Technical project support to BioClime

The project BioClime is working towards the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the Global Biodiversity Framework, the thematic focus of the requested services is closely tied to the Agreements and corresponding biodiversity and climate policies. A unique feature of the project is its emphasis on synergistic actions in the context of biodiversity and climate action. This entails a range of topics, including but not limited to ecosystem-based adaptation, nature-based solutions, biodiversity and climate mainstreaming, gender, water, forest and climate financing, deforestation-free supply chains, resource efficiency, circular economy, plastics, transformation of energy systems, and UN negotiations. Specifically, in the framework of technical support delivered to the project"s initiatives and its outputs, the contractor"s work will focus inter alia on the following core topics:

- Biodiversity-Climate-(Water-)Nexus o Alignment between biodiversity and climate change policies and plans such as NDCs, NAPs, NBSAPs (e.g. assessments, goal and target setting, identification of strategies, financing and implementation, monitoring, reporting and stocktaking) o Synergies and cooperation among climate change, biodiversity and water relevant conventions and bodies at UN level o Synergies at science-policy level, (e.g. IPBES, IPCC) o Synergies at national and local implementation level (e.g. governance, spatial planning) with a focus on synergistic actions such as Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and ecosystem-based approaches, ecosystem integrity, ecosystem services.

- Implementation of the requirements of the international climate negotiations of the UNFCCC o Agriculture, Forestry and other Land use (AFOLU) o Follow up Process on the Global Stocktake of 2023 under the Paris Agreement (GST) o Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) o Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC), Long-term Strategies (LTS), Low Emission Development Strategies and Carbon Neutrality, National Adaptation Plans (NAP), adaptation communication o Climate Justice and equity o Legal aspects of UNFCCC/Paris Agreement; climate negotiations

- Implementation of the requirements of the international biodiversity negotiations of the CBD o National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) o Biodiversity and Climate Change o Biodiversity Monitoring, Reporting and Review; National Reports o Biodiversity Finance and incentive systems o Biodiversity Mainstreaming into sector policies, strategies and plans o Biodiversity inclusive Spatial Planning o Protected Area Management and other effective conservation measures o Ecosystem governance (e.g. via Indigenous peoples and local communities) o Legal aspects of CBD and UNFCCC; climate negotiations - Forests and Climate Change o International forest-related climate finance (e.g. mechanisms and instruments) and related policy processes, especially at international level (e.g. Forest Climate Leaders Partnership, GN2U, forest-related climate finance commitments under the UNFCCC) o Forest carbon markets (voluntary and compliance) o Deforestation-free supply chains and related legislation (e.g. EU Deforestation Regulation) as well as policy processes, especially at international level (e.g. Amsterdam Declaration Partnership and FACT Dialogue)

- Further Climate and Biodiversity related Policies o Sectoral Policies and crosscutting topics: resource efficiency, circular economy, bioeconomy, plastics, sustainable production and consumption, transformation of energy systems as levers for transformational change o Land and soil management, forest landscape and ecosystem restoration o Integrated water resource management - Mainstreaming of biodiversity and climate policies, and coherence with other agendas o NDC and NBSAP governance and implementation o Vertical and horizontal mainstreaming of biodiversity protection, ecosystem services, climate mitigation and adaptation into development planning and public budgets o Climate Finance o Adaptation-Mitigation-Development-Nexus and Coherence - BMUKN supported initiatives: o NDC Partnership o NBSAP Accelerator Partnership o ENACT (Enhancing NbS for an Accelerated Climate Transformation) Partnership o PANORAMA Solutions - Gender, Diversity and Vulnerable Groups o Gender and the Biodiversity-Climate-Nexus o Gender and Climate Linkages o Gender and Biodiversity Linkages The general objective of the requested services is to support BioClime in the processing and implementation of specific tasks and consulting services for the BMUKN and partner countries Indonesia, Brazil, Mexico, and Thailand, within these thematic areas and to assume a service provider function. The contractor is responsible for providing the following work packages:

Work package 1: Advisory and technical knowledge services (contributes to Output I, II, III, IV & V)

Work package 2: Technical conceptualization and implementation of events, trainings and capacity development formats (contributes to Output III & IV)

Work package 3: Editorial Services and Communications (contributes to Output I, II, III, IV & V)