration at scale.

●

●

●

●

●

for Sustainable Development

Promote integrated management of land andocean environments to conserve and further
avoid conversion of natural habitats.

UNDP, UNEP,
FAO, CBD,CITES, CMS,
RamsarConvention,
UNCCD, IFAD,
UNESCO,UNFCCC, UNHabitat, ECA,
WFP

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climate change and biodiversity nexus.

15. Reverse deforestationand forest degradation●

Maintain and restore ecological connectivity
that support species dispersal and migration.

●

Improve urban-rural linkages.

●

Promote participatory and sustainableafforestation, forest management and urban
forestry practices.

●●

Promote measures and policies to halt forest
loss and degradation, including through the
UN-REDD Programme.
Integrate ecosystem conservation andrestoration in sectoral policies and measuresand strategies.

UNEP, FAO,UNECE, UNCCD,
UNDP, CITES,UNCTAD,
UNESCO
designatedsites, UNDESA,
UNFCCC, ECA,UNODC, WFP•

Forest Ecosystem
RestorationInitiative(FERI)●

UN-REDD Programme●

New York Declaration on
Forest●UN Forum on Forests●

UN Strategic Plan for Forestsand its Global Forest Goals●

Global core set of forestrelated indicators●

Support research and promote best practices
on sustainable forest ecosystem restoration.

●

Collaborative Partnership on
Forests●

Address illegal logging and corruption in theforestry sector.

●

Global Partnership on Forest
Landscape Restoration●

Integrated UNECE/FAO
Programme of Work on
Forests●

Forest Ecosystem
RestorationInitiative (FERI)

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16. Prevent soil degradationand combat coastal
erosion

17. Reduce the emissions gap

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Recognize the value of soil.

●

Avoid incentives promoting soil degradationand instead devise positive incentives toreward sustainable land management.

●

Promote the adaptive management of coasts,
including through nature-based solutions.

●Protect and restore wetlands, coral reefs andmangrove forests.

•

Increase resilience in the face of ocean
acidification, oil spill accidents and sea level
rise.

●

Promote public works and asset creation
programs to combat soil degradation anderosion and create jobsfor targeted groups.

●

Leverage climate and biodiversity co-benefits,
while increasing carbon sequestration andnatural resilience.

●●

Utilize the ability of forest, coastal and marine
ecosystems to sequester carbon, including
protection and restoration of mangroves, salt
marshes, seagrass beds, and seaweeds.
Reduce methane emissions, including throughsustainable land livestock management
practices.

UNDP, UNEP,
FAO, IAEA,
IFAD, Ramsar
Convention,
UNCCD, ILO,
UNFCCC,UNESCO,UNESCWA,
ECA, WFP●

Land Degradation Neutrality
(LDN)

●

UN Decade of Ocean Science
for Sustainable Development

UNDP, UNEP,
IMF, WB,UNFCCC, FAO,
IAEA, IFAD,
IMO, ICAO●

UNEP-IUCN Global Fund for
Ecosystem-based Adaptation●

UN REDD Programme●

Koronivia joint work on
agriculture under the UNFCCC●

Livestock Environmental
Assessment and Performance
Partnership (LEAP)●

London Protocol

02 03 06 07
09 12 13 14
15

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18. Promote greening andblueing of our cities

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Promote sustainable urban density.

●

Promote nature-positive urban infrastructure
and building design.

●

Incorporate well-planned natural habitats
into cities.

UN-Habitat,
UNICEF, FAO,
UNDP, UNOPS,UNECE,UNFCCC, ITU,
UNU, UNEP,
UNDRR

●

Trees in Cities Challenge●

UNU Sustainable Urban
Nature project●

FAO’s Green Cities Initiative●

UNEP’s Sustainable Cities
Impact Programme●

UNEP/UN Habitat Greener
Cities Partnership●

Create networks of linked green spaces andbiodiversity corridors.

●

Promote planet-compatible urban utilities.

●

Encourage sustainable urban and peri-urban
agriculture.

●

Nairobi work programme(NWP) under the UNFCCC●

Strengthen capacity building to implement
nature-based solutions (NbS) and green andblue infrastructure as a contribution to agreen recovery from COVID-19.

●

Making Cities Resilient 2030●

Strengthen capacity of local authorities to use
nature-based solutions for disaster risk
reduction and resilience.

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diversity enhanced.
ActionOperational examples

Potential
collective
action by:

Ongoing collaborations,collective initiatives andcoordination mechanisms

Link toSDGs

19. Strengthen the links
between biodiversity andcultural diversity●

Promote the benefits of nature’s nonmaterial contributions including indigenous
knowledge and cultural.

●

UNESCO 2003 Convention for
the Safeguarding of theIntangible Cultural Heritage

04 14 15●

Ensure availability of research andinformation on traditional knowledge andcultural practices that contribute tobiodiversity conservation.

UNESCO,UNFCCC,
CBD, UNU,
ECA, WIPO●

UNESCO 1972 World Heritage
Convention●

UNESCO MAB programme●

LCIPP under the UNFCCC●UN Decade of Ocean Science
for Sustainable Development•

Satoyama Initiative●

UNU-IAS Operating Unit
Ishikawa/Kanazawa (OUIK)Biocultural Diversity Initiative

●

●

●

Enhance protection of sites of international
importance for biological and cultural
diversity.
Enhance knowledge of the cultural values ofthe ocean and embrace the role of indigenous
and local knowledge to contribute tosolutions for biodiversity protection.
Promotes the exchange of experience andbest practices with a view to applying,strengthening, protecting and preserving
traditional knowledge, knowledge ofindigenous peoples and local knowledge
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and informed consent of the holders of suchknowledge.
20. Promote education andthe generation, sharing
and use of knowledge●●

Ensure that all decision makers and otherstakeholders have access to reliable and upto-date information for the effective
management of biodiversity.
Address the exclusion or blockages toindigenous and local knowledge contributing
to national science capacity and decisionmaking.

●

Ensure indigenous and local women’s
knowledge is recognized and valued.

●

Support new technologies for bridging
between indigenous knowledge systems andreliable biodiversity data.

●

Promote the notion of nature’s benefits topeople and good quality of life.

●

Enable transmission of cultural practices,knowledge and expressions that promoterespect for and valuing of nature and living
things to future generations, including
through school meals programs.

●

Issue guidance documents on managing
biodiversity and ensure availability andsharing through open-source platforms.

UNDP, UNEP,UNESCO, UNU,
CMS, FAO,
IAEA, CBD,
Ramsar,
UNCTAD,
UNFCCC,UNICEF,
UNESCO-IOC,
UNDESA, ITC
ILO, WIPO,WFP●

UNESCO Local and Indigenous
Knowledge Systems (LINKS)
programme●

UNESCO 2003 Convention for
the Safeguarding of theIntangible Cultural Heritage●

UNESCO MAB programme●

UN Decade of Ocean Science
for Sustainable Development●

UNESCO-IOC Ocean
Biodiversity Information
System●UNESCO-IOC OceanTeacher
Global Academy●

IOC/WMO/UNEP/ICSU Global
Ocean Observing System●

UNESCO Education for
Sustainable Development for2030 framework (ESD for
2030)

●

UNESCO IHP Water Education
Programme

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Support and scale up local solutions by
sharing best practice across countries andregions.

●

FAO Commission on Genetic
Resources for Food andAgriculture●

Promote Ocean Literacy across all sectors andgenerations as a means of inciting behavior
change in relation to the use and protection of
the ocean.

●

LCIPP under the UNFCCC●

UNU postgraduate degree
programmes●

UNU Regional Centers ofExpertise on ESD (RCEs)
network●

UNU Toolkit for the Indicatorsof Resilience in Socioecological Production
Landscapes and Seascapes(SEPLS)●UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative
and the BioTrade Knowledge
Sharing Platform(UNCTAD/ITC)●

Interactive Dialogues of theGeneral Assembly on
Harmony with Nature●

Biosafety Clearing Housemechanism for the Cartagena
Protocol on Biosafety●

Advocate for children and young people’s
right to receive a transformative educationthat equips them with knowledge, skills andvalues to tackle global challenges and, in thisconnection, for the integration ofenvironmental and climate action as corecurriculum components at all levels of
education.

●

Develop the capacities of media andjournalists to provide accurate and reliable
information on environmental issues.

●

Support technology development andcapacity building for the enhancement andsustainable use of biodiversity in crops andanimals for food and nutritional security

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21. Ensure fair and equitable
sharing of benefits
resulting from theutilization of genetic
resources

CEB/2021/HLCP41/CRP.2. Annex IV●

Promote the fair and equitable sharing of
benefits derived from the utilization ofgenetic resources including germplasm andgenomics data.

●

Promote the fair and equitable sharing of
benefits derived from the utilization of
traditional knowledge associated with genetic
resources.

UNDP, UNESCO,
FAO, IAEA,
IFAD, CBD,UNEP, WIPO,
UNCTAD, ECA●

ITC Standards Map andSustainability Map platforms●

UNEP’s Sustainable Cities
Impact Programme●

UNESCO IHP Water for Human
Settlements Chairs andCenters network●

Megacities Alliance for Water
and Climate●

Nagoya Protocol on Access to
Genetic Resources and the
Fair and Equitable Sharing ofBenefits Arising from their
Utilization●

International Treaty on Plant
Genetic Resources for Foodand Agriculture (ITPGRFA)●UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative
and Oceans Economy and
Fisheries Programme

01 02 14 15

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CEB/2021/HLCP41/CRP.2. Annex IV

A green and inclusive economic recovery#6: Public and private finance and investments, especially those mobilized to respond to the COVID-19 induced crisis, accelerate green, just andinclusive socioeconomic transitions, including from the informal to formal economy.
ActionOperational examples

Potential
collective
action by:

Ongoing collaborations,collective initiatives andcoordination mechanisms

Link toSDGs

22. Prevent loss of
ecosystem services andnatural capital●

Increase investments in natural capital stocks.

●●

Increase standards for green private
investments.

IMF, WB,
UNDP, UNEP,UNCTAD, ILO

The Economics of Ecosystems
and Biodiversity (TEEB)
initiative

08 12 13 14
15●

Promote nature-positive fiscal policies andincentives.

●

Partnership for Action on
Green Economy (PAGE)●

Promote the incorporation of natural capitalin policymaking.

•●Promote nature-positive trade policies andincentives.

●

Align global finance with conservation
objectives which have multiple benefits.

UNCTAD Sustainable
Manufacturing andEnvironmental Pollution,
Oceans Economy and Trade
Strategies and BioTrade
Initiative●

Task Force for Nature-related
Financial Disclosures●

The Strategic workstream on
non-economic losses under
the WIM, UNFCCC●●

Avert, minimize and address non-economic
losses associated with the adverse impacts ofclimate change, including the loss of
ecosystem services and biodiversity
Promote climate investment that is at theleast biodiversity neutral and ideallybiodiversity positive.

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23. Promote decent andsustainable employment
opportunities

CEB/2021/HLCP41/CRP.2. Annex IV•

Promote the use of Employment Impact
Assessments (EmpIA) to assess the job
creation in the environmental sector.

●

Support the creation of new job opportunities
through clean and green transitions andinvestments in low-carbon industries,
ensuring equal opportunities for women.

●

Ensure that the creation of decent work
opportunities is part of COVID-19 recovery
plans that are inclusive and sustainable.

UNIDO, FAO,
UNDP, UNEP,
ILO, UNICEF,UNFCCC,UNECE,UNESCOthrough its
designatedsites,
WIPO,
WFP

●

FAO’s Green jobs inAgriculture projects andinitiatives●

ILO’s Employment Intensive
Investment Programmes inGreen Works●ILO Guidelines for a justtransition towards
environmentally sustainableeconomies and societies forall●

Support labor-based inclusive job
opportunities through Green Works- e.g. insoil and water conservation, afforestation andreforestation, irrigation, and flood protection.

●

Promote certification of indigenous
knowledge, skills and competencies toimprove fair wage and labor opportunities.

●

Climate Action for Jobs●

Green Jobs Assessment
Institutions Network (GAIN)

Reinforce the links between health, labor andenvironmental protection while promoting
decent work and protecting labor rights.

●

UNFCCC Technical Paper‘JustTransition of the
Workforce, and theCreation of Decent Workand Quality Jobs’●

UNECE/FAO/FE Guidelines
forgreen jobs in the forest
sector●06 07 08 12
14 15 16

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24. Encourage green public
sector finance

25. Promote green private
sector investments

CEB/2021/HLCP41/CRP.2. Annex IV●

Ensure greener and gender-responsive public
procurement measures.

●

Increase public finance for nature, including
ecological fiscal transfer.

●

Promote central bank risk measures andsustainable finance guidelines.

●

Scale up uptake of the BIOFIN methodology
including biodiversity finance plandevelopment and implementation.

●

Support public sector to increase availabilityof concessional finance that de-risks
opportunities for private sector engagement.

●

Promote the use of Employment Impact
Assessments (EmpIA) to assess the job
creation in the environmental sector.

●

Accelerate creation of new financial
instruments and new financial sources tofinance nature.

●●

Integrate biodiversity and ecosystem services
consideration and risk into financial decisionmaking.
Enhance the availability of information andraise awareness of biodiversity in the private
sector.

UNEP, UNDP,
FAO, IMF, GEF,
GCF

UNEP, UNDP,
IMF, WB,UNCTAD, ITC,ILO●

UNEP-IUCN Global Fund for
Ecosystem-based Adaptation●

UNDP Biodiversity FinanceInitiative (BIOFIN)●

Great Green Wall Initiative●

UN Environment Programme
Finance Initiative (UNEP FI)●

UNEP FI Sustainable Blue
Economy Finance Principles●

Task Force on Nature-related
Financial Disclosures●

ILO’s Climate Action for Jobs
Initiative

08 14 15 17

08 14 15 17

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CEB/2021/HLCP41/CRP.2. Annex IV●

Link innovation and impact investing todevelop solutions for sustainable ocean
economies.

●

Green Jobs Assessment
Institutions Network (GAIN)●

UN Global Compact●

The Lion’s Share initiative●

UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative●

UN Decade of Ocean Science
for Sustainable Development#7: Sustainable consumption, including sustainable lifestyles and livelihoods, is promoted, inequalities are eliminated and biodiversity loss halted.
ActionOperational examples

Potential
collective
action by:

Ongoing collaborations,collective initiatives andcoordination mechanisms

Link toSDGs

26. Support the transition
towards circular andgreen economies●

Improve global resource efficiency.

●●

Encourage the adoption of sustainableconsumption and lifestyles.

UNDP, UNEP,UNCTAD, WTO,
FAO, IAEA,
UNIDO, ITC,
ILO, UNESCO,
UN-Habitat,
UNESCWA,
UNWTO

Partnership for Action on
Green Economy (PAGE)

08 09 11 12
14 15

●

Green Growth Knowledge
Platform (GGKP)●

Climate Action for Jobs●

One Planet Network (inparticular Sustainable
Lifestyles and Education
programme)●

Sustainable Bioeconomy
Guidelines●

Enhance consumer education to informbehavior and shift consumption patterns.

●

Strengthen commitments toward
deforestation-free commodities.

●

Adopt holistic sustainable consumption
approaches based on traditional and local
knowledge.

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CEB/2021/HLCP41/CRP.2. Annex IV●●

Promote circular-economy approaches
relieving demand-side pressures on
biodiversity.
Promote competition and consumer
protection policies that sustain sustainableconsumption patterns.

●

UNCTAD Competition andConsumer Policies Branch●

UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative
and VSS program●

United Nations Forum on
Sustainability Standards●

Circular economy approaches
and the Natural Capital
Protocol●

ITC Trade for Sustainable
Development (T4SD)
Programme•

Global Initiative for Resource
Efficient Cities (GI-REC)●

Megacities Alliance for Water
and Climate●

Global Water Security Issues●

UNESCO IHP Water for Human
Settlements Chairs andCenters network●

Regional Circular Economy
Coalition for Latin America
and the Caribbean

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27. Support transparent andsustainable trade andsupply chains

CEB/2021/HLCP41/CRP.2. Annex IV●

Promote regulation for international shipping
and aviation that preserve biodiversity.

●

Ensure trade with legally and sustainably
sourced products, such as from wildlife,
agriculture, fisheries, forestry.

●

Incorporate costs of ecosystem services into
supply chains.

●

Link trade, biodiversity and sustainable
development through global actions.

●Support legislation that can ensureaccountability of the private sector.

UNDP,
UNCTAD, WTO,UNIDO, FAO,CITES, IMO,ICAO, ITC, ILO,
UNODC, UNEP●

Global Alliance on Circular
Economy and Resource
Efficiency (GACERE)●

One Planet Vision for a
Responsible Recovery of the
Tourism Sector●

UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative●

Climate Technology Centre
and Network (CTCN)●

Sustainable Wildlife
Management Programme
2018-2024●

UNCTAD Oceans Economy
and Trade Strategies and VSS
programme●

United Nations Forum on
Sustainability Standards●

ITC Trade for Sustainable
Development (T4SD)
Programme●

UNDP Green Commodities
Programme

08 12 14 15
16, 17

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28. Promote sustainablewaste management

CEB/2021/HLCP41/CRP.2. Annex IV●

Support greening of manufacturing practices
and waste management, including
infrastructure.

●

Mainstream pollution-reduction and soundmanagement of chemicals and wastes into
humanitarian action.

●

Mainstream circularity and promote recycling
practices.

●

Educate consumers on waste treatments.

●

Address waste trafficking.

BRS, CMS,
IMO, IAEA,
FAO, UNHCR,
ITU, UNIDO,
UNDP, UNEP,UNODC,UNRWA,UNCTAD, ICAO,UNICEF, ITC,
ILO, UNODC,
UN-Habitat,
UNESCWA●●UN E-waste Coalition
UNCTAD Sustainable
Manufacturing andEnvironmental Pollution●

BRS Plastic Waste Partnershipand Global Partnership on
Marine Litter (GPML)●

Waste Wise Cities Campaign

08 09 12 14
15#8: Material-intensive socioeconomic production systems are transformed to create better outcomes for people and nature, while meeting increased
demand for resources and materials.
ActionOperational examples

Potential
collective
action by:

Ongoing collaborations,collective initiatives andcoordination mechanisms

Link toSDGs

29. Support nature-positive
metals, mineral andenergy extraction andaddress illegal mining
and trafficking inprecious metals andstones●Decrease reliance on fossil fuels for energy
production.

●

Biodiversity Indicators for
Extractive Companies●

Develop standards for sustainable resource
extraction, including for sand.

UNIDO, UNDP,
UNEP, IAEA
UNESCO, ILO,
UNDP, UNODC●

UNESCO 1972 World Heritage
Convention

03 06 07 09
11 12 13 14
15 16

•

Ensure environmental and human rights
impact assessments for all extractive
activities.

●

UN Decade of Ocean Science
for Sustainable Development●

UN Convention against
Transnational Organized
Crime (UNTOC)●

UN Convention against
Corruption (UNCAC)●

Promote the “No Go” concept for protectedareas, in particular World Heritage sites.

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30. Support nature-positiveenergy transitions

CEB/2021/HLCP41/CRP.2. Annex IV●

Enhance knowledge on the effects of deepsea mining and potential solutions to address
negative impacts.

●

Support measures against illegal mining andtrafficking in precious metals and stones.

●

Redirect fossil fuel subsidies into green
energy jobs.

●

31. Support green and blue
infrastructures

Increase opportunities for the deployment of
renewable energy and energy efficiency
solutions, including through school based
programs.

●

Promote sustainable production and use of
biofuels.

●

Understand and address trade-offs inhydropower generation.

●

Enhance energy for climate-smart agriculture
and related value chains.

●

Enhance sustainable energy use in
humanitarian situations.

●

Promote environmental, social and humanrights impact assessments of sustainableenergy projects.
Restore and protect nature as infrastructure.

●●

Promote nature-positive connecting
infrastructure.

●

Promote the use of Environmental Impact
Assessments (EIA) and Strategic
Environmental Assessments (SEA).

UNEP, IAEA,
ILO, UNIDO,UNICEF, UNDP,
IMF, ICAO,UNFCCC, ITC,
UN-Habitat,
UNESCWA,
IFAD, WFP●

UN-Energy●

Green Jobs Assessment
Institutions Network (GAIN)●

FAO’s Energy-smart food forpeople and climate
programme

IMF, WB, CMS,UNOPS, UNDP,UNECE, UNICEF,
UNIDO, ITU,ICAO, UNHabitat, ILO,
UNEP, ECA,WFP●

UNEP’s COVID-19 Response●

ILO Employment-Intensive
Investment Programme (EIIP)Green Works

07 08 11 12
13 14 1508 09 14 15

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CEB/2021/HLCP41/CRP.2. Annex IV•

Enhance community-based approaches,
ecosystem-based approaches, and hybrid
strategies integrating engineering approacheswith nature, such as building with nature,green infrastructure, and other hybrid types,
including through asset creation and public
works programs.

●

Promote the use of Employment Impact
Assessments (EmpIA) to identify job creation
opportunities in restoring and protecting
green and blue infrastructure.

●

Leverage international standards – forexample ITU-T Recommendations – toimprove sustainability and environmental
performance of buildings and to
implementing green ICT infrastructure.

#9: Sustainable and secure food systems are ensured through urgent action by all actors.
ActionOperational examples

Potential
collective
action by:

Ongoing collaborations,collective initiatives andcoordination mechanisms

Link toSDGs

32. Transform unsustainableagricultural and fisheries
practices●

FAO, IFAD,
IAEA, UNDP,
UNEP, Ramsar
Convention,
UNCCD, WTO,UNESCO,UNIDO, ILO,
CBD, UNFCCC,●TEEB AgriFood initiative●

FAO Global Hub on
Indigenous Food Systems

02 03 06 09
12 13 14 15●

FAO’s Biodiversity
Mainstreaming Platform

Call to phase out harmful agricultural
subsidies/incentives.

●

Halt harmful fisheries subsidies.

●

Address illegal, unreported and unregulated
fishing and protect marine resources.

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CEB/2021/HLCP41/CRP.2. Annex IV●

Digitalize and optimize sustainable modern
farming.

●

Rewild/restore abandoned agricultural land.

●

Enhance landscape and habitat variability tobenefit both crops and insects.

●

Promote renewable and clean energy
solutions for irrigation, storage and refining to
improve livelihoods and reduce food loss.

●

33. Shift towards productive
and regenerative
agriculture and fisheries

UNESCWA, ECA,
IMO, WFP

Enhance risk assessment and risk
management approaches for modern
biotechnology for agricultural production.

●

Protect landscapes and indigenous foodsystems threatened by industrial agriculture.

●

Enhance genetic diversity in agricultural
systems.

●

Promote regenerative agriculture,
agroecology, agroforestry.

●Support the work of small-scale farmers andtheir livelihoods, particularly women.

●

Promote sustainable fisheries conducive to ahealthy and productive ocean.

●Support coastal and islander indigenous andlocal communities in marine and coastalsustainable resource use and conservation.

FAO, IFAD, IOM,
CBD, WFP, IAEA,
UNICEF, UNIDO,
UNDP, UNEP,
UNU, UNCTADUNESCO
designated sites,
UNESCO-IOC,
ITC, ILO,
UNESCWA,WIPO●

FAO Strategy on
Mainstreaming Biodiversity
across Agricultural Sectors●

ILO Green Jobs andEmployment-Intensive
Investment (EIIP) programmes●

UN Food Systems Summit●

Cartagena Protocol on
Biosafety•

UNFCCC Koronivia joint workon agriculture●

UNDP Food and Agricultural
Commodity Systems Strategy●

Biodiversity for Food andNutrition Initiative●

IPBES and MEA frameworks●

Research on circular economy●

UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative,
Oceans Economy and
Fisheries Programme and VSS
programme

01 02 08 09
11 12 13 14
15

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CEB/2021/HLCP41/CRP.2. Annex IV●

34. Promote sustainable
food systems and reducefood waste

Halt and reverse insect decline in
agricultural/managed landscapes, including
through sustainable pest management.

●

Apply and promote circular economy
approaches in agriculture.

●

Increase knowledge to underpin sustainablefisheries and aquaculture production.

●

Ensure respect for the traditional practices ofindigenous peoples and local communities.

●

Characterize and promote the utilization of
locally adapted livestock breeds.

●

Promote sustainable management andutilization of local plant resources as livestock
feed.

●

Support a transition to sustainable foodsystems that are in balance with nature andthat support healthy diets.

●

Recognize the interdependencies of demandand supply in designing food system reform.

●

Reduce food loss and food waste.

FAO, UNEP,
UNU, ILO,
UNESCWA,IFAD,
UNWTO,
WIPO, WFP●

United Nations Forum on
Sustainability Standards●

UN Decade of Ocean Science
for Sustainable Development●

FAO’s Blue Growth Initiative●

FAO Global Partnership for
Climate, Fisheries andAquaculture●

ILO Green Jobs andEmployment-Intensive
Investment (EIIP) GreenWorks programmes●

Sustainable Rice Platform
(SRP)

●

Satoyama Initiative●

Climate Technology Centre
and Network (CTCN)●

Technical Platform on
measurement and reductionof food loss and waste●

FAO Global Hub on
Indigenous Food Systems●

UNWTO Global Tourism Food
Waste Initiative●

2021 UN Food Systems
Summit01 02 03 08
09 12 14 15

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CEB/2021/HLCP41/CRP.2. Annex IV●

Promote the use of insects as both waste
decomposers and food sources.

#10: Markets, economic and financial practices are fundamentally reformed and use metrics for governments, the private sector and society, to measureprogress towards sustainable development, supported by strengthened regulations to conserve and restore natural capital.
ActionOperational examples

Potential
collective
action by:

Ongoing collaborations,collective initiatives andcoordination mechanisms

Link toSDGs

35. Establish new metrics toredefine prosperity●

Develop and promote alternative GDP and‘Green’ Human Development Index.

●

Inclusive Wealth Index●●

Develop appropriate indicators to capture thedirect and indirect consequences of
biodiversity loss.

ILO, WTO,UNWTO, UNDP,
UNEP, UNCTAD

Biodiversity Indicators
Partnership (BIP)

01 02 03 04
05 06 07 08
09 10 11 12
13 14 15 16•

UN Decade on Ecosystem
Restoration 2021-2030●

Trade and biodiversity
statistical tool (UNCTAD
BioTrade Initiative &Development Statistics andInformation Branch)●

System of EnvironmentalEconomic Accounting –Ecosystem Accounting(SEEA EA)●UN Decade of Ocean Science
for Sustainable Development

36. Account for the value of
biodiversity●

Promote systems of environmental
economic accounting and ecosystem
accounting.

●

Promote ocean accounting as a contribution
to the development of a sustainable ocean
economy.

UNEP, UNDP,
FAO, UNDP,UNDESA, ILO,
WIPO

01 08 14 15
17

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37. Shift corporate strategies
to low-carbon andresilient models

CEB/2021/HLCP41/CRP.2. Annex IV●

Share knowledge and information to value
natural capital and prepare country-relevant
metrics for inclusive wealth.

●Research and promote indigenous knowledge
on valuing nature.

●

Account for non-economic losses and as
impacts incurred or potentially incurred fromslow onset climate processes/events, in risk
assessment models to more accurately reflectcurrent and future loss and damage.

●Support the integration of commitments
related to sustainable development, humanrights, climate and natural capital incorporate goals, business models, reporting
and transition plans.

●

Accelerate financial reporting and disclosure.

●Strengthen scenario analysis to assess strategic
resilience and improve nature riskmodelling.

●

Change corporate incentive structures througheffective regulation to protect theenvironment and its enforcement and torespect human rights as provided in the UN
Guiding Principles on Business and Human
Rights.

UNEP, UNDP,
UNIDO, ILO,OHCHR, ECA●

System of EnvironmentalEconomic Accounting for
Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries (SEEA AFF)●

The Warsaw International
Mechanism for Loss andDamage under the UNFCCC●

UN Environment Programme
Finance Initiative (UNEP FI)●

UN Global Compact●

Preparatory process for a Task
Force on Nature-related
Financial Disclosure●

Exploring Natural Capital
Opportunities and Risk
Exposure (ENCORE)

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C.

CEB/2021/HLCP41/CRP.2. Annex IV

Strengthened institutions, accountability and justice#11: Institutional capacity is supported to plan and pursue integrated solutions to reverse biodiversity loss and accelerate progress on theimplementation of the 2030 Agenda.
ActionOperational examples

38. Support the inclusive
implementation of bold
and actionable goals andtargets●

Ongoing collaborations,collective initiatives andcoordination mechanisms

Link to
SDGs

CBD, UNDP,
UNEP, FAO,
CMS, UNDP,UNESCO, IAEA,
UNCTAD, UN
Support gender-responsive and human rightsWomen, UN
based implementation of the post-2020
Habitat,global biodiversity framework, including
UNFCCC,
implementation of a post-2020 gender plan of
OHCHR, ILO,
action.
UNU, ECA,
Promote strong commitments for biodiversity IFAD, UNODC,
UNWTO
protection and restoration, including from
non-state actors.

●

CBD Action Agenda

13 14 15 17●

Paris Agreement●

UN Decade on Ecosystem
Restoration●

UN Decade of Ocean Science
for Sustainable Development●

UNESCO-UNEP Coalition for
Nature•Satoyama Initiative●

UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative●

Identify and push trigger points for mobilizing
non-environmental constituencies, including
through targeted communication campaigns.

●●

Engage with priority actors such as faithbased networks, fashion/clothing, food andmining/metal industries.

ILO Guidelines for a justtransition towards
environmentally sustainableeconomies and societies for
all

●

●

Support national implementation of the post2020 global biodiversity framework and itsalignment with the Paris Agreement and the2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Potential
collective
action by:

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39. Mainstreaming nature
into development andsectoral plans, policies
and processes

CEB/2021/HLCP41/CRP.2. Annex IV•

Promote a global regulatory framework tosecure a level playing field so no one is left
behind●Promote whole of government and society
approach for implementation of national
strategies/action plans.

●

Improve EIA, EmpIA, SEA and social
safeguards.

●

Promote nature-based solutions as integrated
elements of development planning.

●

Promote and reinforce ecosystem-based
ocean governance based on the Regional Seas
programs.

●

Engage policy-makers in the co-design andco-delivery of evidence and knowledge
systems needed to support sound policy.

●

Support development of National Ocean
Policies.

●

Develop gender-responsive and humanrightsbased national adaptation plans.

●

Incorporate Green Jobs and biodiversity
targets into National Employment Policies.

●

Incorporate Nature-Based Solutions in
national DRR strategies

CBD, UNEP,
UNDP, FAO,UNCTAD,
UNESCO-IOC,
IMO, ICAO,OHCHR, ILO,
ECA, UNDRR,WFP●The United Nations Congress
on Crime Prevention andCriminal Justice●

FAO Biodiversity
Mainstreaming Platform●

National Ecosystem
Assessments (NEA)●

UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative
and Oceans Economy andTrade Strategies

14 15 17

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40. Ensure adequate
resources, including for
institutional capacity tointegrate nature

CEB/2021/HLCP41/CRP.2. Annex IV●

Enhance international support for
implementing effective and targeted capacity
building in developing countries.

●

Support national plans for implementation of
the post-2020 global biodiversity framework.

●

Increase scientific and technical cooperation.

●

Leverage partnerships with multiple sectors
including the private sector.

●

41. Promote integrated
spatial planning

Enhance ocean related capacity development
and transfer of marine technology with afocus on SIDS and LDCs.

●

Advocate for integrated spatial planning,
including through Essential Life Support Area
maps.

●

Promote landscape approaches and thedevelopment of sustainable ocean plans at
the national or regional level.

●

Promote connectivity landscape approaches
that involve diverse landowners andimproved large-scale governance systems.

●

Promote integrated marine spatial planning.

●

Promote landscape governance approaches
to address deforestation

WB, UNDP,
UNEP, UNCTAD,
UNESCO-IOC,
IMO, CBD,ICAO, IAEA, ITC,
ILO, UNU,UNODC●Intergovernmental Platform
for Biodiversity andEcosystem Services (IPBES)●

Biodiversity and Ecosystem
Services Network (BES-Net)●

UN Decade of Ocean Science
for Sustainable Development●

UNESCO-IOC Ocean Teacher
Global Academy•

Satoyama Initiative●

UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative

UNEP, UNDP,●
UNU, CBD,UNESCO-IOC,
FAO, IMO,●ICAO, UNHabitat, UNODC●

CBD Ecologically or
Biologically Significant Marine
Areas (EBSAs)
IMO Particularly Sensitive Sea
Areas (PSSAs)
NatureMap●

Satoyama Initiative•

MSP Global Initiative●

UN Biodiversity Lab

14 15 17

14 15

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CEB/2021/HLCP41/CRP.2. Annex IV#12: Safeguards on biodiversity and the integrity of all ecosystems are implemented, sectoral and national accountability is clarified, and monitoring andreporting against environmental obligations fulfilled.
ActionOperational examples

Potential
collective
action by:

Ongoing collaborations,collective initiatives andcoordination mechanisms

Link toSDGs

42. Develop targets,indicators and datasets
to better account forvalue of nature●

Promote the development of post-2020
measurable targets and associated indicators.

●

Biodiversity Indicators
Partnership (BIP)

14 15 17●

Recognize the links between indicators forreporting on biodiversity, climate change andocean.

UNEP, UNDESA,
ILO, UNCTAD,
UNODC

●

Multidimensional Biodiversity
Index (MBI)●

Promote biodiversity integration in policymaking through multidimensional indices.

●

Support the development of guidelines forparticipatory post-2020 national reporting.

●

UN Biodiversity Lab

●

MapX

●

Pilot spatially explicit and transparent
reporting.

●●

Ensure all actors can discover, access,integrate and share the data they need tofulfil responsibilities to the people and planet.

CBD, UNEP,UNDESA, UN
Women, UNDP,UNESCO, ILO,UNCTAD,UNODC

UNESCO World Heritage
Convention and MAB
programme●

Strengthen gender-responsive research, datacollection and reporting.

43. Support transparent
national biodiversity
reporting

14 15 17

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CEB/2021/HLCP41/CRP.2. Annex IV#13: Environmental rule of law and procedural rights on access to information and justice are promoted, and meaningful participation in environmental
decision-making is enabled.
ActionOperational examples

Potential
collective
action by:

Ongoing collaborations, collective
initiatives and coordination
mechanisms

Link toSDGs

44. Strengthen governance,
procedural rights andrule of law●

UNEP, UNDP,
FAO, UNESCO,OHCHR, IMO,ICAO, UNDESA,
ILO, UNU,UNCLOS,UNODC, ECA,WIPO●

NBSAP Forum14 15 16 17●

The Voluntary Guidelines on
the Responsible Governanceof Tenure of Land, Fisheries
and Forests in the Context of
National Food Security●

Interactive Dialogues of the
GA on Harmony with Nature●

United Nations Permanent
Forum on Indigenous Issues●

Supplementary protocol on
liability and redress●

Satoyama Initiative●

Montevideo Environmental
Law Programme●International Consortium on
Combating Wildlife Crime(ICCWC)●

Promote integration of rule of law inenvironmental law and policies to help
strengthen biodiversity protection,conservation and restoration.
Promote the conservation and sustainable
use of marine biological diversity of areas
beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ)●

Ensure law and regulation enforcement.

●

Promote concept, enforcement and widescale
adoption for fighting environmental crimes
and legal liability for nature destruction,
including by making crimes that impact theenvironment serious crimes as per definitionof the UN Convention against Transnational
Organized Crime (UNTOC).

●

Strengthen participation and rights ofindigenous peoples and local communities.

●

Ensure accountability for crimes against
environmental human rights defenders.

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45. Promote full andeffective participation indecision-making related
to biodiversity

CEB/2021/HLCP41/CRP.2. Annex IV●

Strengthen participation and rights ofindigenous peoples and local communities.

●

In the context of including civil society voices
in UN bodies and agencies, create space foryoung people to participate in shaping thedecisions that will affect their future,including but not limited to biodiversity andclimate change.

●

Strengthen the full and effective participationof women in decision-making related tobiodiversity at all levels.

●

Consider ways of more fully involving a wider
array of stakeholders in policy processes
concerning environmental action.

●●

Ensure participation of ILO social partners(workers and employers) through social
dialogue.
Raise awareness of the impact of illegal
exploitation of natural resources andcorruption on biodiversity among various
stakeholders.

UNEP, UNDP,UNESCO,UNICEF, FAO,
IOM, UN
Women,UNFCCC,OHCHR, CBD,UNU, UNDESA,
ILO, UNODC,WIPO●UN Convention against
Transnational Organized
Crime (UNTOC)●

UN Convention against
Corruption (UNCAC)●

Gender and Land Rights
Database (GLRD)●

UN Permanent Forum on
Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)●

Programs/projects supporting
implementation of FAO
Voluntary Guidelines on the
Responsible Governance ofTenure of Land, Fisheries andForests in the Context of
National Food Security●

Natural Capital Protocol•

United Nations GuidanceNote on Protection andPromotion of Civic Space●LCIPP under the United
Nations Framework
Convention on Climate
Change●Satoyama Initiative

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46. Safeguard endangered
species

CEB/2021/HLCP41/CRP.2. Annex IV●●

Promote effective species conservation,
including through increased funding,protection of umbrella species and of critical
habitats.
Promote the establishment and effective
management of protected areas, with themeaningful participation of local communities
and free, prior and informed consent ofindigenous peoples.

●

Promote marine protected areas, including in
the high seas, by implementing the 1972
World Heritage Convention.

●

Support implementation of Global Plans of
Action for genetic resources for Food andAgriculture to safeguard habitats andpopulations of crop and livestock wild
relatives.

●

Minimize threats to biodiversity from planned
infrastructure.

●

Promote habitat mapping and ecologicalsurveying.

●

Implement a corruption risk-based approachin wildlife, forest and fisheries management
authorities.

●

Improve legal frameworks to address wildlife
crime as a serious crime under the UNTOC.

CBD, CITES,CMS UNESCO,
FAO, UNDP,
UNEP, IAEA,
UNODC

●

Collaborative Partnership on
Sustainable Wildlife
Management●

UNESCO World Heritage
Convention and MAB
programme●

FAO’s Commission on Genetic
Resources for Food andAgriculture●

Globally Important
Agricultural Systems (GIAHS)●

UN Convention against
Corruption (UNCAC) and UN
Convention against
Transnational Organized
Crime (UNTOC)●

International Consortium on
Combating Wildlife Crime(ICCWC)09 12 14 15
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47. Prevent introduction andspread of invasive alien
species

CEB/2021/HLCP41/CRP.2. Annex IV●●

Promote preventive pathway/vector
management, including the introduction,
ratification/accession and implementation of
relevant international treaties, standards andregulations.
Introduce rapid, cost-effective and consistentecological surveying protocols, including
through metabarcoding and eDNA.

●

Promote efficient species identification andmonitoring, including using artificial
intelligence and big data.

●

Forecast and reduce impacts of harmful algal
blooms.

•Control invasive insect species using sterile
insect technique.

●

Promote public works programs and asset
rehabilitation programs to containand reduce
the spread of invasive alien species andcreate jobs for targeted groups.

WTO, UNEP,
CBD, CMS, FAO,
IAEA, Ramsar
UNESCO,UNESCO-IOC
Convention,
IMO, ICAO,
ILO, WFP●International Plant Protection
Convention (IPPC)●UNESCO World Heritage
Convention●

UNESCO-IOC PacMan
Initiative●

UNESCO-IOC HAB Programme●

Global Invasive Alien Species
Information Partnership

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CEB/2021/HLCP41/CRP.2. Annex IV#14: Criminal justice and anti-corruption measures to environment-related crimes are strengthened as an essential part of the integrated solutions toprotecting biodiversity.
ActionOperational examples

Potential
collective
action by:

Ongoing collaborations,collective initiatives andcoordination mechanisms

Link toSDGs

48. Stop illegal wildlife trade
and transport, poaching,trafficking andunsustainable hunting●

Increase protection for front line
environmental workers, environmental
human rights defenders, and indigenous
peoples.

●Convention on International
Trade in Endangered Speciesof Wild Fauna and Flora(CITES)

02 05 10 12
15●

Leverage consumer power by introducing
standards or certifications demonstrating that
products are legally sourced, ethical andviolence-free.

FAO, IFAD,
UNODC, ILO,
CMS, CITES,UNESCO, IOC,
UNDP, UNEPUNCTAD, ICAO,UNDESA, UNEP●

Convention on theConservation of Migratory
Species (CMS)●Intergovernmental
Conference on Marine
Biodiversity Areas Beyond
National Jurisdiction.

●

UNESCO 1972 World Heritage
Convention and MAB
programme●

UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative●

UNCTAD Ocean Economy and
Fisheries Programme●

UN Decade of Ocean Science
for Sustainable Development●

Enforce existing legal provisions and enable
traceability and best practices.

●Strengthen international investigation andlegal intervention in the transportation andtrade in illegal wildlife and endangered
species.

●●

Increase attention to the poaching and illicit
trade in wild and endangered plants on which
indigenous peoples and local communities
rely.
Scale up “crime scene to court” approach incountries to enforce the laws and support the
governments to adequately prevent, detect,

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CEB/2021/HLCP41/CRP.2. Annex IVinvestigate, prosecute and adjudicate wildlife
crime.
●

49. Stop illegal, unreported
and unregulated fishing

Scale up anti-corruption assistance to wildlife,
forestry and fisheries authorities.

●

Strengthen regulatory measures for theconservation of marine biodiversity beyond
national jurisdiction.

●

Increase knowledge and solutions forsustainable fishing practices.

●●

Increase knowledge and innovative solutions/ technology to inform policy and action on
illegal fishing.
Conduct value chain analysis, corruption risk
assessment and facilitate corruption
prevention and criminal justice systemmeasures against crimes occurring in thefisheries value chain.

●

UN Convention against
Transnational Organized
Crime (UNTOC)•

UN Convention against
Corruption (UNCAC)●UN Task Force on Illegal Tradein Wildlife●

International Consortium on
Combating Wildlife Crime(ICCWC)

IMO, FAO, IFAD, ●UNODC, ILO,
CMS, CITES,●UNIDO, WTO,UNCTAD,
UNDP, UNESCO ●UN Decade of Ocean Science
for Sustainable Development●

UN Decade of Ocean Science
for Sustainable Development●

1995 FAO Code of Conduct for
Responsible Fisheries●

UNODC Rotten Fish Guide on
corruption prevention in thefisheries value chain

UNCTAD Oceans Economy
and Trade Strategies
1995 UNESCO World Heritage
marine programme

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50. Increase cooperation
between conservationand justice system actors
to address illicit
exploitation of natural
resources●●●

Develop rapid reference guides forinvestigators and prosecutors to facilitate
investigation and prosecution ofenvironmental crimes.

UNODC, CITES,
UNEP

Sensitize judiciary to impact ofenvironmental crime.
Support multi-agency taskforces andcross-border cooperation among criminal
justice system actors to addressenvironmental crimes.

●

UNODC, CITES tools andguides●International Consortium on
Combating Wildlife Crime(ICCWC)●UN Convention against
Transnational Organized
Crime (UNTOC)●

UN Convention against
Corruption (UNCAC)

14 15 16

#15: Advanced digital information and communication technologies (ICTs) are deployed to ensure open access to and equitable coverage of data andrepositories.
ActionOperational examples

Potential
collective
action by:

Ongoing collaborations,collective initiatives andcoordination mechanisms

Link toSDGs

51. Promote digitalization for
better decision making●

UNEP, UNDP,
ITU, FAO,UNECA,UNESCO,UNESCO-IOC,
UNIDO, IMO,ICAO, IAEA,
UNDESA, ILO,
UNODC, WFP●

UN Data Strategy●

UNEP Global Environmental
Data Strategy

08 12 10 14
15●

UN Biodiversity Lab●

Group on Earth Observations
(GEO)

●

Committee on Earth
Observation Satellites (CEOS)●●

Invest in the use of digital technologies tomonitor environmental change and tosupport transparency, predictive analytics
and risk identification.
Provide open-source data and tools for
decision-makers and enhance citizens’
engagement.
Use data, analytics, lifecycle analysis anddigital solutions to influence and incentivize

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CEB/2021/HLCP41/CRP.2. Annex IV●●

52. Harness innovation anddeploy green and blue
technologies

consumer behavior, markets, supply chainsand policies towards nature.

●

UN Decade of Ocean Science
for Sustainable Development

Enhance the environmental digital literacy of
citizens and diverse stakeholders throughtraining.

●

FAO’s Hand-in-Hand Initiative●

System for Earth Observation
Data Access, Processing andAnalysis for Land Monitoring(SEPAL)●

Technology Facilitation
Mechanism●

United for Smart Sustainable
Cities (U4SSC) initiative●

UN Decade of Ocean Science
for Sustainable Development●

International Oceanographic
Data Exchange Programme●

Global Environmental Facility
(GEF)

●

Joint FAO/IAEA Programmeon Nuclear Techniques inFood and Agriculture

Develop a comprehensive digital
representation of the ocean, including a
dynamic ocean map, which provides free andopen access for exploring, discovering, andvisualizing past, current, and future ocean
conditions in a manner relevant to diverse
stakeholders.

●

Support access to justice by advancing thedigitization of court hearings and proceedings
in environmental crime related cases.

●

Strengthen technical and scientificcooperation, technology transfer andinnovation.

●●

Promote collaboration with private sector forco-design and co-delivery of innovativetechnology to increase understanding of theocean, for example in the hard to access deep
ocean.
Leverage international standards – such as
ITU-T Recommendations – for guidance on

UNEP, UNDP,
ITU, IAEA, FAO,
WTO, CBD,UNDESA, ILO,
UNODC, WIPO,
WFP

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implementing green technologies andinnovation.
●

Pair drone technology with surveying
techniques to map remote habitats.

●

Ensure the rights of all persons to benefit
from science and its applications.

●

Assess and manage potential adverse impactsof biotechnology on biodiversity.

●

Support the use of technology in identifying
and tracing wildlife and timber species tocounter wildlife and forest crime.

●

African Wildlife Forensic
Network