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Policy Brief
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a guiding star for countries, establishing a common vision for human and planetary well-being. However, approximately half of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets are severely or moderately off track for achievement by 2030, in part because decision-making around the SDGs is often undertaken by just a few governmental ministries. While the Agenda 2030 declares that the SDGs are “integrated and indivisible”, goals related to the environment often take a back seat to economic goals during national implementation.
The UNDP led project ‘Mapping Nature for People and Planet’ demonstrates how countries can apply integrated spatial planning to facilitate inclusive decision-making for policy targets around the SDGs, the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and other global conventions and frameworks. The project supports countries in developing a singular map of Essential Life Support Areas (ELSAs) that shows pathways for action to achieve multiple targets at once, including those at the nexus of nature, climate and sustainable development. At the base of the map are the country’s most pressing policy targets and current spatial data layers, hand-selected by national experts. This policy brief captures insights from this project to help policymakers use integrated spatial planning to support the achievement of SDGs, with a focus on those that are the most dependent on nature.
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Ms. Veronica Recondo is an Environmental Technical Analyst for UNDP’s Global Programme on Nature for Development. She supports the implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework Early Action Support Project, providing key technical support for the development of technical guidance, capacity-building and knowledge management. Since 2021, she has also played a key role on the implementation of UNDP’s nature-based planning and mapping initiatives, including Mapping Nature for People and Planet and the UN Biodiversity Lab, working closely with national governments and UNDP Country Offices to identify opportunities to use the best available spatial data to design, implement and monitor national policies on nature, climate and sustainable development. She holds a Master's in Environmental Management from the University of Western Australia, and a Bachelor's in Environmental Science from the University of Buenos Aires.
Ms. Lea Phillips
Ms. Christina Supples is working for UNDP since 2014 as a senior policy advisor and project manager, and currently provides leadership and technical guidance of a large UNDP $20 million USD global portfolio of 70 biodiversity projects. Her policy expertise focuses on implementation of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, including the national development and implementation of National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans and related finance, monitoring, and reporting mechanisms. Christina is a leader in supporting developing, middle income, and small island governments around the world to use science and data to act towards global and national policy commitments for nature and sustainable development. She is an expert at convening stakeholders to improve policy outcomes for multilateral environmental agreements using the lens of a human rights-based approach. She has previously worked for The Nature Conservancy and holds a master’s in environmental management from Duke University.
Ms. Marion Marigo
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AVAILABLE LANGUAGES
English
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Published March 2024
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