Coastal and marine ecosystems as nature-based solutions in new or updated Nationally Determined Contributions : provisional analysis as of June 2021

Abstract

This policy brief examines the new or updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), submitted as part of the first revision cycle mandated by the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), with regard to the inclusion of specific efforts addressing coastal and marine Nature-based Solutions (NbS) as climate mitigation and/or adaptation measures. The Dominican Republic is one of the countries that included coastal and marine NbS in both mitigation and adaptation efforts.