Align nature and climate change actions

Our Strategic Priority: Align action for nature and climate change.

We will: Lead the discussion to align action for nature and climate change to deliver outcomes that tackle climate breakdown and accelerate nature recovery.

Our role in realising success:

• JNCC assesses and provides advice on the impacts of climate change on nature, including adapting the protected areas network to be more resilient.
• JNCC develops the evidence base to assess how the natural environment helps adapt to, or mitigate the impacts of, climate change.
  
• JNCC develops methods and uses data that enable integration of biodiversity alongside climate change into investment across public and private sectors.
• JNCC shares our domestic expertise internationally and drives global progress towards 30by30.
• JNCC engages with the UNFCCC process to ensure the role of nature in climate policies.

What wider success looks like in 2030: UK policy decision-making, monitoring and reporting reflect clear links on action across pollution, biodiversity loss and climate change. The four countries take a coherent approach to designation and management of protected areas as a cost-effective way to maintain resilience to the broader climate breakdown. The value of nature conservation and recovery is integrated within the UK’s climate response plans and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).