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This installment in our series provides perspectives on the roles of different key stakeholders in breaking down barriers to scale NbS projects in Mexico.

In the last two months of 2022, two large global events took place on two continents flanking the Atlantic Ocean. In November, around 35,000 people met at the Egyptian tourist city of Sharm El-Sheikh for the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27).

Deadline: 28-Feb-23 The Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA) is launching its 2023 global competition which identifies and nurtures

US federal agencies use cost-benefit analysis (CBA) to make decisions about the types of infrastructure projects to implement. In the third session of the Nature-Based Solutions: Current Issues webinar series, experts working with the federal government will discuss how these policies might be updated to enable more nature-based solutions projects.

Among the planetary challenges we face, biodiversity loss often takes a back seat to climate change. However, interest in “nature-based solutions” is rising as more people recognize the opportunities presented by protecting and restoring natural ecosystems. For example, restoring a degraded tract of mangroves can sequester vast amounts of carbon while simultaneously buffering against storm […]

ILO. Nature-based Solutions can generate 20 million new jobs, but ‘just transition’ policies are needed

NbS: An important aspect of NbS is it should simultaneously improve the biodiversity of a locality and benefit its inhabitants. So, the protection of the Sundarbans, management of Tanguar Haor, the floating agriculture of Barishal, restoring of Dhaka’s Hatirjheel, or practising of agroforestry in greater Mymensingh are examples of nature-based solutions.

<p>Some 20 million jobs could be created by investing in policies that support nature and address climate change, disaster risk, food insecurity, and other major challenges, <a href="https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_863632/lang--en/index.htm">according to a UN report</a> published on Friday. </p>

Introduction According to Niang et al., (2014), surface temperatures all over Africa have risen by at least 0.5°C in the last 50 to 100 years, and the increased warming is well observed to be far beyond natural changes. According to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate…

Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are increasingly seen as a way to meet the objectives of several global agreements and can be central to a just transition – if the right mix of just transition policies are implemented. But there is currently no guarantee that NbS will generate decent work. Co-developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), is the first in a joint global bienni...