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Warm thanks are due to many experts who gave freely of their time and expertise: Simone Borelli (FAO), Kobie Brand (ICLEI), Bryce Bray (UNEP), Russell Galt (IUCN), Jennifer Lenhart (WWF), Laszlo Pinter (CEU), Rob McDonald (TNC), Massimo Perrino (UCLG), Firdaous Oussidhoum (UCLG), Ingrid Coetzee (ICLEI), Eva Gurria (UNDP), and Val Kappos (UNEP-WCMC). Our warm thanks to Mario Boccucci, Sharon Gil, Elsa Lefevre, Sophie Loran, Sharon Mcauslan and our designer, Caren Weeks, as well as to the Italian G20 team: Alessandro Negrin, Barbara D’Angelo, Eleonora Cogo and Lucia Perugini. Any errors of fact or emphasis remain the authors’ responsibility.
Resource description:
City life is becoming the default human experience. Cities are engines for development, and increasing urban populations provide connection and opportunity. But cities can also exacerbate some of the world’s most serious environmental and socioeconomic challenges.
This report highlights the multiple benefits that nature-based solutions offer to make cities smarter, more sustainable and more resilient in the twenty-first century..