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Our publications

Biodiversity outcomes of nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation: Characterising the evidence base

Biodiversity outcomes of nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation: Characterising the evidence base

Key et al., 2022 A recent Frontiers in Environmental Science paper, Biodiversity outcomes of nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation: Characterising the evidence base, by the NbSI team aims to […]

October 12, 2022
Can sustainability certification enhance the climate resilience of smallholder farmers? The case of Ghanaian cocoa

Can sustainability certification enhance the climate resilience of smallholder farmers? The case of Ghanaian cocoa

Thompson et al., 2022 A recent Journal of Land Use Science paper Can sustainability certification enhance the climate resilience of smallholder farmers? The case of Ghanaian cocoa, led by NbSI’s […]

October 4, 2022
The role of Nature-based solutions in supporting social-ecological resilience for climate change adaptation

The role of Nature-based solutions in supporting social-ecological resilience for climate change adaptation

Turner et al., 2022 A new paper, The role of Nature-based solutions in supporting social-ecological resilience for climate change adaptation, has recently been published in Annual Review of Environment and […]

October 3, 2022
Science paper: Harnessing the potential of nature-based solutions for mitigating and adapting to climate change

Science paper: Harnessing the potential of nature-based solutions for mitigating and adapting to climate change

New research by NbSI Director Nathalie Seddon on Harnessing the potential of nature-based solutions for mitigating and adapting to climate change, published in Science, summarises recent research on the benefits […]

June 24, 2022
Ensuring nature-based solutions support both biodiversity and climate change adaptation

Ensuring nature-based solutions support both biodiversity and climate change adaptation

New research examines whether nature-based solutions can deliver a win-win for biodiversity and climate change adaptation. Our recent study reviewed the effects of nature-based interventions for climate change adaptation on […]

November 6, 2021
Nature-based solutions can reduce vulnerability to climate change

Nature-based solutions can reduce vulnerability to climate change

Our recent research examines the role of nature-based solutions (NbS) in addressing climate vulnerability in Bangladesh and rural Global South in general, and on ensuring NbS support both biodiversity and […]

November 6, 2021
NbSI-WWF-RSPB report on Nature-based Solutions in UK Climate Adaptation Policy

NbSI-WWF-RSPB report on Nature-based Solutions in UK Climate Adaptation Policy

Our report, ‘Nature-based solutions in UK climate adaptation policy‘, commissioned by the RSPB and WWF,  summarises evidence on the many ways in which Nature-based solutions (NbS) can address climate impacts […]

September 30, 2021
Investing in nature for development: do nature-based interventions deliver local development outcomes?

Investing in nature for development: do nature-based interventions deliver local development outcomes?

Does investing in nature actually deliver development at the local level? In a recent report undertaken in collaboration with IIED we provide insights into the types of direct, site-based interventions […]

June 15, 2021
Nature-based Solutions can help cool the planet – if we act now

Nature-based Solutions can help cool the planet – if we act now

This publication in Nature clarifies the role of NbS in climate change mitigation by presenting the projected effect of worldwide implementation of NbS on global temperatures. This approach differs from […]

May 12, 2021
On the misuse of nature-based carbon ‘offsets’

On the misuse of nature-based carbon ‘offsets’

Nature-based solutions (NbS*) are being misused for greenwashing. Promoting NbS as carbon ‘offsets’ while continuing business as usual in fossil fuel use is not a solution to climate change. In […]

April 7, 2021
Why efforts to address climate change through nature-based solutions must support both biodiversity and people

Why efforts to address climate change through nature-based solutions must support both biodiversity and people

In an essay published by the Royal Society, NbSI Director Nathalie Seddon describes the potential of working with nature to address the causes and consequences of climate change and discusses […]

March 1, 2021
Diagram explaining what NbS are

Getting the message right on nature-based solutions

The role of nature-based solutions (NbS) in tackling the climate and nature crises has gained the world’s attention. They were high on the agenda at the World Economic Forum and […]

February 1, 2021