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Nature-dependent people: Mapping human direct use of nature for basic needs across the tropics
Fedele et al. 2021 A recent study in Global Environmental Change led by Conservation International Europe investigated where people depend the most on locally available natural resources for their basic human needs, such as energy, water, housing and livelihoods. The study aimed to improve the current limited understanding of the importance of nature in directly […] -
COP26 Week Two Round Up: negotiations and decisions made on nature and climate
Week two of COP26 saw a shift from the headline sectorial announcements and pledges of week one, and a move to work on implementation and intense negotiations between ministers, heads of delegations, and supporting ‘issue leads’. Under the Paris Climate Agreement every five years countries must strengthen their climate commitments, giving this year’s COP its […] -
What Can Nature offer COP26, and vice versa?
‘Nature is our life support system’ says Professor Nathalie Seddon in a new video from the University of Oxford, ‘and to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement, it is critical that we work with nature’. Professor Seddon is one of around 30 official ‘friends’ of COP26, is a member of the UK delegation at […] -
COP26 Week One Round Up: major announcements on nature and climate
The first week of COP26 saw a blizzard of announcements, with a particular focus on forests and agriculture. The World Leaders Summit at the start of the week saw the announcement of the Glasgow Leaders Forest Declaration – 133 countries (and counting) have committed to halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation by 2030, with […] -
New Global Map of best-practice Nature-based Solutions launches at COP26
Our new interactive global map of best practice examples of nature-based solutions across the world, funded by the British Academy, launched at the COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow on November 8. The interactive map links nature-based solutions to climate change adaptation and mitigation outcomes based on a systematic review of the peer-reviewed and grey literature. […] -
Nature-based Solutions in Bangladesh: Evidence of Effectiveness for Addressing Climate Change and Other Sustainable Development Goals
Many lower-income countries are highly vulnerable to the impacts of natural disasters and climate change, due to their geographical location and high levels of poverty. In response, they are developing climate action plans that also support their sustainable development goals, but conventional adaptation approaches such as hard flood defenses can be expensive and unsustainable. -
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 different metrics of ecosystem health (such as the diversity of species, their population sizes, or soil and water quality). Most interventions with positive outcomes for […] -
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 climate change adaptation. We have summarised the key findings from these studies for policymakers in three briefings. Bangladesh This briefing ‘Tackling climate change with nature-based […] -
NbSI Documentary series on Nature-based Solutions in Action in the UK
Research shows that further climate warming and biodiversity loss are now unavoidable but that we still have time to make a lasting difference: i.e. to keep warming below dangerous levels, stop further depletion of the diversity of life on Earth and make the world a better and just place for all. In 2021 the international […] -
Nature-based Solutions at COP26
The formal opening of the COP26 Climate Change conference took place on 31 Oct 2021. COP is the decision-making body responsible for monitoring and reviewing the implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It brings together the 197 nations and territories – called Parties – that have signed on to the […] -
Tackling vulnerability to climate change in Bangladesh and the rural Global South with nature-based solutions
Today at COP26 we launch two briefings, based on new studies, on the role of nature-based solutions (NbS) in addressing climate vulnerability in Bangladesh and rural Global South in general. Bangladesh This briefing ‘Tackling climate change with nature-based solutions in Bangladesh’ summarises a review by Smith et al. (in press) that found robust evidence that […] -
COP26 highlight: Global Leaders pledge to end deforestation by 2030
November 2nd is a big day for nature & forests at COP26. Over 100 world leaders are to commit to halt and reverse deforestation & land degradation by 2030, with the backing of major forest countries including Brazil, Indonesia and Democratic Republic of the Congo. This is to be enabled due to a pledge from […] -
New AI NbS Policy Tracker launched by Nature4Climate
A new Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) Policy Tracker has been launched at COP26 by Nature4Climate and Metabolic. The developed tracker is the first to use AI and machine learning to identify legislation and investment plans for NbS to assess their effectiveness. Investment into NbS needs to triple by 2030 and increase fourfold by 2050 for the […] -
Make Change Happen podcast: NbSI joins discussion on including nature in NDCs
In a recent episode of the IIED Make Change Happen podcast, NbSI’s Nathalie Seddon and others explored why it is important to include nature in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and how to increase ambition and actions for nature and climate to address the crises of climate change, nature loss and rising inequalities. Countries that signed […] -
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 globe openly available, easy and interesting to explore. Pledges are linked to the underlying evidence, and will highlight the prominence of integration of NbS in […] -
New Global Map of best-practice Nature-based Solutions to launch at COP26
A new interactive global map of best practice examples of nature-based solutions across the world, funded by the British Academy, will be launched on 8th November at the COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow. The interactive map links nature-based solutions to climate change adaptation and mitigation outcomes based on a systematic review of the peer-reviewed literature. […] -
Nature-Based Solutions and the Green Economy – British Academy COP26 briefing
A new briefing which synthesizes evidence from research and practice has been published, as part of the British Academy COP26 Briefings series. The briefing by Dr Leslie Mabon, Lecturer in Environmental Systems at the Open University, explores the ways in which nature-based solutions (NbS) may contribute to a green economy, and also identifies some of […] -
Artwork by NbSI Artist-in-residence shown in Paris Exhibition
A new artwork ‘How we see it’ by Alice Hackney, the NbSI Artist-in-residence, has been commissioned and displayed as part of the exhibition ‘Among the Garbage and the Flowers’ by the Art, Biodiversity and Climate (ABC) Network, which brings together artists and scientists to bridge the gap that separates the Humanities (and, more specifically, the […] -
Time to integrate global climate change and biodiversity science-policy agendas
Pettorelli et al., 2021 A recent study in Journal of Applied Ecology, co-authoured by NbSI’s Prof Nathalie Seddon, reviews the current set of political and scientific propositions for jointly addressing the fundamentally connected threats posed by the climate and biodiversity crises, as a more integrated global approach is essential to tackle these two global challenges. […] -
Land-based measures to mitigate climate change: Potential and feasibility by country
Roe et al., 2021 A recent study in Global Change Biology estimates the land-based mitigation potential (technical and cost-effective), related land footprints, mitigation density potential, and feasibility of 20 land and demand management activities for over 200 countries. The study developed and adapted 25 “bottom-up” sectoral databases and 6 integrated assessment models (IAMs), with new […] -
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 nature-based solutions could play in the negotiations, as part of their ongoing inquiry into nature-based solutions. The letter emphasised the importance of adhering to the […] -
Featuring in international news in COP15 and COP26 buildup
We have provided commentary to a range of news outlets as coverage builds on biodiversity and nature as part 1 of COP15 has taken place 11-15th October 2021, and COP26 nears in November. The world’s biodiversity is on the brink. Can a UN summit make a difference?. Commentary in the Independent on what is at […] -
Sir David Attenborough animation marks Royal Society biodiversity launch
In a new animated short film from the Royal Society, Sir David Attenborough explores why we need biodiversity and what we must do now to protect it. The film premiered on Monday 11 October 2021 to coincide with a new report co-authored by NbSI Director Professor Nathalie Seddon: ‘Climate change and biodiversity: Interlinkages and policy […] -
Outlining COP26 NbS goals in Oxford COP Conversations Event
During the first edition of the Oxford University ‘COP Conversations‘ Series, NbSI Director Nathalie Seddon discussed the role of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in addressing climate change and the need for their inclusion in COP26 commitments (see also: “What are ‘Nature-based Solutions’ to climate change?”). Nathalie highlighted that the United National Climate Summit, COP26, taking place […] -
Ensuring Nature-based Solutions support both biodiversity and climate change adaptation
To better understand the biodiversity outcomes of NbS implemented for climate change adaptation. Although nature-based solutions (NbS) should by definition support biodiversity, not all projects framed as NbS have been shown to achieve this in practice.