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467 20.6.2.2 Greater Integration recommendations  of  Biodiversity, Health and  Climate Change  Issues 15. Highlighting the mutual, multiple co-benefits: Improving health and well-being and reducing harm and social inequalities are key policy priorities of govern- ments at all levels of governance. As such, communications with decision- makers should focus on human health and well-being as a central benefit of nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation. The co-benefits of nature- based solutions for climate change adaptation are nature conservation and enhancement of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Importantly, framing and justifying the need to protect natural environments by highlighting the enor- mous impact on the health of the human population, as well as delivering addi- tional co-benefits, is more likely to be persuasive to decision-makers than a rationale based solely on conservation. 16. Building capacity: Network activities aimed at stimulating dialogue, commu- nity building and several other forms of transdisciplinary interaction between experts and stakeholders should be encouraged, as they have been shown to be successful at helping to establish cooperative working for the enhancement of biodiversity, health promotion and climate change adaptation. 17. Providing structural support: An important condition for successful network- ing initiatives is the availability of structural resources including supporting infrastructure. Structural support  – such as financial support for cooperative networks with leadership and the support of network members and experts  – is essential for cross-sectoral and cross-disciplinary working. 18. Supporting international and national policy development: To successfully introduce biodiversity and health linkages at a strategic international level, it is important to consider biodiversity, health and climate change relationships in post-2020 CBD decision-making, the implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, and further development of the Health 2020 policy framework of the WHO European Region. Future national, regional and global ecosystem service assessments, for example the strategic framework of a roll- ing work programme of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) up to 2030 or future activities of the Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystem Services (MAES) programme, should give special attention to the health values of biodiversity and to tackling the interlinked challenges and fostering action. 19. Adopting a One Health approach to integrate biodiversity and health issues: One Health is an integrative approach, advocated by the WHO and the CBD, to address biodiversity and human health by investigating the interconnection between humans, animals, plants, agriculture, wildlife and the environment in general. The One Health approach aims to design and implement programmes, policies, legislation and research in which multiple sectors communicate and work together to achieve better public health outcomes. Policy approaches need to adopt a One Health approach, to facilitate the interlinkages of biodiversity and health in the face of climate change. 20 Biodiversity and  Health in  the  Face of  Climate Change: Perspectives for  Science…