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AlpES - Alpine Ecosystem Services
The AlpES project's overall objective is to introduce ecosystem services as a regional/transnational environmental governance framework and train and support the AlpES target groups in understanding, valuing and managing them.
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ES Public Consultation Methods
Abstract The concept of Ecosystem Services (ES) is relatively new to environmental policy. ES provided by the natural environment are recognised as an important contributor, directly and indirectly, to human well-being. These include the ecosystem’s provision of natural commodities (e.g. ag-
LEVERGING PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENTS IN ADAPTATION: The evolving role of climate finance in enabling a paradigm shift
In order to draw cross-national lessons on how climate finance can be used to unlock private sector investments in adaptation, we analyzed global climate finance flows and the project portfolios and the evolution of three multilateral climate funds (MCFs) between 2010 and 2020: the Pilot Program
NbS Framework Reports for Fast Follower Cities
This Deliverable presents a cross-city analysis of how the cities have adapted and applied the Connecting Nature Framework for the large-scale implementation of nature-based solutions. Specifically, we identify the diverse types of innovations materializing in the cities to overcome barriers and
Overview of policy instruments enabling restorative nature-based solutions with business case examples (D3.6)
Small and medium sized cities in Europe and Latin America share a common challenge in implementing nature-based solutions (NBS). Most land is in private hands. In addition smaller cities are not early adopters of NBS and may be too small to grow a market for private providers of NBS. This begs the
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GO SURF: decision support system for a participatory approach to forest management.
Decision Support Systems for Forestry (DSSF) are recognized as vital tools for implementing sustainable forest management and providing multiple ecosystem services.
The SPIRAL synthesis report: A resource book on science-policy interfaces
This is a resource book on good practices to improve the effectiveness of existing science-policy interfaces or develop new ones. The resource book synthesises information gathered and research done throughout the SPIRAL project (‘Science-Policy Interfaces: Research, Action and Learning’). The
URBAN GreenUP Climate Change Challenge Catalogue
This report provides a useful tool for the standardisation of a method to identify and evaluate cities in respect of several societal city challenges. Such a tool will allow practitioners to be able to examine these challenges in a simple way with accurate information about how these challenges
ZÖLD-KÉK INFRASTRUKTÚRA: Tudástár az esőkertek témakörében
A közzétett tudásanyagokat a Zöld Küldetés Egyesület publikálta honlapján, amelyek célja a tudásmegosztás a körkörös városi vízgazdálkodás, kiemelten az esőkertek terén. A közzétett tudásanyagok az alábbiak: - Szakmai tanácskozás esőkertekről - videóanyag az esőkertek építésének alapelveiről
International Good Practice Principles for Sustainable Infrastructure
The International Good Practice Principles for Sustainable Infrastructure set out ten guiding principles that policymakers can follow to help integrate sustainability into infrastructure planning and delivery. They are focused on integrated approaches and systems-level interventions that
Engaging Citizens and Stakeholders with Key Themes and Messages
Explore key themes and messages through a selection of posters. The first set of posters highlights Protect, Restore and Thrive. The second set of posters highlights Working with Nature, Diversfying Options and Multiplying Benefits.
A buyer’s guide to soil carbon offsets
Voluntary carbon markets are ramping up efforts to credit soil carbon removal, with federal lawmakers and state regulators eager to follow suit. Most of the enthusiasm centers on agricultural practices like reducing tillage intensity, planting cover crops, and improving grazing management. These
Guiding Framework for Tailored Living Lab Establishment
Multi-stakeholder participation is an overarching issue of PHUSICOS and, as such, forms a foundation to foster innovation at all levels and at all case study sites. Workpackage 3 is dedicated to employ a Living Lab approach as key mechanism of local stakeholder involvement for the purpose of
NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS: HARNESSING THE POTENTIAL FOR AMBITIOUS POST-2020 BIODIVERSITY OUTCOMES
Nature-based solutions offer the transformative, whole-of-society approach needed to achieve the protection, restoration, and sustainable use of biodiversity. The post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework now has a unique opportunity to show the leadership required to ensure that nature-based
Pitching Green Infrastructure
Methodology for assessing urban green infrastructure and planning for ecosystem services.
Gaps and opportunities to sustainable urban development through nature-based solutions Policy Brief
The multifunctional character of nature-based solutions (NbS) enables them to provide responses to both social and environmental challenges. Analysis has shown that there is significant potential for NbS to help achieve sustainable urban development objectives. Nonetheless, challenges for
ISO 14091:2021 Adaptation to climate change — Guidelines on vulnerability, impacts and risk assessment
This document gives guidelines for assessing the risks related to the potential impacts of climate change. It describes how to understand vulnerability and how to develop and implement a sound risk assessment in the context of climate change. It can be used for assessing both present and future
Method Factsheet - Shadow Pricing
Shadow pricing is highly appropriate to elicit monetary values and anthropocentric instrumental values of nature's benefits. When society sets environmental targets on the provision of non-marketed ecosystem services it is an implicit valuation of the services. The shadow price is the marginal
Conexus key learning factsheet series - Supporting Nature-based Solutions via Nature-Based Thinking
In response to critiques of Nature-based Solutions (NbS), we propose a holistic and systemic approach: Nature-Based Thinking (NBT). NBT emphasizes the inspiration from nature to foster sustainable urban development and conceives nature to be intertwined with people. NBT will engage local actors,
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