Nature-based solutions resources
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Nature-Based Solutions and the Green Economy
Broadly speaking, nature-based solutions refer to “actions to protect, sustainably manage, and restore natural or modified ecosystems, that address societal challenges effectively and adaptively, simultaneously providing human well-being and biodiversity benefits.” There is significant and
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Valuing Inclusion and Diversity, Embracing Uncertainty: Ways Forward for Nature-based Solutions
There is a growing consensus that working with nature can help to address the pressing interlinked climate and biodiversity challenges, whilst ensuring and enhancing human well-being. Though being driven primarily by climate change mitigation and increasingly adaptation, Nature-based Solutions (NbS
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Delivering green infrastructure along linear assets. Scoping study-phase 1 (Executive Summary)
Delivering green infrastructure (GI) can provide multiple benefits that enhance the performance, efficiency and resilience of linear infrastructure assets and can reduce whole-life costs along transport, energy and water networks. C771 identifies good practice to support the integration of GI into
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The nature of Manchester. Local Action Project
In 2017, the City of Manchester become one of the 22 ‘Citylab’ study cities being undertaken across Europe as part of the European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC)-funded EnRoute Project. The EnRoute (enhancing the resilience of urban ecosystems through green infrastructure) Project forms a
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Blue Green Infrastructure. A Roadmap Towards a Blue Green Infrastructure Manual
Blue Green Infrastructure (BGI) has the potential to address global challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and water management. However, whilst valuable research on BGI is available, it often remains theoretical in nature which hinders its effective integration into decision support
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Seeing is Believing: West Gorton Community Park
A green space like no other. Seeing is Believing is an 'eco-tour' of West Gorton's brand new Community Park. This film is the face of a spotlight session in Greater Manchester Combined Authorities 'Green Summit' 2020, for it's role in combatting the effects of
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Public procurement of Nature-Based Solutions
Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) can be a powerful tool for cities dealing with the contemporary sustainability challenges including degradation of natural capital and ecosystem services, vulnerability to climate change and natural disasters, as well as corresponding health and wellbeing issues. NbS
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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
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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services A business case for re/insurance
Assessing biodiversity risks is complex as there is a massive underlying collection of risks. To help assess the risks and foster dialogue around biodiversity they have designed a Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (BES) Index. It shows that in 20% of all countries, ecosystems are in a fragile
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The BlueHealth Toolbox Guidance for urban planners and designers
The BlueHealth Toolbox is for planners, designers and other decision-makers responsible for blue spaces. The tools provide the means to make comparable assessments of urban blue spaces before and after any proposed changes. Such changes can include a wide range of interventions, from physical
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The Little Book of Investing in Nature: A simple guide to financing life on Earth
The Little Book of Investing in Nature aims to energise that dialogue by clearly laying out options for financing biodiversity conservation. While some measures to protect biodiversity may come at an economic cost, others are likely to generate strong returns, economic and otherwise. This book
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MAINSTREAMING NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS Economic Regeneration
This report specifically addresses the mainstreaming of urban nature-based solutions for economic regeneration. They understand economic regeneration to be about the improvement and reinvigoration of urban areas. Nature-based solutions have the potential to encourage economic regeneration through
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MAINSTREAMING NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS Climate Change
This report specifically addresses mainstreaming nature-based solutions for solving the climate crisis in cities. Nature-based solutions are increasingly integrated in urban development practices. They have the potential to effectively address the climate crisis. These ‘natural climate solutions’
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MAINSTREAMING NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS Biodiversity
This report specifically addresses the mainstreaming of nature-based solutions for biodiversity. Nature-based solutions are increasingly integrated in urban development practices. They have the potential to effectively address biodiversity challenges through conserving nature, restoring nature, and
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PATHWAYS FOR SYSTEMIC INTEGRATION OF NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS
This report identifies and elaborates the key stepping stones – pivotal actions – that can unlock the potential for mainstreaming urban nature-based solutions. Using the examples of climate change and biodiversity, they examine how stepping stones can be aligned to generate promising pathways for
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GREENING EUROPEAN CITIES: ACCELERATING THE UPTAKE OF URBAN NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the barriers and opportunities influencing the uptake of nature-based solutions (NbS) in urban regimes, as well as the underlying factors or conditions explaining these. They understand urban regimes as being shaped by institutional structures
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CITY FOR BIODIVERSITY: THE ROLES OF NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS IN EUROPEAN CITIES
This report summarises the first analysis of nature-based solutions (NbS) across European cities in terms of their contributions to biodiversity goals. Drawing on a sample of 199 nature-based solutions from the Urban Nature Atlas1 established by NATURVATION, which mainly involved three types of
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Exploring Experiences of Nature-Based Solutions through International Cities
Explore experiences of nature-based solutions through a selection of posters on Melbourne, Cape Town, Boston, Mexico City, Tianjin and Winnipeg.
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Monetary Value of European Nature-based Solutions
Cities and regional governments are making critical contributions to sustainability and climate change, and are key sites of achieving the aims of the Convention on Biodiversity and the Green New Deal. This study demonstrates the economic value of nature-based solutions throughout Europe, in order
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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.
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