Conferences
We have, so far, curated three NbS Conferences with over 2000 delegates, and 100 speakers.
2024
Growing Positive Change
Over three days and nine sessions, we brought together interdisciplinary researchers with practitioners and decision makers from the public and private sectors, as well as Indigenous voices from around the world, to discuss and co-create an action plan for nature-based solutions to support positive social-environmental change. We examined the evidence for the benefits of nature-based solutions beyond climate change mitigation, in particular for human and ecological health, climate change adaptation, humanitarian crises and food security, and tackle the role of adaptive management in resilience. We also discussed how to deal with uncertainty on the socio-ecological outcomes of nature-based solutions, and ensure that governance, markets and finance can act together in support of them, discussing, even, how we might transform the economy so that it enhances rather than weakens the web of life. Finally, we explored how we can rekindle a deeper human connection with nature, through ceremony, art, music and immersive experiences.
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2022
Ensuring That NbS Support Thriving Human & Ecological Communities
In 13 sessions over three full days, we discussed the value of working with nature to address societal challenges to ensure help ensure they support thriving human societies and ecosystems. We considered the multiplicity of stakeholders that are involved and/or affected by nature-based solutions, including their diverse values, interests and rights, and developed a shared understanding across multiple sectors as to what constitutes a “legitimate” nature-based solution and how best to overcome barriers to their implementation. Sessions brought together evidence from both science and practice, as well as perspectives from multiple disciplines and sectors on the practical, financial and governance challenges to scaling up nature-based solutions.
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2020
NbS Digital Dialogues
Despite the challenges of COVID-19, the climate and biodiversity crises are ongoing. Transformative action to address these interrelated crises is needed now more than ever. To this end, on 7-9 July 2020 the Nature-based Solutions Initiative hosted a virtual event, NbS Digital Dialogues, to discuss each of four key guidelines for successful, sustainable nature-based solutions (NbS) outlined in www.nbsguidelines.info. Over 750 people registered from across the globe and tuned into a series of keynotes, panel discussions and poster sessions in which we debated the main challenges around the implementation, financing and governance of NbS, and how to overcome them. We also reflected on the role of NbS for economic recovery from COVID-19 across the world.
NbS Digital Dialogues served as a primer to the Nature-based Solutions Conference 2022 with many of our speakers for the 2022 conference contributing to this virtual event as well.
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