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Conexus Life-Lab factsheet series - Nature-based Solutions to restore urban hydro-social systems
The Bogotá Life-Lab focuses on restoration actions and capacity-building activities to support peri-urban communities. These activities aim to protect forest and wetland ecosystems, while strengthening communities in border territories, and social acceptance of NbS. Community participation and co-
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Conexus Life-Lab factsheet series -Fast Forests for Lisbon: Nature, Community, Connections
The pilot Renatura started in late 2021. Its main goal is to bring back biodiversity to urban spaces, while enhancing social inclusion. Fostering a unique private/public sector partnership, the NGO Urbem and the Lisbon City Council convert abandoned public land into Miyawaki-based Fast Forests.
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Stakeholder mapping report in each of the Cultivating Cities
Over the next years, diverse actions are planned in GoGreenRoutes to broaden the understanding and concept of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) and to develop new approaches for city (re)design which actively promote the health of urban dwellers in particular. As part of Work Package 3 (WP3) "
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Climate crisis, cities, and health
More than ever, the climate crisis is becoming a health crisis. An estimated 5 million people globally die each year because of suboptimal temperatures,1 with a large proportion of heat-related mortality (37%) attributable to human-induced climate change.2 Cities have an important role in climate
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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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Biodiversity Quality Calculator - Measuring Impacts on Biodiversity
The Biodiversity Quality Calculator is an online tool currently in development. It aims to provide comprehensive and robust biodiversity indices, including biomass, species rarity and population evenness. We are currently developing an online tool which allows data to be uploaded to the platform,
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Report knowledge base/action framework Low carbon | High air quality NbS potentials
As the acronym already indicates, JUSTNature introduces the normative notion of justice. An initial analysis of the scope of nature-based solutions and the role of justice suggests that issues of social and environmental justice are only considered peripherally, and that so far no dedicated
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Guidelines for Climate Impact and Vulnerability Assessments Recommendations of the Interministerial Working Group on Adaptation to Climate Change of the German Federal Government
These guidelines of the Interministerial Working Group on Adaptation to Climate Change of the German Federal Government (IMA Adaptation) provide methodological recommendations for the execution of climate impact and vulnerability assessments at regional and national level. They are intended to
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Conexus Life-Lab factsheet series - Green and biodiverse schoolyards through community participation
The Breathe/Respirar Program (BRP) is a research and action project in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in schoolyards and their impact on the general well-being and learning process of children. To reach its objectives, the program builds on the collaboration between
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Why is nature restoration critical for climate mitigation in the EU?
It will be impossible for the EU to meet its climate neutrality goal by 2050 and the LULUCF land sink target without a significant scaling up of nature restoration. Nature restoration is central to our efforts to mitigate climate change as it reduces and avoids emissions from land, enhances the
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Overview of policy instruments enabling restorative nature-based solutions with business case examples (D3.6)
Small and medium sized cities in Europe and Latin America share a common challenge in implementing nature-based solutions (NBS). Most land is in private hands. In addition smaller cities are not early adopters of NBS and may be too small to grow a market for private providers of NBS. This begs the
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Nat4Wat
Nat4Wat is a free, web-based tool designed to help users select the best nature-based solutions for wastewater treatment and stormwater management. It works by guiding users through a step-by-step process, where they enter information about their water needs and site conditions. The tool then
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International principles and standards for the practice of ecological restoration
This summary provides an abbreviated outline and introduction to the full SER International Principles and Standards for the Practice of Ecological Restoration, Second Edition to: better understand how the principles and standards relate to each other; apply these concepts at all stages of a
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CITIES TALK NATURE Webinars
CITIES TALK NATURE is a community of practice dedicated to restoring degraded ecosystems in municipalities in Latin America, Europe and other parts of the world. It explores the multiple advantages of restorative nature-based solutions and fosters exchange between cities. As part of the events, a
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Co-Creation and Awareness Workshops for the Region of Murcia: "Reflecting on the implementation of nature-based solutions in schoolyards in the municipality of Puerto Lumbreras"
The Directorate-General of Housing and Architecture of Murcia participates in the GO GREEN ROUTES European project which consists of a multidisciplinary consortium of 40 partners. In this project, nature-based solutions (hereinafter NBS) are implemented in urban spaces in six laboratory cities, the
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Why is Nature Restoration Critical for the Resilience of European Cities?
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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EmissionFactors.com
EmissionFactors.com taps into the most powerful environmental database in the world, powered by Ecometrica. Over the years, we've spent thousands of hours searching for and cataloguing emission and conversion factors and still do it on a regular basis. The accuracy of our data is very
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Governance innovation through nature-based solutions - Policy Brief December 2019
Understanding the factors that characterized successful nature-based solution governance models is essential for advancing policy instruments and institutional reform that can better enable the implementation and up-scaling of these solutions. Researchers at IIASA and the University of Geneva
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Launch of the TeAM Hub - the Hungarian NetworkNature Hub for Nature-based solutions
This report provides a summary of the main outcomes of the launch event of TeAM Hub, the Hungarian NetworkNature Hub for nature-based solutions. The event gathered primarily local authorities reflecting their crucial role in promoting the widespread uptake of nature-based solutions as catalysts for
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