Local action, national impact: Advancing climate goals through nature and governance

This session dove into the work of ICLEI Africa through the UNA and INTERACT-Bio projects, highlighting how multistakeholder dialogues and vertical integration strengthened national climate action. It featured the Freetown dialogue, which connected Local Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans with Sierra Leone’s National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. It also highlighted collaborative efforts in Tanzania with the President’s Office. Together, these examples demonstrated how local leadership, biodiversity, and nature-based solutions drove impactful and coordinated climate responses.