Mapping the effectiveness of nature‐based solutions for climate change adaptation
University of Oxford · UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre · +2 more institutions
Abstract
Nature-based solutions (NbS) to climate change currently have considerable political traction. However, national intentions to deploy NbS have yet to be fully translated into evidence-based targets and action on the ground. To enable NbS policy and practice to be better informed by science, we produced the first global systematic map of evidence on the effectiveness of nature-based interventions for addressing the impacts of climate change and hydrometeorological hazards on people. Most of the interventions in natural or semi-natural ecosystems were reported to have ameliorated adverse climate impacts. Conversely, interventions involving created ecosystems (e.g., afforestation) were associated with trade-offs;…
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11Topics & keywords
- Climate change
- Climate change adaptation
- Adaptation (eye)
- Environmental resource management
- Geography
- Environmental science
- Environmental planning
- Computer science
- Climate action