A recent study on the urban heat island effect in Hannover, Germany showed that green spaces and treed areas have a mitigating effect on extreme heat conditions studied between 2018 and 2020, highlighting…
Nature-based solutions were more broadly accepted and promoted at COP28 than in recent years, as part of a suite of strategies to address climate change, which also includes transitioning to renewable…
Buro Happold, an integrated consulting engineering and advising firm based in the UK, demonstrates the multiple benefits to people and nature that can be gained by implementing NBS in urban spaces. …
According to the Institute for Housing and and Urban Development Studies at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, NBS are still underutilized in creating more climate change resilient urban areas. Some of…
While countries must work to reduce carbon emissions, NBS are also critical to ensure biodiversity and ecosystem services that keep the planet habitable, including reducing both flooding and drought,…
Metro Detroit is working on a variety of nature-based solutions to mitigate the risks of flooding, which is on the rise due to climate change and - like most urban areas - the high prevalence of impervious…
Nine different NBS initiatives implemented by WRI India through Cities4Forests in Jaipur aimed to include local and Indigenous knowledge and add green spaces to the Pink City to increase its resilience…
Following a phenomenon that has garnered attention in China, several Canadian municipalities are seeking to "spongify" urban landscapes to minimize runoff and maximize infiltration. To this end, a variety…
The New Acre™ Project from Bruce Power's Carbon Offset Coalition is investing $1 million in NBS projects on Ontario farms in Bruce and Grey Counties. The project is teaming up with ALUS and local farmers…
With water infrastructure budgets falling behind in the face of additional pressures from climate change in the Prairies, the International Institute for Sustainable Development is touting the use and…