As part of the mandate to finalize the Paris Agreement guidelines for implementation by December 2018, countries need to prepare further guidance on nationally determined contributions (NDCs). Specifically, this guidance refers to 1) information that countries should include in their NDCs, as well as 2) guidance on accounting for NDCs.
The land sector, as part of overall climate action, deserves particular consideration to ensure that further guidance on NDCs reflects the potential of nature to support the mitigation and adaptation outcomes described by the global climate goals of the Paris Agreement.
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