Marketplace
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Multi-criteria Decision Analysis Factsheet
MCDA is an "umbrella term to describe a collection of formal approaches which seek to take explicit account of multiple criteria in helping individuals or groups explore decisions that matter" (Belton and Stewart, 2002, p. 2). The basic idea of MCDA methods is to evaluate the performance
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Urban resilience and sustainability - URBES Factsheet #5
This factsheet explains the importance of understanding the relationship between people and nature in urban planning and decision making in order to achieve urban resilience and sustainability.
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UrbanByNature: a capacity-building and knowledge-sharing programme for nature-based solutions
UrbanByNature is a facilitated capacity-building programme promoting exchange among cities, researchers, SMEs and NGOs to build bridges with the Nature-Based Solutions communities across Europe, Asia, Latin America, and other interested regions. The programme is powered by ICLEI - Local Governments
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The United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration Strategy
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development seeks to end poverty, conserve biodiversity, combat climate change and improve livelihoods for everyone, everywhere. These objectives, encapsulated in 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are unlikely to be met unless ecosystem degradation is stopped
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D5.1: Report on comparative analysis of economic valuation models
Findings are presented from an investigation of nature-based solutions (NBS) research and case studies examining how projects address ‘co-benefits’, and particularly, their coverage of economic impacts.
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Towards sustainable food systems in the Mediterranean : the role of metropolitan agriculture
A document to addresses urban and peri-urban agriculture from a critical, proposal-oriented perspective. This report addresses urban and peri-urban agriculture from a critical, proposal-oriented perspective and with a special focus on Mediterranean metropolitan areas. Building from existing
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Taking real steps in virtual nature: a randomized blinded trial
Studies show that green exercise (i.e., physical activity in the presence of nature) can provide benefits of both physical exercise and nature exposure. The present study aimed to investigate the extent to which virtual green exercise may extend these benefits to people that are unable to engage in
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Peer-reviewed paper: Harnessing the potential of nature-based solutions for mitigating and adapting to climate change
Abstract: Although many governments, financial institutions, and corporations are embracing nature-based solutions as part of their sustainability and net-zero carbon strategies, some nations, Indigenous peoples, local community groups, and grassroots organizations have rejected this term. This
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A Framework for Measuring and Reporting of Climate-related Physical Risks to Built Assets
In August 2021, UKGBC launched the Measuring and Reporting Climate-related Physical Risks task group in response to the upcoming mandatory disclosure of climate-related risks. For large organisations and financial institutions within the UK, this comes into force from April 2022 in line with the
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Report: Nature-based Solutions and Global Climate Protection
This Report published by the German Environment Agency critically assess the global mitigation potential of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) as provided in existing literature to derive recommendations for international climate policy. Firstly, it compares and evaluates different understanding of NbS
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Natural Capital Protocol Toolkit
The Natural Capital Protocol Toolkit is an interactive database that helps businesses find the right tools to measure and value their impacts and dependencies on natural capital as they use the Natural Capital Protocol. By tools, we mean any resource, methodology or approach that is relevant to
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Not Simply Green: Nature-Based Solutions as a Concept and Practical Approach for Sustainability Studies and Planning Agendas in Cities
The concept of a nature-based solution (NbS) has been developed in order to operationalize an ecosystem services approach within spatial planning policies and practices, to fully integrate the ecological dimension, and, at the same time, to address current societal challenges in cities. It exceeds
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Seedbed Intervention: Limerick
In one of our Cultivating Cities, in Limerick, the Seedbed Intervention took place on the Castletroy greenway, which is the target area for the GoGreenRoutes project as it provides connectivity between Castletroy College secondary school (students 12-18 years of age) and Castletroy Gaelscoil (
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Nature-based solutions Business information package
Whether you are just starting out in this field or are a professional already, or simply want to learn more, this document has useful information for everyone. The package starts with introducing the concepts of nature-based solutions and enterprises. We then present examples of nature-based
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Participatory Network Analysis and Planning
CoKnow Consulting is offering facilitation and training to build capacity for inter- and transdisciplinary processes, by supporting you and your stakeholders to co-produce knowledge and co-design solutions for sustainability. One tool which has proven to be particularly helpful is the Net-Map tool
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ESManage Project: Irish Freshwater Resources and Assessment of Ecosystem Services Provision
This thrid report from the ESManage Project gathers an extensive description of the current conditions of Ireland's Freshwater Resources and the identification of their associated Ecosystem Services.
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Urban GreenUp info-pack: New strategy for Renaturing Cities through Nature Based Solutions
This guide presents an integrated methodology for the development of Renaturing Urban Plans (RUP). The goal is to help cities worldwide to increase environmental sustainability and to address climate, social and economic challenges via the local implementation of Nature-based solutions (NBSs).
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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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Strategy Dashboard
Discussion tool to facilitate constructive discussion within expert groups.
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Visionary and integrated solutions to improve well-being and health in cities: Clustering Activities - Joint Manifesto
Report The following is a joint manifesto from four sister projects which calls on European cities to launch initiatives that offer visionary and integrated solutions at the intersection of social, cultural, digital and nature-based solutions (NBS) to increase the health and well-being of
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