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T1 Australian Government Response – UNEP Global Consultations on Nature Based Solutions
A1 Australia, 
K1 nature-based solution
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/42341
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/42341
NO This document outlines Australia’s submission to UNEP’s intergovernmental consultations on nature-based solutions under UNEA Resolution 5/5, affirming support for global and regional dialogues and recommending hybrid participation for the 9–13 October 2023 sessions. It endorses three tasks: compiling science-based best-practice examples, assessing and proposing criteria and standards to align implementation with the agreed NbS definition, and identifying options to scale sustainable investment. Australia catalogs ongoing capacity-building and finance efforts, including the Indo-Pacific Offsets Scheme, multiple blue-carbon programs, ReefCloud, contributions to the Kiwa Initiative and UNDP’s Community-Based Adaptation, engagement with the TNFD Stewardship Council, a UNFCCC finance forum, investment in the Tropical Asia Forestry Fund 2, and grants such as Climate Resilient by Nature and the Blue Carbon Accelerator Fund.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 20, 2026