UN Biodiversity Lab 2.0 (UNBL). UNBL is a powerful open-access platform that enables users to calculate dynamic metrics and map hundreds of data layers displaying ecosystems, protected areas, carbon, and ecosystem services. UNBL provides users with the tools to use national spatial data alongside global datasets to create baselines, plan interventions, and monitor change over time. It is an example of what the Coalition for Digital Environmental Sustainability (CODES) aims to deliver at scale, and is a core offering of UNEP’s World Environment Situation Room. Tools such as UNBL offer a powerful way to calculate biodiversity baselines and monitor the impact of interventions as they work to implement the post-2020 global biodiversity framework.

SPACES Side Event at COP15

The power of maps to inform action for nature and development