Scaling nature-based solutions for climate resilience and nature restoration: EEA Briefing

Resource type: 
Policy
Research
EU project stamp: 
No
Main entity: 
European Environment Agency (EEA)
Type of entity: 
Research centre/University
Funding: 
EU
Key themes: 
Climate change
Climate change adaptation
Climate change mitigation
Economic and social development
Finance
Governance
Policy
Protected Areas
Resilience
Restoration
Social impact
Societal challenges: 
Biodiversity Enhancement
Climate Resilience
New Economic Opportunities & Green Jobs and Participatory Planning and Governance
Scope: 
Europe
Description: 

This new EEA briefing found that there is currently limited experience across Europe in scaling up nature-based solutions. It adds that a lack of standards for assessment and monitoring is a major challenge for replicating projects and applying them at a wider scale.

Accelerating and scaling up such projects will be crucial to achieve EU policy targets on climate change adaptation and building overall resilience to better withstand the impacts of extreme weather events like heatwaves, flooding and wildfires. Nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction also contribute to the EU nature restoration agenda to better protect and bring back biodiversity. Applied at scale, they can contribute to and enhance different climate and environmental objectives in both urban and rural areas. 

The briefing summarises two reports done by the EEA’s European Topic Centre on Climate Change Adaptation, which focused on application of nature-based solutions and upscaling potential. 

Date: 
2023
Language: 
EN
NBS Type: 
All