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Biodiversity and nature-based solutions

11 August 2020

Biodiversity-driven nature-based solutions embrace nature protection and sustainable management measures, but go beyond these to deliver multiple benefits alongside contributions to species and habitat protection.

A new European Commission report ‘Biodiversity and nature-based solutions...

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Nature-based solutions towards sustainable communities

6 August 2020

A new European Commission report ‘ Nature-based solutions towards sustainable communities ’ examines the contribution of nature-based solutions to transformative action for sustainable communities. The report examines how such initiatives enable participation and inclusion in the design and...

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Nature-based solutions for climate mitigation

30 July 2020

A new European Commission report, ‘ Nature-based solutions for climate mitigation ’ explores how nature-based solutions can contribute to climate mitigation through storing and sequestering carbon, and through reducing energy demand.

The potential for storing and sequestering carbon is...

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IUCN Global Standard for nature-based solutions

24 July 2020

Article originally published at IUCN

IUCN has unveiled a Global Standard providing the first-ever set of benchmarks for nature-based solutions to global challenges. The new IUCN Global Standard will help governments, business and civil society ensure the effectiveness of nature-based...

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Let's talk the same nature-based language - again!

22 July 2020

A guest blog from Joana Castellar , Quim Comas and Vicenç Acuña at ICRA

Second round of the nature-based solutions terminology survey! Let's talk in the same nature-based language!

Even if there are multiple research and implementation activities related to NbS, we do not have...

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Biodiversity and nature-based solutions: report on analysis of EU-funded projects

16 July 2020

Between November 2019 and May 2020, six independent experts undertook the analysis of EU-funded projects in the area of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in order to assess their impact and valorise their results. Their work highlights the added value and policy relevance of EU-funded NbS projects...

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Why knowledge is power: nature-based solutions for multi-dimensional health

19 June 2020

A guest blog from Tadhg MacIntyre at the University of Limerick

The year 2020 has brought into focus the concept of wicked problems-seemingly intractable challenges that are both complex and interconnected with other problems. COVID-19 has demonstrated in dramatic terms how human health...

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Talking the same nature-based language

11 June 2020

A guest blog from Joana Castellar , Quim Comas and Vicenç Acuña at ICRA

What about joining efforts for a common terminology in nature-based solutions? Let's talk in the same nature-based language!

Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) are nowadays much more than a research “hot topic”....

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European Commission adopts new Biodiversity Strategy

20 May 2020

The European Commission has adopted a comprehensive new Biodiversity Strategy to bring nature back into our lives.

The new Biodiversity Strategy tackles the key drivers of biodiversity loss, such as unsustainable use of land and sea, overexploitation of natural resources, pollution and...

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Commission launches online public consultation on new EU strategy on adaptation to climate change

14 May 2020

The European Commission invites all stakeholders and citizens to submit views on the EU’s new adaptation strategy in view of increasingly frequent and intense climate change impacts.

As part of the European Green Deal , the Commission aims to put forward a new Adaptation Strategy in...

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