Resource type:
Research
EU project stamp:
No
Link to knowledge resource
Main entity:
University of St Andrews
Societal challenges:
Climate Resilience
Scope:
Europe
Focus:
United Kingdom
Description:
The authors explore nature based solutions for climate change, people and biodiversity, in a briefing paper for the COP26 universities network. 1- Nature-based solutions (NbS) are solutions to societal challenges that involve working with nature to deliver benefits for both people and biodiversity. 2. Investments in NbS should meet high-level guidelines. 3. The UK should implement NbS in a wide range of semi-natural ecosystems. 4. Scaling up restoration and protection of key ecosystems. 5. There is a need to develop robust metrics. 6. On land, commercial forestry using non-native species is necessary. 7. Well-designed new financing mechanisms.
Date:
2021
Language:
EN