At an official side event at the Sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16), the ENACT Partnership launched its 2024 Nature-based Solutions Discussion Paper. The Paper highlights the most recent scientific evidence on the effectiveness of NbS actions and recommends clear, action-linked policy proposals to support NbS through and across the Rio Conventions. Building on the paper’s key policy and action proposals, this document contains Core Principle and Strategic Actions crafted toward the UNCCD and COP16 negotiations.