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  Scholars complete NbS to Global Challenges Foundation Course

  Congratulations to the October 2025 cohort who have just completed our Nature-based Solutions to Global Challenges Foundation Course!

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  Strengthening England’s Adaptation Programme with NbS to Bolster Climate Resilience

  By embracing nature-based solutions at a national scale, England can secure sustainable and climate-resilient future.

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  Nature-based Solutions included in COP27 Cover Decision text

  Nature-based Solutions have been included for the first time in a COP cover decision. COP27, held this year in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt has seen a range of developments for nature-based solutions, particularly from the US. The inclusion of NbS within a COP decisions text is something many organisations, including our own, have been working […]

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  New IPCC Climate report on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability released

  The latest climate report of the IPCC ‘IPCC Working Group II report, Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability’ has been released, highlighting the risk of climate change to human wellbeing & the health of the planet. The report reflects our increased knowledge of the interdependence of climate, ecosystems and biodiversity, and human societies, and […]

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  Carbon storage and sequestration of natural habitats in England

  In this report, Natural England gives an overview of carbon storage and sequestration rates of different habitats across England, highlights research gaps, and outlines key principles for using NbS for mitigation in the UK. The authors emphasise that there is great variability in carbon storage and sequestration rates within broad habitat types, due to location […]

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  Anthropogenic modification of forests means only 40% of remaining forests have high ecosystem integrity

  Grantham et al. 2020 The effects of human activities on forests goes beyond deforestation – forests that are still standing are often disturbed by humans as well. This study generated a global map of forest condition, using an index of forest integrity on a continuous scale from 0 to 1. The forest integrity index acts […]