Each part of the world faces specific vulnerabilities to climate change and has different opportunities to mitigate the effects and build resilience in the 21st century. With the ratification of the Paris Agreement, many countries have acceded to act in combatting climate change. Indeed, without climate action, decades of sustainable development is at risk, thus making this a ‘make or break’ point in time.
How to Use Spatial Data to inform Actionable National Policies?
Process: Firstly, it is necessary to identify the spatial data related to Aichi Biodiversity Target. Secondly, we must ensure the spatial data is available at the national or regional level. Thirdly, we need to check whether the spatial data or indicators have been published in research papers, national, regional or global assessment reports, which should be verified.
UN Biodiversity Lab is a geospatial platform designed to support policymakers develop data-driven sustainable development solutions. With over 100 of the world’s best datasets on nature, climate, and sustainable development, the platform enables users to upload national data in secure national workspaces, visualize global and national data, run basic analyses, and create maps, all in a free, open-source environment that does not require any previous GIS experience.