Action AgendaIntegrated solutions where climate, biodiversity, and desertification converge.
Integrated solutions where climate, biodiversity, and desertification converge.
Frontline regions worldwide — particularly the Mediterranean, Africa, and the Pacific — confront a multidimensional environmental crisis where drought, water scarcity, land degradation, and wildfires reinforce one another. This reality demands integrated approaches that address climate, biodiversity, and desertification as interconnected challenges.
COP31 will develop integrated field pilots that address wildfire management and ecosystem restoration together. These pilots aim to bring the re-establishment of fire-resilient landscapes and the rehabilitation of degraded ecosystems under a single, coherent implementation framework.
COP31 will integrate the protection of carbon sinks such as forests, rangelands, and wetlands with sustainable land management. The goal is to ensure that land use contributes simultaneously to emission reductions and to long-term soil health.
COP31 will position biodiversity conservation as an integral component of climate adaptation planning. Through nature-based solutions, it aims to strengthen ecosystem resilience while reducing climate risks for vulnerable communities.
COP31 will develop shared implementation and reporting models across the climate, biodiversity, and desertification conventions. This approach seeks to align the objectives of the three Rio Conventions into a single, mutually reinforcing line of on-the-ground action.
COP31 will turn integrated approaches piloted in the Mediterranean into models that can be transferred to other hotspots such as Africa and the Pacific. The aim is to scale proven solutions and facilitate knowledge exchange across frontline regions.
