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Can ‘nature-based solutions’ help address climate change?

These so-called “nature-based solutions” are key to many countries’ and companies’ plans to achieve net-zero in the coming decades. Nature-based solutions also featured more prominently than before at the UN’s COP26 climate summit in Glasgow last month. The term briefly made an appearance in a

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GIB SmartScan

Increase your infrastructure project’s attractiveness to investors in only a few steps. The GIB SmartScan allows you to assess your infrastructure projects based on its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues and helps to efficiently flag risks and opportunities for improvements of your

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Naturaleza Transformativa

Naturaleza Transformativa: soluciones para la biodiversidad y las personas en Latinoamérica y el Caribe, emerge como una plataforma digital de conocimiento e innovación para la comunidad científica y de práctica en la región. Está diseñada como un repositorio dinámico de información y experiencias

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Activity Report 2019: Spanish network of cities for climate

This Activity Report sets out the actions carried out by the Spanish Network of Cities for Climate during 2019 and the first quarter of 2020, according to the work plan set out in the Resolution on the grant under article 22.2.C) of the General Subsidies Law between the Ministry for

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Guiding Principles for Co-learning - Framework

This practical framework introduces five principles for co-learning within international transdisciplinary (TD) research for sustainable development in cities: (i) Mutual learning (ii) Context-based learning (local knowledge) (iii) Citizen involvement/ownership (iv) Gender equality (v)

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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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Conexus key learning factsheet series - Nature-based Solutions in Latin American and European countries: Trends and perspectives

The conceptual development and practical implementation of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) has rapidly advanced in the European Union (EU) and Latin American (CELAC) cities. A 2000-2020 literature review on NbS and related concepts shows advances, gaps, and insights, generating a valuable reference on

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UNEP’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance Initiative (2021): Insuring the climate transition: The final report of UN PSI’s TCFD pilot project

The insurance industry is one of the largest global industries with more than USD 6 trillion in world premium volume and USD 36 trillion in assets under management. As such, insurers hold a significant portion of global economic assets and liabilities on their balance sheets. As risk managers,

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Seedbed Intervention:Burgas

Burgas organised its seedbed intervention in close proximity to one of the two pilot areas. The green area between “Gurko“ parking lot and Oborishte street is the pilot site for the GoGreenRoutes project in Burgas. It is located in an area of the city centre which is heavily built with large and

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ZÖLD-KÉK INFRASTRUKTÚRA: Zöld-Kék Infrastruktúra (ZKI) tervezői workshop előadás anyagai (2023.06.06.)

2023.06.06-án került megrendezésre a Miniszterelnökség szervezésében a Zöld-kék Infrastruktúra (ZKI) workshop tervezők részére, melyen az alábbi előadások hangzottak el: - Beavatkozás típusok ismertetése, ősszel várható ZKI és klíma tárgyú felhívások, igényként kiemelve a természet-alapú (NbS) és

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Vigil'encre: Participatory science tool for epidemiological surveillance of chestnut ink

An app to diagnoze and report suspected cases with precise information and geolocation data for epidemiological surveillance of Phytophthora, helping in understanding disease distribution and its interactions with drought

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Resource List: Criteria and Requirements for High-Quality Nature-based Solutions

This review includes a list of selected resources that discuss the criteria and the requirements of high-quality nature-based solutions (NbS). The list consists of resources that offer a comprehensive approach to NbS quality considerations and documents that focus on specific aspects of NbS quality

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PONDERFUL INFORMATION SYSTEM

The Information Platform of the PONDERFUL and the AQUACROSS projects seeks to advance the implementation of Nature-based solutions using aquatic ecosystems for the delivery of ecosystem services, biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation and adaptation.

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A Horizont 2020 kutatási projektjei TAM projektjei

A természetalapú megoldásokat (TAM) a természet inspirálja és támogatja. Ezek a megoldások költséghatékonyak, egyszerre nyújtanak környezeti, társadalmi és gazdasági előnyöket, és segítik a külső hatásokhoz való sikeres alkalmazkodás. A természetalapú megoldások a helyi adottságokhoz illeszkedő,

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State of the art, good practices and NBS typology

This report presents a series of developments, trends and case studies that exemplify the growing importance that Nature-Based Solutions (NBS), as well as other closely related concepts, are having in thinking and practice around reconciling urban planning, human well- being and sustainability,

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Forêt de Capet case study

Presentación del estudio de caso PHUSICOS : Forêt de Capet / Présentation de l'étude de cas PHUSICOS : Forêt de Capet

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EU - China collaborations in the GrowGreen project

This report examines the scope for future EU China collaboration on Nature Based Solutions (NbS). In the original call for “demonstrating innovative nature based solutions in cities” (H2020-SCC-2016-2017) the call made reference to the EU-China Sustainable Urbanisation Partnership and the EU-China

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Innovation in NbS Co-Desing and Implementation

Article published in Sustainability. From the published abstract: Impacts in the form of innovation and commercialization are essential components of publicly funded research projects. PHUSCOS ("According to Nature" in Greek), an EU Horizon 2020 Program (H2020) Innovation Action project

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Guidelines for co-creation and co-governance of nature-based solutions

This report analyses co-creation and co-governance approaches for Nature Based Solutions (NbS). Each project represents different ways in co-designing, co-developing, co-implementing and co-monitoring NbS that are being deployed in diverse European contexts. The analysis presents best practices

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Guidance for monitoring pollinators in urban habitats

This guidance aims to bring tools and knowledge for cities to use pollinators as indicators of their urban greening and carry out pollinator monitoring. It builds on the EU Commission guidance for pollinator-friendly cities, and explores options for pollinator monitoring in more depth. It features

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