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Nature-based Solutions (NbS) work with nature to benefit both natural ecosystems and the people that depend on them. By putting nature at the centre, NbS address a range of societal challenges: protecting, sustainably managing or restoring natural or modified ecosystems and supporting their health, function and biodiversity.

The research collated in this brief confirms that NbS deliver simultaneously multiple benefits and shows the wide-ranging beneficial impacts of scaling up their implementation across Europe.

The brief provides examples of Nature-based Solutions in practice (chapter 3), assesses how to evaluate NbS (chapter 4), analyses social and economic opportunities through implementing NbS (chapter 5), as well as mechanisms of financing NbS (chapter 6).

NbS can be applied to a range of environmental and societal challenges with multiple benefits, and co-benefits. Climate related challenges and health related challenges are specifically discussed at section 4.5.

Reference information

Websites:
https://knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu/publication/future-brief-solution-nature_en
Contributor:
European Commission

Published in Climate-ADAPT: Feb 7, 2022

Date of publication:

2021

Keywords:
ecosystem restoration, natural ecosystems, nature-based solutions, sustainable development
Climate impacts:

Non specific

Adaptation Approaches:

Adaptation Measures and Actions, Nature-based solutions

Sectors:

Disaster Risk Reduction, Health

Geographic characterisation:

Europe

Health impact:

Climate-sensitive diseases, Droughts and floods, Heat, Air pollution and aero-allergens

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