This resource offers technical guidance to governments and their counterparts on integrating land tenure into Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and their implementation.

Key messages:

Land tenure drives effective and efficient climate action. Integrating secure, gender-equitable, and inclusive land tenure into the NDCs and their implementation provides a cost-effective strategy that boosts climate mitigation and adaptation, mitigates risks like conflict and displacement, and advances social, economic, and environmental benefits.

Land tenure offers an opportunity to strengthen NDCs and their implementation. Given that countries rely on land-based actions to meet their climate goals, strengthening gender-equitable and inclusive land tenure acts as a force multiplier and presents a crucial opportunity to advance climate action.

Land tenure integration is possible and guidance is available. This resource outlines a suggested process, helpful resources, and template language to consider for revising and implementing NDCs, thereby providing a pathway for leveraging the power of land tenure to advance human security and climate change solutions such as sustainable land-based investments, nature-based solutions, and renewable energy.