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Webinar: Nathalie Seddon on evaluating and investing in nature-based solutions
Nathalie Seddon, Director of the NbSI, conversed with Cameron Hepburn, Professor of Environmental Economics, for the last in a series of Oxford Martin School webinars on the Dasgupta Review on the Economics of Biodiversity. Nathalie starts by explaining why we should be concerned by current extinction rates, and why the diversity of life – rather […] -
Coral Reef Restorations Can Be Optimized to Reduce Coastal Flooding Hazards
Roelvink et al. 2021 A new study published in Frontiers in Marine Science evaluates of how coral restoration can reduce coastal flooding for various types of reefs. Coral reefs are effective natural coastal flood barriers that protect adjacent communities. Coral degradation compromises the coastal protection value of reefs while also reducing their other ecosystem services, […] -
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 that can help or hinder the achievement of development outcomes for local people and, ultimately, the delivery of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and Sustainable […] -
IPBES-IPCC report on the interactions between biodiversity and climate change
A new report has been published by IPBES and the IPCC, titled: Spotlighting the Interactions of the Science of Biodiversity and Climate Change. The report examines the synergies and trade-offs between biodiversity conservation and climate change adaptation and mitigation. It is the product of a four-day workshop held in December 2020 for 50 biodiversity and […] -
BES Report on Nature-based Solutions for Climate Change
The British Ecological Society’s 2021 report on nature-based solutions for climate change found that nature has enormous potential to fight climate change and biodiversity loss in the UK. The report undertook a complete assessment of the potential of nature-based solutions (NbS) to mitigate climate change and benefit biodiversity in the UK. Incorporating contributions from over […] -
Nature-based solutions can help cool the planet — if we act now
Analysis suggests that to limit global temperature rise, we must slash emissions and invest now to protect, manage and restore ecosystems and land for the future. -
Conserving the Cerrado and Amazon biomes of Brazil protects the soy economy from damaging warming
In tropical regions, widespread loss of native forest and savanna vegetation is increasing extreme heat, particularly in agricultural regions. Using the case of rising extreme heat from lost forest and savanna vegetation in Brazilian Amazon and Cerrado regions, we modeled losses to soy production, the region’s principal economic activity. -
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 previous calculations of the climate change mitigation potential of NbS, which have focused solely on the amount of carbon that NbS could remove from the […] -
Panel discussion on Working with Nature for Sustainable Development
NbSI Director, Nathalie Seddon, spoke on the role of nature-based solutions in biodiversity conservation and sustainable development, in a rich discussion with two world-leading scientists. Dr Susan Chomba leads the World Resources Institute’s work on forest landscape restoration, nature-based solutions, sustainable agriculture and rural livelihoods in Africa, and is Director of Vital Landscapes. Sir Robert […] -
Seagrass Seeds of Recovery
We are thrilled to be partaking in a new project – Seagrass Seeds of Recovery – which will set up the first seagrass nursery in the UK and initiate a seagrass restoration project on the east coast. Our role will be developing a carbon code for seagrass in the UK, which will allow carbon credits […] -
Artist in Residence
The Oxford Art Biodiversity and Climate (ABC) Network is facilitating an artist in residence programme across biodiversity and climate research groups at the university. We are thrilled to be partnered with Alice Hackney, a student at the Ruskin School of Art. Alice is a concept-driven artist, with a particular interest in human relationships with the […] -
NbS Peru to be hosted by the Instituto de Montaña
Exciting news! We are pleased to announce that the Nature-based Solutions Initiative in Peru (NbsI Peru) will hereafter be hosted by the Instituto de Montaña (IdM), a non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of mountains through the affirmation of its cultures and communities since 1995. IdM supports men and women in Andean communities to thrive […] -
Net Zero tool library
Oxford Net Zero have launched an online library allowing you to search and filter hundreds of free tools designed to help businesses, policy makers and organisations to achieve net zero emissions. Tools range from those for measuring greenhouse gas emissions and developing net zero strategies, to identifying quality offset projects and reporting progress. Explore the […] -
What is transdisciplinarity, and how can we achieve it?
Alexandre Chausson, NbSI Researcher, co-authored a blog with Lydia Cole (University of St Andrews) exploring how transdisciplinary teams can achieve research impact. Transdisciplinarity differs from interdisciplinarity in that it involves bringing together different knowledge systems beyond academia, such as practitioner knowledge or local and indigenous knowledge, to co-produce knowledge for impact. Drawing from a workshop […] -
NbS Bangladesh update
Dr Haseeb Irfanullah, a member of NbS Bangladesh, has recently published two news articles on NbS. The first explores opportunities for NbS in urban areas in Bangladesh. The second acknowledges that there can be confusion as to what counts as an NbS, and explains how to know when an intervention is an NbS or not. […] -
Peru’s Environment Minister highlights NbS at Leaders’ Summit
On the 22nd and 23rd of April, the US hosted the 2021 Leaders’ Summit on Climate. In this event, the Peruvian Minister of Environment Gabriel Quijandría shared key actions that Peru is taking on nature-based solutions (NbS). Speaking from Machu Picchu, a place recognized as the peak of development for Andean civilization, he highlighted the […] -
Leveraging nature-based solutions to reconnect people and nature
Alexandre Chausson (NbSI) together with Annie Welden (University of Oxford) and Marina Melanidis (Youth4Nature) have written a perspective piece on leveraging NbS to reconnect people and nature. The authors argue that for NbS to support transformative change, people and nature need to be seen not as separate entities, but as intimately connected. They propose an […] -
COP26 Universities Network Briefing: NbS for climate change, people and biodiversity
The COP26 Universities Network has published a briefing paper on nature-based solutions, to which NbSI members contributed. The brief provides seven key messages on how to implement NbS successfully in the UK, and through UK-funded initiatives abroad; the four NbS guidelines are highlighted as crucial for NbS programmes to deliver their promised benefits. The report […] -
The Lowering Emissions by Accelerating Forest finance (LEAF) Coalition
The LEAF Coalition, launched in April, will provide public and private finance to national governments for tropical forest protection. Participants in the initial phase include the governments of Norway, the UK and US, and companies such as Amazon, GSK, McKinsey, Nestlé and Unilever. $1 billion is promised in the first call for proposals which closes […] -
Three FAO & TNC reports on NbS in agriculture: management, adoption and investment
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) have published three reports which collectively explore the potential of NbS in agriculture to jointly address issues of food security, climate and biodiversity: Sustainable management and conservation of land, water and biodiversity: a literature review giving an overview of different types of NbS […] -
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 […] -
State of the UK’s Woods and Trees 2021
This report from the Woodland Trust summarises key trends about the current state of native woodlands in the UK, how they contribute to society, and the threats they face. Although the area of woodland is slowly increasing, much of this increase is of non-native tree species, with only 15% of existing woodland being Ancient. Woodland […] -
Corporate financing of nature-based solutions: what next?
This blog from the World Resources Institute makes suggestions of how to ensure that investments in nature-based solutions for climate change mitigation lead to successful, large-scale protection of nature, rather than harming nature and undermining momentum towards rapid decarbonisation. The authors thoroughly explain how meeting two overarching principles is critical to ensure a positive outcome: […] -
Public international funding of nature-based solutions for adaptation: a landscape assessment
This working paper from the World Resources Institute is the first assessment of current public international funding for nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation. It aims to help donor countries and institutions, and receivers of NbS finance, understand the current funding landscape. Through assessment of international funding flows (not domestic budgets) and interviews with key […] -
The economic costs and benefits of nature-based solutions
This report from the RSPB and Cambridge Econometrics assesses the broad costs and benefits of restoring peatland, salt marsh and woodland in the UK for climate change mitigation. The review finds positive benefit-cost ratios for restoration across all three habitats, and indicates large job creation opportunities, making a case for restoration at scale both for […]