SDG National Commitments Form: Submission #24

Title of commitment: Integrated and sustainable water and soil management for climate healing
Name of submitting Member State or Government: Slovakia
Please indicate whether your commitment is intended to address SDG Progress at a national, regional or global level: Global
Please outline briefly the commitment(s) made in the areas outlined above :
Slovakia is actively contributing to international dialogues on water and soil and especially on their potential for addressing the climate crisis. We developed an innovative concept for land protection which aims to improve the status and quality of water and soil with a far-reaching positive impact on the stability of climate and of the water cycle, on biodiversity, carbon neutrality and disaster risk reduction. At the core of this solution, Slovakia is developing a comprehensive system for the assessment and funding of the ecosystem and climate services of soil. The implementation tools of this system comprise the "Carbon and Water Bank" certification system and the Climate Fund for Soil, which should ensure the financing of soil and landscape ecosystem services. In parallel, we are developing a unified soil information and monitoring system.

This national commitment draws on two commitments presented by Slovakia at the UN Water Conference in March 2023:
Carbon and Water Bank Certificatoin System - https://sdgs.un.org/partnerships/carbon-and-water-bank-certification-system 
White paper: Water for Climate Healing - A New Water Paradigm - https://sdgs.un.org/partnerships/white-paper-water-climate-healing-new-water-paradigm 


Does the commitment include a new national benchmark for reducing poverty and inequality by 2027? If yes, please indicate the benchmark below: :
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Please explain how national planning and institutional frameworks will be strengthened to support progress of the commitment: :
The NEXUS approach applied supports interdepartmental cooperation, as the water cycle and its flow is relevant to a number of public departments, policies and authorities (water, soil, climate, agriculture, forestry, disaster risk reduction, biodiversity, rural and urban development). The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Slovak Republic is the coordination body and certification authority for the Carbon and Water Bank certification system. The Ministry is the leader in building the NEXUS (integrated, holistic) approach  of water and soil public policies. The Ministry supports international dialogue and co-operation on the NEXUS approach of water, soil, energy, climate, food and biodiversity.

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If you have any further information to share please upload the information here, or provide a link to applicable site or document below: http://sdgs.un.org/system/files/webform/sdg_national_commitments_form/21909/nwp_water_for_climate_healing_white_paper_web_2023_final.pdf
Additional Information: Soil: The carbon and water bank of landscape - https://www.mpsr.sk/en/download.php?fID=264  White Paper: Water for Climate Healing - https://www.mpsr.sk/en/download.php?fID=263 
Please provide the full name, title and email address of contact person::
Terezia Kramolišová
Foreign Coordination Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Rurual Development of the Slovak Republic
sekretariat060@land.gov.sk

Valéria Bankóová
2030 Agenda Section, Ministry of Investments, Regional Development and Informatization of the Slovak Republic
valeria.bankoova@mirri.gov.sk


Please provide the official email address of your country’s Permanent Mission in New York, for verification purposes.: un.newyork@mzv.sk
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