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
OPERAs D4.4 and 4.6: Report on new and enhanced Ecosystem Services Tools
The primary goal of the OPERAs project is to operationalise (i.e. put into practice) ecosystem services (ES) and natural capital (NC) concepts and incorporate them into policy and decision-making. This report focuses on the development of new tools, and the enhancement of existing ones, completed
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Flood -Turning Disaster to Market
Losing crops is very common with food and other things in a natural disaster. This age, we are all facing this; so why not use the disaster as option. I choose flood to turn it to option. Flood supports surface recharge with vegetation and many other factors. If we coordinate this with management
Commission on Ecosystem Management
Many of the world's ecosystems have undergone significant degradation with negative impacts on biological diversity and peoples' livelihoods. There is a growing realization that we will not be able to conserve the earth's biological diversity through the protection of critical areas
European Long-Term Ecosystem and Socio-Ecological Research Infrastructure (eLTER H2020)
The overall aim of the eLTER project is to advance the European network of Long-Term Ecosystem Research sites and socio-ecological research platforms to provide highest quality services for multiple use of a distributed research infrastructure.
What is PHUSICOS / ¿Qué es PHUSICOS?
Presentation of the PHUSICOS project / Presentación del proyecto PHUSICOS
Implementation of the NBS Framework in Fast Follower Cities
This Deliverable details the implementation of the Connecting Nature Framework in the Fast Follower Cities. Generally speaking, the cities have highlighted that the Connecting Nature Framework report and the narrative are useful tools for internal use, as a mechanism to share information on nature-
Nature4Cities - Geocluster4NBS
Discover inspiring projects and choose your NBS with the Nature4Cities project observatory and pre-selection tool Are you a policy-maker, or work as an engineer, and would like to obtain an overview of the potential of NBS for a more sustainable and liveable city? With Nature4Cities
Addressing Climate Change in Cities – Policy Instruments to Promote Urban Nature-based Solutions
This guidance document responds to exisiting gaps and highlights a range of policy and supporting instruments relevant for NBS design, implementation and maintenance. Policy instruments include regulations, strategies, programmes, action plans and financial incentives. The guidance aims to support
Eco-what?! The need for clarity and consistency in communication using ecosystem terminology.
Within the natural resource management sector multiple ‘ecosystem’ terms are presently in use. This briefing highlights key meanings underlying these terms, and suggests that better recognition of these concepts, together with consistency in use of terminology, will benefit both communication and
Green4C Hackathons
In a world that is increasingly urbanized and threatened by the climate crisis, people are more stressed and disconnected from nature. According to the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030, “we need nature in our lives” to improve our psycho-physical health and that of the Planet. Indeed, there is a
The Ecoregions of Italy
In Italy, ecoregion classification, based on detailed scientific data, represents a framework that is used to effectively address national strategies for sustainability and harmonise landscape planning according to European policies (Habitats Directive; European Landscape Convention; Pan-European
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Partnership Declaration on Collaborative Climate Action
A significant result of ICCA2019 is the Partnership Declaration on Collaborative Climate Action across all levels of government. In the declaration, states, cities, municipalities, federal states, regions and networks commit to more collaboration, communication and support in the implementation of
Planning for a healthy environment - good practice guidance for green infrastructure and biodiversity
This guidance is designed to offer advice to planning practitioners on how green infrastructure and biodiversity can be enhanced and protected through the planning system. It summarises the latest policy drivers and distils the best of our current policy responses. It also sets out practical
Sprawl Monitor
Toolkit for monitoring urban sprawl and evaluating threats to sustainability.
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
UNCCD Urban-rural linkages and ecosystem restoration
This working paper from the UN proposes an urban-rural linkage perspective in relation to land and ecosystem restoration at a time of heightened urgency on multiple fronts at local, national and international levels. The combined impacts of climate change, biodiversity loss land degradation, and
Planning and delivering Nature-based Solutions in Mediterranean cities
This report, published by the IUCN Center for Mediterranean Cooperation, shows the results of an initial assessment of a number of selected projects in Mediterranean cities against the IUCN Global Standard. The projects have been chosen to uniformly represent the climatic peculiarities and
Urban Nature Explorer
As a web-based interactive platform, the Urban Nature Explorer aims to support the development and the visualisation of alternative nature-based solution scenarios and assess their costs, benefits, and impacts on selected urban sustainability challenges (e.g. climate change, stormwater management
Business Ecosystems Training
Business Ecosystems Training (BET) course is a freely-available capacity building program to increase the knowledge and understanding of the links between ecosystems and business. The objective of BET course is to equip companies with the skills they need to better manage their impacts and
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