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EU lawmakers support a ban of goods linked to deforestation

Members of the European Parliament have voted in favour of a proposal for a law that would ban the sale of agricultural products linked to the destruction of forests in […]

September 20, 2022

Sink or swim: Forest Declaration Platform report on the role of IPLCs for NDCs

A recent Forest Declaration Platform briefing paper, ‘Sink or swim: How Indigenous and community lands can make or break nationally determined contributions‘, has been released by researchers from World Resources […]

May 10, 2022

New UNCCD report on global land degradation and drought

The second edition of the Global Land Outlook report, GLO2: Land Restoration for Recovery and Resilience, has found that the world’s land area is now 40% degraded, and accelerating. The […]

May 5, 2022

Professor Nathalie Seddon appointed to CCC’s Adaptation Committee

NbSI Director Professor Nathalie Seddon has been appointed to the Climate Change Committee’s (CCC) Adaptation Committee, by the UK Government and Governments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Adaptation […]

April 29, 2022

United Nations Environment Assembly agrees Nature-based Solutions definition

The Fifth Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) has made a resolution on adopting a multilaterally agreed definition of nature-based solutions (NbS); recognising the important role they play […]

March 3, 2022

Revised climate pledges show enhanced ambition for nature-based solutions

A total of 122 new NDCs were submitted last year, representing 148 signatories to the Paris Agreement. Our analysis of these new NDCs reveal enhanced ambition for nature-based solutions to […]

February 22, 2022

New UNEP Frontiers Report on emerging environmental issues

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Frontiers’ report examines the current emerging issues of environmental concern. The 2022 edition, Noise, Blazes and Mismatches?, looks at three concerns: urban soundscapes, wildfires and […]

February 21, 2022

Creating a Nature-Positive Future – UNDP report

A report from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Creating a Nature-Positive Future, presents a path to enhance protected and conserved area coverage and quality to secure global nature, with […]

February 17, 2022

Nature-based solutions: rhetoric or reality? House of Commons report

A new House of Commons Science and Technology Committee publication – Nature-based solutions: rhetoric or reality? outlines the potential contribution of nature-based solutions to net zero in the UK. The […]

January 30, 2022

Highlighting best-practice for integration of NbS into revised NDCs

The NbSI team are in the process of updating our Nature-based Solutions (NbS) Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) Policy Platform. The platform makes information about climate change adaptation planning across the […]

October 28, 2021

NbS Guidelines highlighted in House of Lords S&T committee letter to COP26 President

The House of Lords Science and Technological Committee, chaired by Lord Patel, has written to RH Alok Sharma in his capacity as President for COP26 to highlight the role that […]

October 16, 2021

New Oxfam report warns of reforestation risks for cropland in low-income countries

A new briefing paper by Oxfam, Tightening the Net: Net zero climate targets – implications for land and food equity, has warned that current net zero climate targets risk reliance […]

August 3, 2021

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