Nature based solutions and the GEF - A STAP Advisory Document

Resource type: 
Policy
EU project stamp: 
No
Main entity: 
Global Environment Facility - GEF
Type of entity: 
Donor
Funding: 
GEF
Key themes: 
Finance
Societal challenges: 
All
Scope: 
Global
Description: 

This paper identifies research and practitioner needs that will advance the field of NbS going forward, and suggests a brief checklist that GEF could employ to improve consideration of NbS in projects over the short term. These conclusions are based on:

  • a review of some of the recent literature on NbS;
  • an analysis of 30 GEF NbS projects; similar analyses by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation of their NbS projects; and
  • a virtual workshop4 of 40 experts from philanthropy, academia, NGOs, GEF Secretariat and agencies, and STAP, held in conjunction with WCS and the Moore Foundation.
Semester theme: 
3. Standards
Date: 
2020
Language: 
EN