Nature -based Solutions (NbS)
Webinar // From Theory to Practice - How the Benefit Accounting of Nature-Based Solutions Method Aligns with Real-World Projects
This webinar is the second in a three-part series on nature-based solutions (NBS) for watersheds. The webinar series is part of the Benefit…
Webinar // Nature at the heart of a global circular bioeconomy
On March 19, the European Forest Institute (EFI), the recently-merged Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and World Agroforestry…
Webinar // Food-Water-Energy: Nexus approaches for sustainable development and improved living standards
This webinar is one of a series organized by ENRICH in LAC and JPI Urban Europe on sustainable urbanization. The aim of this workshop series is to…
Webinar // How to Identify and Account for the Benefits of Nature-Based Solutions for Watersheds
This webinar is the first in a three-part series and aims to inform those looking to invest in NBS on how to identify and account for the NBS…
Publication // Food System and Water–Energy–Biodiversity Nexus in Nepal: A Review
By Roshan Subedi, Madhav Karki, Dinesh Panday. This paper reviews the food system of Nepal through the lens of the food–water–energy–biodiversity…
Policy Brief // Water, Wetlands and Nature-based Solutions in a Nexus Context in the Mediterranean
Wetlands are at the interface of land and water (including seas) and they allow for important exchanges between terrestrial, freshwater and marine…
Nexus Blog // The world’s complex problems need complex solutions
Scientists have recognized that the world needs to move from a traditional silos approach that looks at the world as a collection of individual parts…
Nexus Blog // Outcomes of the Nexus Virtual Forum Nº7 “Integration of Biodiversity in the Nexus approach: Nature Based Solutions and the fragmentation of rivers for dams"
The objective of this virtual forum focused on the presentation of the results of two studies in which biodiversity was the center of the Nexus…
Publication // Ecosystem-Based Adaptation Practices as a Nature-Based Solution to Promote Water-Energy-Food Nexus Balance
By Kennedy Muthee, Lalisa Duguma, Judith Nzyoka and Peter Minang. The objective of this study is to evaluate the contributions of ecosystem-based…
Nexus Blog // Virtual meeting of experts on policies of the Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystems Nexus and projects of transboundary relevance in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the…
White Paper // Scaling Investment in Nature based Solutions along Coasts in Emerging Countries. How to finance and accelerate implementation of nature-based solutions
By Erik van Eekelen , Johan Gauderis, Sien Kok, Boudewijn Jansen , Maurice de Kok , Artur Gleijm. Building with Nature has the potential to preserve…
Nexus Blog // Reunión virtual de expertos sobre políticas del Nexo Agua-Alimentos-Energía-Ecosistemas y proyectos de relevancia transfronteriza en la región de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC)
La Comisión Económica de las Naciones Unidas para Europa (CEPE), la Comisión Económica de las Naciones Unidas para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL)…
Strategies for a Green Economy // Investing in Nature as Water Infrastructure
IUCN's Policy Brief on Water, Food, Energy Nexus and the Dimension of Nature. Clean and regular water supplies are among the most basic human needs,…
Publication // Nature-based solutions in agriculture: Project design for securing investment
By E. Hallstein and T. Iseman. The FAO and the Nature Conservancy have published this paper to assess the environmental and business cases for…
Publication // Nature-based solutions in agriculture: Sustainable management and conservation of land, water and biodiversity
By F. Miralles-Wilhelm. This literature review from the FAO and the Nature Conservancy incorporates the application of NbS in agricultural landscapes…