Nature-based solutions in Europe: Policy, knowledge and practice for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction
| Anno di pubblicazione | 2021 |
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English
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Costruire il futuro
La sfida della complessità
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| Tipo di pubblicazione | Report |
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Adulti
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- Nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction are actions that work with and enhance nature to restore and protect ecosystems and to help society adapt to the impacts of climate change and slow further warming, while providing multiple additional benefits (environmental, social and economic).
- Nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction is an 'umbrella concept' encompassing other established approaches, e.g. the ecosystem approach and ecosystem-based approaches, sustainable management, ecosystem‑based management, sustainable forest management, green infrastructure and blue-green infrastructure, ecosystem‑based adaptation, natural water retention measures and ecosystem based disaster risk reduction.
- The concept of nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction is increasingly embedded in global and EU policy frameworks for sustainable development. However, better coherence across policy domains, prioritisation at EU level and more project design is still needed.
- An EU-wide mapping of existing and potential new or restorative nature-based solutions can help identify priority areas based on desired services, increasing the consideration of trade-offs between climate change and biodiversity aims.
- Agreed standards, quantitative targets, measurable indicators and evaluation tools for nature-based solutions at EU level can help to assess progress, effectiveness and multiple benefits.
- As nature-based solutions depend on healthy ecosystems, which are vulnerable to climate change, their potential to address climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction may be reduced in the future.
- Stakeholder involvement, dialogue and co-design of tools and measures are key to increase awareness, to tackle potential stakeholders' conflicts more effectively and to create social acceptance and demand for nature-based solutions. About half of the European cases analysed strongly emphasise stakeholder involvement.
