Do we have the tools to assess Nature Based Solutions for climate change mitigation?

Resource type: 
Policy
EU project stamp: 
No
Main entity: 
OPERAs
Type of entity: 
Project
Funding: 
EU
Key themes: 
Climate change mitigation
Societal challenges: 
Climate Resilience
Scope: 
Europe
Description: 

Nature-based solutions provide a way to ensure that current and future human demand for natural resources can be fulfilled also under changing climate. The OPERAs project offers a number of examples for tools and methods supporting the development and implementation of nature-based solutions for effective climate mitigation.
Tools and methods are needed that realistically assess the effectiveness of nature-based climate change mitigation measures e.g. in terms of their impact on climate, trade-offs with other ecosystem services, cost-efficiency and challenges upon implementation.

Date: 
2016
Language: 
EN