Facts for Prelims (FFP)
Source: IUCN
Context: Six new countries and a United Nations agency have joined the ENACT Partnership, a global initiative aimed at coordinating efforts to address climate change, land and ecosystem degradation, and biodiversity loss through Nature-based Solutions.
- ENACT, launched at COP27 in 2022, involves working with nature to deliver climate, biodiversity, and land restoration action.
The partnership, led by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), aims to enhance the protection and resilience of at least 1 billion vulnerable people, secure up to 2.4 billion hectares of healthy ecosystems, and increase global mitigation efforts.
Nature-based solutions are based on the notion that when ecosystems are healthy and well-managed, they provide essential benefits and services to people, such as reducing greenhouse gas emissions, securing safe water resources, making air safer to breathe, or providing increased food security.
Examples: Protecting and restoring coral reefs, Building greener cities etc.
