To mark the International Day of Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR), Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) highlighted the importance of implementing nature-based solutions to mitigate the risks associated with climate…
An article published in the October 2024 edition of Science of the Total Environment reviewed studies on NBS between 2000 and 2021. The authors concluded that nature-based solutions are more cost-effective…
Alberta Environment and Protected Areas is developing a nature strategy for the province. A nature strategy will be a made-in-Alberta approach for conserving, managing and restoring nature to support…
The city maintains an inventory of all trees growing on or along city-owned boulevards, roadways and parks. This accounts for about 380,000 trees of the city's estimated 12.8 million. One of the most…
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…