This Policy Highlights is based on the OECD publication, Towards Sustainable Land Use: Aligning Biodiversity, Climate and Food Policies. Land use is central to many of the most pressing socio-economic and environmental issues facing society. This report examines on-going challenges for aligning land-use policy with climate, biodiversity and food objectives, and the opportunities to enhance the sustainability of land‑use systems. It examines six countries with relatively large agricultural and forestry sectors and associated greenhouse gas emissions, many of which also host globally important biodiversity. These countries are Brazil, France, Indonesia, Ireland, Mexico and New Zealand. Drawing on these countries’ relevant national strategies and plans, institutional co-ordination, and policy instruments, the report provides good practice insights on how to better align land use decision-making processes and to achieve stronger coherence between land use, climate, biodiversity and food objectives.
