Nature-based solutions (NBS) are increasingly recognized as essential for addressing climate and disaster risks, while also delivering multiple benefits for livelihoods, biodiversity, and sustainable development. Yet, despite growing interest and investment, NBS implementation at scale is often constrained by policy gaps, fragmented sector frameworks, and weak translation from national policy to local action.
Co-hosted by the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), this event convenes policymakers, development partners, and practitioners for a strategic discussion on policies to enable NBS upscaling for climate resilience and risk reduction. The event will launch GFDRR's new publication, Unlocking Nature for Disaster Resilience, which provides practical guidance on how policies can enable, incentivize, and, where appropriate, require NBS across key sectors and different levels of governance. The event will also feature best practice examples from country case studies to showcase policy approaches that enable NBS in practice and the challenges encountered from policy design to implementation.
The session will conclude with a panel discussion with representatives from the World Bank, OECD, and partner countries to explore how policy ambition can be effectively translated into on-the-ground action to scale up NBS.
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