by George Hope | Aug 1, 2023
Failure to address the climate and biodiversity crises is undermining human well-being and increasing global inequality. Given their potential for addressing these societal challenges, there is growing attention on scaling-up nature-based solutions (NbS). However,...
by George Hope | Aug 1, 2023
Nature-based solutions (NbS)—solutions to societal challenges that involve working with nature—have recently gained popularity as an integrated approach that can address climate change and biodiversity loss, while supporting sustainable development. Although...
by George Hope | Aug 1, 2023
There is an increasing recognition that, although the climate change and biodiversity crises are fundamentally connected, they have been primarily addressed independently and a more integrated global approach is essential to tackle these two global challenges....
by George Hope | Aug 1, 2023
In this policy digest, I will outline the rationale for a set of four evidence-based guidelines for policy makers on Nature-based Solutions, before going on to discuss what is needed by and at the UN climate summit, COP26, to help ensure NbS can be taken to...
by George Hope | Aug 1, 2023
Nature-based solutions (NbS) —i.e. working with and enhancing nature to address societal challenges— feature with increasing prominence in responses to climate change, including in the adaptation plans of the most vulnerable nations. Although evidence for the...