• Dataset
  • Document

Database of good practice tools for the design and implementation of NbS, including factsheets for 10 tools

Ten approaches will be showcased on the Innovation Hub as short factsheets, highlighting their scope of application and examples of their EU and/or CELAC application.

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  • Policy Brief

How Will Nature Restoration Help Fulfil EU Environmental Policy Objectives?

The EU Commission published its proposal for a new Nature Restoration Regulation in June 2022. In this context, IEEP and Ecologic Institute – as part of the Think Sustainable Europe network – published a series of thematic policy briefs to inform Members of the European Parliament and other

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  • Report

Standardization in urban climate adaptation

The RESIN project has developed standardised approaches to help cities develop their adaptation strategies and strengthen their resilience. Key products are:  A tool for impact and vulnerability analysis (IVAVIA1);  a decision support tool (E-Guide);  a library of adaptation options;

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  • Document

GGR poster - Supporting Sustainable Communities

Castletroy Nature Park poster

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Élőhely-rekonstrukciók lehetőségei és tapasztalatai, valamint jógyakorlat gyűjtemény Magyarország síkvidéki területeihez kapcsolódóan
  • Document
  • Guidance

BIODIVERZITÁS: Élőhely-rekonstrukciók lehetőségei és tapasztalatai, valamint jógyakorlat gyűjtemény Magyarország síkvidéki területeihez kapcsolódóan

Az EU természet-helyreállítási rendeletének életbe lépése miatt időszerű egy, az ökoszisztémák széles körét érintő élőhely-rekonstrukciókkal foglalkozó kiadvány, amely Magyarországra nézve hiánypótló műnek számít. Az élőhely-rekonstrukció segédlet a síkvidéki nyílt élőhelyekkel (gyepekkel, vizes

Hungarian

  • Video

Webinar: Ireland's Contribution to a Greener Future

The webinar "Ireland’s Contribution to a Greener Future", hosted by GoGreenRoutes on 16 March 2021, gathered Irish partners involved in EU H2020 and other funded research projects related to the environment, cities and health and well-being. The webinar opened with presentations from

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  • Web platform

PHUSICOS Action Database

The PHUSICOS Action Database is a product innovation which establishes a comprehensive state-of-research evidence-base and information management platform. Implemented NBSs related to extreme hydro-meteorological events in rural and mountainous landscapes are accessible though this open-source

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  • Document

GrowGreen Thematic Factsheets

The GrowGreen Partners made a collaborative effort for creating a list of factsheets, in order to summarise the results of the various projects. The factsheets are organised by thematic area, that are biodiversity, economic impacts, heat stress, social benefits, water runoff, and water quality.

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  • Guidance

Technical Guidance on Comprehensive Risk Assessment and Planning in the Context of Climate Change

The Technical Guidance on Comprehensive Risk Assessment and Planning in the Context of Climate Change provides orientation on how risks in the context of climate change can be comprehensively and systemically addressed through risk assessment. Decision-making, planning, and integrating

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  • Training
  • Video

INTERLACE MOOC on Nature-based Solutions: (5) URBAN DESIGN for resilient cities, using social and nature-based tools

Urban areas across the globe are facing unprecedented challenges—pollution, climate change, urban sprawl—and traditional solutions are falling short. The INTERLACE project’s Massive Open Online Course showcases how nature-based solutions offer a promising approach to help create resilient,

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  • Guidance

Bridging Worlds Crafting Future-Ready NbS Curricula for Global Sustainability and Justice

This report addresses the current competency and skill gaps among Nature-based Solutions (NbS) professionals, by proposing a set of impactful experiential and inclusive curricula approaches to higher education and professional training providers in Europe and Latin America. It proposes a NbS

English

  • Document

Decisional Support System to support the revision of forest management plans

OG FORTRACK utilized spatial methods to quantify carbon stock, biomass, and forest types, creating a Decision Support System that facilitates report generation and lowers costs for forest managers.

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  • Document

CONEXUS Policy Brief 3 - Increasing Community and Stakeholder Engagement in Lisbon’s Nature-Based Solutions

This Policy Brief examines Lisbon’s efforts to boost community engagement in implementing Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) to safeguard the health and well-being of residents and biodiversity. The Lisbon City Council is actively promoting community involvement and emphasising the significance of co-

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  • Document

Conexus key learning factsheet series - Formats for transferring NbS knowledge

In Latin American and European cities, various initiatives are being used for transferring knowledge to different audiences to raise awareness of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and improve their uptake and implementation. This factsheet highlights some of these initiatives and their experiences as

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  • Paper

A new evaluation framework for nature-based solutions (NbS) projects based on the application of performance questions and indicators approach

One of the key features of nature-based solutions (NBSs) is their high effectiveness and economic and resource efficiency in solving problems compared to traditional grey interventions. These aspects, however, have so far attracted little attention in the literature but should be considered, as the

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  • Document

Technology at the service of forest renewal - Mapping with drone and GPS to stake out the stand

Develop plantation management methods that meet the social and environmental expectations : a new mapping and staking method, based on the use of a drone and a centimetre-accurate GPS.

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  • Document

INTERLACE Transversal City Impulse Paper

This brief highlights nine key findings emerging from the INTERLACE project based on conducted research and the partner cities’ experiences as a basis for policy- and decision-makers, as well as administrative staff. The lessons learned around enhancing policy coherence in urban ecosystem

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 Nature-based solutions EU-funded nbs research projects tackle the climate and biodiversity crisis
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Nature-based solutions-EU-funded NbS research projects tackle the climate and biodiversity crisis

"Nature-based solutions (NbS) are inspired and supported by nature, they are cost-effective, simultaneously provide environmental, social and economic benefits and help build resilience; such solutions bring more, and more diverse, nature and natural features and processes into cities,

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  • Guidance

Guía para la Implementación de SbN en Quito

The application of NbS requires the involvement of a wide range of city agents: the policy makers, NGOs and residents They must be accompanied and involved along the way towards a greener city. We can not afford dispense with all existing local knowledge in our local communities. At the same time,

Spanish

  • Guidance

ZÖLD-KÉK INFRASTRUKTÚRA: Útmutató esőkertek építéséhez

"Az elmúlt években az éghajlati változások miatt olyan környezeti változásokkal kellett szembesülnünk, amelyek komoly negatív hatást gyakoroltak életünkre. Ezeknek a negatív hatásoknak az egyik oka a csapadék jellemzők megváltozása. Megoldást a szemléletváltás jelenthet, ami a csapadékvizek

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