Invest4Nature Living Labs

Invest4Nature is a research and innovation project with two main focus areas:

• Gain a better understanding of the economic and financial performance of nature-based solutions (research); and
• Develop tools to promote investments in nature-based solutions (innovation).

To achieve this, Invest4Nature is building on already-existing cases where nature-based solutions are implemented. We call these cases the Invest4Nature Living Labs.

What is a Living Lab?

The NbS cases in the Living Labs already exist as they have been developed in other projects. They cover a broad range of nature-based solutions, involved stakeholders, local challenges and landscapes: from kelp forests in Norway’s fjords to green corridors in Portugal’s cities. 

The Living Labs play many important roles in the project. To create a better understanding of the performance and benefits of nature-based solutions, the Living Labs provide real life data and evidence from real cases of NbS implementation. To understand the overall needs of important stakeholders such as companies that work with nature-based solutions and investors on a larger scale, the Living Labs will share their local experiences. The Living Labs act as testbeds to find out if the tools developed in Invest4Nature to promote investments in nature-based solutions work.