Promoting Nature-based Solutions and Sustainable Infrastructure in the ECE region: Environmental and Health Co-benefits

This report highlights how nature-based solutions (NbS) can address interconnected environmental, health and infrastructure challenges in the ECE region by providing sustainable, multifunctional alternatives to traditional grey infrastructure. It brings together evidence, case studies and recommendations to support scaling NbS and integrating them into planning and investment decisions for more resilient and sustainable outcomes.

Main authors: Robyn Haggis (University of Oxford Centre for the Environment, and ECE consultant).

Contributors: Marco Martuzzi (ECE consultant), Luna Montozzi (Ministry for the Environment and Energy Security, Italy) and Giovanni Satta (University of Genoa).

Policy cycle stage: development, monitoring