The next 18 months offer a catalytic opportunity for countries to integrate agroecological principles in their national climate and biodiversity strategies, and for agroecology to secure its place in the global climate agenda.

By November 2025, when Brazil hosts the 30th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP 30) in Belém, member states must revise their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) – creating a set of ‘NDCs 3.0’ into which a growing number of actors support the embedding of agroecological principles. And by October this year, when Colombia hosts the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP 16) in Cali, countries are expected to update their National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs).

The pivotal role of National Agroecology Frameworks to help states grasp these opportunities and unlock investment and climate finance for agroecology was the topic of a panel discussion on 3rd June 2024 at the 2024 Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB60).