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Concept to Delivery Innovation Programme - Sustainable finance, business models and nature-based entrepreneurship strategies for Nature-based Solutions

Designing, delivering and managing nature-based solutions at a level that provides environmental, social and economic benefits while building resilience and benefitting biodiversity is complex. There are many issues to consider and many different stakeholders involved at all stages of the process.

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NbS Policy Screening and Analysis of Needs and Gaps for 2024-2030

This report aims at providing an overview of the sustainability policy landscape as well as mapping policy needs and gaps in relation to the deployment of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in the EU. The NetworkNature platform brings together the NbS community of innovators, practitioners and developers

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Using nature based solutions to foster synergies between biodiversity and climate: Missed chances and new opportunities for a sustainable future

This paper assesses how EU policies and investments have spurred the uptake of nature-based solutions to support biodiversity and ecosystem health. It outlines remaining gaps and opportunities on how to best scale up efforts to meet the current EU policy framework’s 2030 objectives. It provides

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Edinburg Process

Report on the Edinburg Process for Subnational and Local Governments on the Development of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.

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Guía para la Implementación de SbN en Quito

The application of NbS requires the involvement of a wide range of city agents: the policy makers, NGOs and residents They must be accompanied and involved along the way towards a greener city. We can not afford dispense with all existing local knowledge in our local communities. At the same time,

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How opportunistic mobile monitoring can enhance air quality assessment?

The deteriorating air quality in urban areas, particularly in developing countries, has led to increased attention being paid to the issue. Daily reports of air pollution are essential to effectively manage public health risks. Pollution estimation has become crucial to expanding spatial and

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Establishment of Community-based Models for Biodiversity Protection in Ecological Corridors in the Southern Caucasus (Armenia)

Establishment of Community Based Conservation Areas (CBCA) will help counteract the negative effects of unsustainable use of natural resources. CBCA models will be set up based on ecosystem services that result in biodiversity conservation and additional income for local communities via well-

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CONEXUS Policy Brief 8 -Localising the SDGs: The untapped potential of nature-based solutions in cities

This policy brief explores the potential of nature-based solutions (NbS) in cities to localise global sustainability goals and targets such as those enshrined in the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It presents the methodology used in CONEXUS to capture policy-relevant evidence on the

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  • Training

Cities Alive: Green Building Envelope

Can retrofitting cityscapes with vegetation improve the health and well-being of urban citizens? Can we use green facades to capture renewable energy and drive sustainability? Experts from eight skill networks around the world came together in Berlin in 2015 to cross-examine these questions using

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Green Infrastructure, a wealth for cities - URBES Factsheet #6

This URBES factsheet outlines the key components of Green Infrastructure and explores the linkages between the EU Green Infrastructure Strategy and the urban context. Using examples from Barcelona, it presents how cities can use Green Infrastructure to tackle environmental, social and economic

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Policy Brief: EU bioenergy policies at the crossroad

The policy brief summarizes policy messages on bioenergy production in the EU

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Élőhely-rekonstrukciók lehetőségei és tapasztalatai, valamint jógyakorlat gyűjtemény Magyarország síkvidéki területeihez kapcsolódóan
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BIODIVERZITÁS: Élőhely-rekonstrukciók lehetőségei és tapasztalatai, valamint jógyakorlat gyűjtemény Magyarország síkvidéki területeihez kapcsolódóan

Az EU természet-helyreállítási rendeletének életbe lépése miatt időszerű egy, az ökoszisztémák széles körét érintő élőhely-rekonstrukciókkal foglalkozó kiadvány, amely Magyarországra nézve hiánypótló műnek számít. Az élőhely-rekonstrukció segédlet a síkvidéki nyílt élőhelyekkel (gyepekkel, vizes

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Mapping awareness, perceptions and education on biodiversity and Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) in Europe

In ᴇNᴀBʟS, we are starting our common journey by looking at the European landscape of biodiversity and NBS, especially in higher education. One of the main goals of this basic step is to identify the presence of NBS in universities and technical vocational education and training institutions (

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DESSIN ecosystem services evaluation software tool

The free Ecosystem Services (ESS) evaluation software tool by DESSIN helps decision-makers to make the best choice by evaluating the effects that innovative solutions have on freshwater ecosystems and their services. The tool identifies and measures the ecosystem services that are provided to

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Co$ting Nature

Co$ting Nature is a web based tool for natural capital accounting and analysing the ecosystem services provided by natural environments (i.e. nature's benefits), identifying the beneficiaries of these services and assessing the impacts of human interventions. This Policy Support System (PSS)

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Video: Unveiling of new edible garden in South Thamesmead, London

With the help of input and design ideas from local residents, CLEVER City London, alongside Peabody and its appointed design partner, muf architecture/art, has successfully delivered its first Nature-based Solution: an edible garden in South Thamesmead. To celebrate, the CLEVER Cities team

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Guidance for monitoring pollinators in urban habitats

This guidance aims to bring tools and knowledge for cities to use pollinators as indicators of their urban greening and carry out pollinator monitoring. It builds on the EU Commission guidance for pollinator-friendly cities, and explores options for pollinator monitoring in more depth. It features

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Sprawl Monitor

Toolkit for monitoring urban sprawl and evaluating threats to sustainability.

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Terms of Reference for Urban Well-being Labs and associated local task forces in each of the cultivating cities

This ToR document refers to the intended development of Urban Well-Being Labs and the further establishment of a Local Task Force in each of the six participating cities. In the context of this ToR document, a focus is placed on the following key factors: • Listing of all definitions of

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ESManage Project: Irish Freshwater Resources and Assessment of Ecosystem Services Provision

This thrid report from the ESManage Project gathers an extensive description of the current conditions of Ireland's Freshwater Resources and the identification of their associated Ecosystem Services.

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