Edinburgh Declaration on post-2020 global biodiversity framework

Commitment for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework

Subnational governments, cities and local authorities will continue to build upon our previous efforts, to deliver transformative actions by:

• recognising the overall value of nature and integrating it into subnational, city and local planning, management and governance instruments

• implementing appropriate actions that deliver on the post-2020 global biodiversity framework goals and action targets

• aligning biodiversity strategies and actions, and our monitoring and reporting efforts with National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs), within our subnational, city and local competencies

• increasing resource mobilisation for investment in biodiversity action at subnational, city and local levels, and providing incentives to ensure positive outcomes

• mainstreaming biodiversity across public, private and business sectors to achieve greater environmental, societal and economic resilience

• communicating, educating and raising public awareness with specific efforts to make knowledge available in several languages

• strengthening capacity building in order to implement nature-based solutions (NBS) and green and blue infrastructure, particularly through ecosystem based approaches and as a contribution to a green recovery from COVID-19

• providing opportunities for knowledge exchange across subnational, city and local levels, and between all sectors of society

• sharing best practices across subnational, city and local levels, to efficiently implement transformative actions

• delivering convergence with other intergovernmental agreements and processes, taking forward bold and innovative actions at the subnational, city and local level which result in mutually beneficial outcomes