Tracking progress on the integration of nature-based solutions and ecosystem-based adaptation in National Adaptation Plan processes

This is the second synthesis report developed by the NAP Global Network that assesses the extent to which countries have integrated nature-based solutions (NbS), ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA), and biodiversity considerations into their NAP documents. Thanks to a larger sample size than the first review in 2020, the opportunity to leverage the outcomes of the first Global Stocktake under the Paris Agreement, as well as the renewal of countries’ biodiversity and conservation commitments, the NAP Global Network has updated analysis on NbS and/or EbA integration in NAPs with new methodologies for review and renewed insights for the NAP process.

The review focused on the key aspects such as References to EbA, NbS, ecosystem-based approaches, ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction, ecosystem management and natural infrastructure; the inclusion of ecosystems and biodiversity within climate risk assessment sections; and the inclusion of types of ecosystems identified as vulnerable.