Abstract The Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF), the new Measurement, Reporting and Verification arrangements under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)'s Paris Agreement, became operational in 2024. Here, we discuss how this new framework could provide an opportunity for strengthening alignment between commitments to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the UNFCCC. We highlight how the ETF provides an interesting platform to showcase linkages between the nature and climate crises and could help align CBD's National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plans with UNFCCC's Nationally Determined Contributions and National Adaptation Plans. We however argue that capitalising on this opportunity will require addressing challenges around financing, capacity building and political will. It will also require adopting a unified ecosystem monitoring and reporting approach across conventions. Practical implication . Synergistic policy agendas are critical to addressing the intertwined nature and climate crises. Existing platforms to promote and operationalise such alignment are currently rare. We believe the ETF is one such platform that, if well used, could act as an efficiency multiplier and cost and time saver for Parties to the two Rio conventions. As the mandatory reporting framework of the legally binding Paris Agreement, ensuring strong visibility of biodiversity's contribution to climate change mitigation and adaptation could also offer an indirect yet tangible mechanism for stronger and more politically sustainable commitments on nature.
Pettorelli et al. (Thu,) studied this question.