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NbS Conference 2022 – Day two summary
Today marked the second day of the Nature-based Solutions in Oxford, with parallel sessions running in the afternoon in the Oxford Martin School, and the Natural History Museum. We heard from a range of speakers across a range of different contexts across continents, both in-person, and online, including Indigenous and local community representatives. The focus […] -
NbS Conference 2022 – Day one summary
On Tuesday 5th July 2022, the highly anticipated and long awaited Nature-based Solutions Conference 2022 kicked off with 962 international delegates across science, policy, practice, and business gathering online and at the Oxford Museum of Natural History, to discuss how to ensure that Nature-based Solutions (NbS) support thriving human societies and ecosystems. Several key themes […] -
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 and limits of nature-based solutions and highlights critical areas for future research to address current controversies. To hear Nathalie discussing nature-based solutions, listen to the […] -
UK Government responds on the role of NbS for meeting Net Zero
NbSI recently gave evidence to a House of Lords Select Committee investigation into the role NbS could play in meeting Net Zero targets in the UK (Nature-based solutions: rhetoric or reality?) Our key messages were reflected well in the report, which emphasised the need to deliver high quality, evidence-based NbS that are carefully designed to […] -
Nature-based insights analytical framework
To explore practical yet ecologically and socially robust approaches to implement nature based solutions along supply chains, we have set up a social venture spin out of Oxford University Innovation: Nature-based Insights. The NbI team are developing a innovative NbI Analytical Framework, supported by a quantitative model, to provide the evidence for companies to monitor […] -
Funding equitable transdisciplinary research partnerships for societal impact
Tackling complex societal challenges requires transdisciplinary, demand-driven research delivered through international research partnerships that focus on equitable knowledge co-production. In turn, advancing research impact requires funders to foster partnerships that build capacity and rebalance relations between the Global North and South. -
Nathalie Seddon
Nathalie Seddon is an ecologist, science communicator, and adviser to governments and businesses whose work is grounded in a lifelong love of the natural world. She is Professor of Biodiversity and Founding Director of the Nature-based Solutions Initiative, jointly based in the Departments of Biology and Geography within the Smith School for Enterprise and the […] -
HARP Project: Facilitating Sustainable Reforestation in Tropical Agricultural Landscapes – The High Agricultural Reforestation Potential (HARP) Toolkit
To help facilitate the integration of scientific and practitioner knowledge, this project will work directly with a consortium of coffee and cocoa value chain actors to co-design the High Agricultural Reforestation Potential (HARP) Toolkit. -
Temporary nature-based carbon removal can lower peak warming in a well-below 2 °C scenario
Matthews et al. 2022. A recent study in Communications Earth & Environment has found that temporary nature-based carbon storage (NbCS) can decrease the peak temperature increase associated with anthropogenic climate change, but only if implemented as a complement (and not an alternative) to ambitious fossil fuel CO2 emissions reductions. The study utilised a global climate […] -
CO2RE event on Greenhouse Gas Removal and Innovation
The UK Greenhouse Gas Removal Hub (CO2RE) recently held an event to showcase the latest Greenhouse Gas Removal (GGR) research & innovation, and to highlight its role in effective, sustainable & equitable climate action. Nature-based solutions featured prominently, with a number of speakers highlighting the major contribution they are expected to make in achieving the […] -
Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery launches
The Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery (LCNR) was launched with an event at the Oxford Botanic Garden on 9 May. The LCNR is being established at the University of Oxford in 2022 for an initial period of ten years. The purpose of the Centre is to draw on and consolidate the world-leading expertise of the […] -
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 Institute and Climate Focus, exploring the role that IPLCs play in combating climate change. The briefing paper focuses on IPLCs in four countries – Brazil, […] -
Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration in Ghana
The Talensi District is located in the environmentally fragile dryland area of northern Ghana, where almost 80% of the population works in agriculture, fisheries and forestry. Climate change, land clearing and unsustainable agricultural practices are leading to declining agricultural productivity and vulnerability of already marginal rural populations in this region. World Vision Ghana, together with […] -
NbSI Joins the Circular Bioeconomy Alliance
NbSI has joined the Circular Bioeconomy Alliance (CBA), becoming part of a global movement powered by nature and people. The CBA was established by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales in 2020, and is facilitated by a Secretariat hosted by the European Forest Institute. It includes large and small intergovernmental organizations, companies, investors, research […] -
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 report states that if the current trend continues, a further 11% of the world’s land surface could be degraded by 2050. The Global Land Outlook […] -
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 Committee (AC) consists of experts in climate change impacts, science, environmental economics, conservation, public health and business. They provide independent advice to the UK and […] -
Participatory watershed management in Yunnan province, China
Green Watershed is an environmental NGO based in China that works to maximise the potential for sustainable, integrated watershed development. Also known as the Yunnan Green Watershed Management Research and Promotion Centre, the NGO promotes participatory watershed management as a widespread practice as well as a focus of research and advocacy by civil society organizations. […] -
IPCC Climate Change Mitigation report released
The IPCC has finalized the third part of the Sixth Assessment Report, Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change, the Working Group III contribution. It was finalised on 4 April during the 14th Session of Working Group III and 56th Session of the IPCC. The Working Group III reports on an updated global assessment of […] -
Actions to halt biodiversity loss generally benefit the climate
Shin et al. 2022 A review in Global Change Biology examines conservation actions which have the largest potential for mitigation of climate change, highlighting that conservation actions have a variety of benefits and few trade-offs with climate change mitigation. The study looked at the extent to which actions taken to halt or reverse biodiversity loss […] -
The biodiversity and ecosystem service contributions and trade-offs of forest restoration approaches
Hua et al. 2022 A recent study in Science has revealed the differences in the ecosystem services and biodiversity benefits of native forests compared to tree plantations. Diverse native forests were found to perform better in terms of supporting biodiversity, above-ground carbon storage, soil erosion prevention, and water provisioning, compared to simple tree plantations. Plantations […] -
Targeting climate adaptation to safeguard and advance the Sustainable Development Goals
Here we propose a framework to conceptualise how ecosystems and socio-economic sectors mediate this relationship, which provides a more nuanced understanding of the impacts of climate change on all 169 SDG targets. Global application of the framework reveals that adaptation of wetlands, rivers, cropland, construction, water, electricity, and housing in the most vulnerable countries is required to safeguard achievement of 68% of SDG targets from near-term climate risk by 2030. -
River restoration for natural flood management in Eddleston Water, Scotland
The Eddleston Water project, funded by the Scottish Government and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), is investigating the effectiveness of natural flood management (NFM) techniques and habitat restoration measures at a catchment scale. The river was severely straightened at the start of 19th Century, and combined with agricultural intensification, the construction of a railway embankment, […] -
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 in the global response to climate change and its social, economic and environmental effects. The UNEA-5 resolution formally adopted the definition of NbS as ‘actions […] -
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 […] -
NbS Conference 2022 announced
It is our pleasure to announce that on the 5-7th of July we will be hosting our Nature-based Solutions Conference 2022, held in the Natural History Museum, the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford and online. We will be bringing together leading researchers from the social and natural sciences, engineering and economics, along with practitioners, […]