Building climate resilience through nature-based solutions in Europe: A review of enabling knowledge, finance and governance frameworks
The European Union (EU) has firmly positioned itself as a global leader in promoting and implementing nature-based solutions (NBS). The recently released EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change, and Forest Strategy - all representing key pillars of the ambitious E...
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| author | Elisa Calliari Sergio Castellari McKenna Davis Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer Juliette Martin Jaroslav Mysiak Teresa Pastor Emiliano Ramieri Anna Scolobig Marjolein Sterk Clara Veerkamp Laura Wendling Marianne Zandersen |
| author_facet | Elisa Calliari Sergio Castellari McKenna Davis Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer Juliette Martin Jaroslav Mysiak Teresa Pastor Emiliano Ramieri Anna Scolobig Marjolein Sterk Clara Veerkamp Laura Wendling Marianne Zandersen |
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| description | The European Union (EU) has firmly positioned itself as a global leader in promoting and implementing nature-based solutions (NBS). The recently released EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change, and Forest Strategy - all representing key pillars of the ambitious European Green Deal (EGD) - rely on NBS to both preserve and restore ecosystem integrity and increase climate resilience. Although research and policy in Europe have advanced the conceptualization and operationalization of NBS, a much wider adoption is needed to reach the ambitious goals of the EGD and fulfil its vision of transforming into a sustainable, climate-neutral, climate resilient, fair, and prosperous EU by 2050. In this paper, we review recent EU-supported research, policy, and practices to identify critical dimensions that still need to be addressed for greater uptake of NBS. While recognising the multiple societal challenges NBS can target, we build on the key messages from the ‘5th European Climate Change Adaptation conference ECCA 2021′ and focus our analysis on NBS for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction. We screen a wide range of NBS cases across the EU and identify-three core challenges to implementation: the lack of a comprehensive evidence base on the effectiveness of NBS to address targeted challenges; the need for a greater involvement of the private sector in financing NBS; and opportunities for enhancing stakeholder engagement in the successful design and implementation of NBS. We take these challenges as the starting point for a broader reflection and critical discussion on the role of i) knowledge, i) finance, including investments in NBS and divestments from nature-negative projects, and iii) governance and policy frameworks to enable the uptake of NBS. We conclude by identifying options for the EU to foster the uptake of NBS in research, policy and practice. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f5fbe28b415b488c8bd2795423999dc62022-12-22T02:18:42ZengElsevierClimate Risk Management2212-09632022-01-0137100450Building climate resilience through nature-based solutions in Europe: A review of enabling knowledge, finance and governance frameworksElisa Calliari0Sergio Castellari1McKenna Davis2Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer3Juliette Martin4Jaroslav Mysiak5Teresa Pastor6Emiliano Ramieri7Anna Scolobig8Marjolein Sterk9Clara Veerkamp10Laura Wendling11Marianne Zandersen12University College London, Department of Political Science – School of Public Policy, 29- 30 Tavistock Square, London WC1H, United Kingdom; Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change – Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia, Edificio Porta dell'Innovazione - Piano 2, Via della Libertà, 12 - 30175 Venezia, Italy; Corresponding author at: University College London, Department of Political Science – School of Public Policy, 29- 30 Tavistock Square, London WC1H, United Kingdom.Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Via Franceschini, 31, 40100 Bologna, ItalyEcologic Institute, Pfalzburger Str. 43/44, 10717 Berlin, GermanyInternational Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Schlossplatz 1, A-2361 Laxenburg, AustriaInternational Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Schlossplatz 1, A-2361 Laxenburg, AustriaEuro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change – Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia, Edificio Porta dell'Innovazione - Piano 2, Via della Libertà, 12 - 30175 Venezia, ItalyEUROPARC Federation, Carretera de ĺEsglesia 92, 08017 Barcelona, SpainInstitute of Marine Sciences – National Research Council (CNR-ISMAR), Venezia, ItalyUniversity of Geneva, Boulevard Carl-Vogt 66, Geneva, SwitzerlandWageningen Environmental Research, P.O. Box 47, NL 6700 AA Wageningen, The NetherlandsPBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, PO Box 30314, 2500 GH The Hague, The NetherlandsVTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd., Espoo, FinlandAarhus University and Aarhus University Interdisciplinary Centre for Climate Change (iClimate), Frederiksborgvej 399, 4000 Roskilde, DenmarkThe European Union (EU) has firmly positioned itself as a global leader in promoting and implementing nature-based solutions (NBS). The recently released EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change, and Forest Strategy - all representing key pillars of the ambitious European Green Deal (EGD) - rely on NBS to both preserve and restore ecosystem integrity and increase climate resilience. Although research and policy in Europe have advanced the conceptualization and operationalization of NBS, a much wider adoption is needed to reach the ambitious goals of the EGD and fulfil its vision of transforming into a sustainable, climate-neutral, climate resilient, fair, and prosperous EU by 2050. In this paper, we review recent EU-supported research, policy, and practices to identify critical dimensions that still need to be addressed for greater uptake of NBS. While recognising the multiple societal challenges NBS can target, we build on the key messages from the ‘5th European Climate Change Adaptation conference ECCA 2021′ and focus our analysis on NBS for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction. We screen a wide range of NBS cases across the EU and identify-three core challenges to implementation: the lack of a comprehensive evidence base on the effectiveness of NBS to address targeted challenges; the need for a greater involvement of the private sector in financing NBS; and opportunities for enhancing stakeholder engagement in the successful design and implementation of NBS. We take these challenges as the starting point for a broader reflection and critical discussion on the role of i) knowledge, i) finance, including investments in NBS and divestments from nature-negative projects, and iii) governance and policy frameworks to enable the uptake of NBS. We conclude by identifying options for the EU to foster the uptake of NBS in research, policy and practice.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212096322000572Nature-based solutionsEuropean UnionEuropean Green DealClimate change adaptationDisaster risk reduction |
| spellingShingle | Elisa Calliari Sergio Castellari McKenna Davis Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer Juliette Martin Jaroslav Mysiak Teresa Pastor Emiliano Ramieri Anna Scolobig Marjolein Sterk Clara Veerkamp Laura Wendling Marianne Zandersen Building climate resilience through nature-based solutions in Europe: A review of enabling knowledge, finance and governance frameworks Climate Risk Management Nature-based solutions European Union European Green Deal Climate change adaptation Disaster risk reduction |
| title | Building climate resilience through nature-based solutions in Europe: A review of enabling knowledge, finance and governance frameworks |
| title_full | Building climate resilience through nature-based solutions in Europe: A review of enabling knowledge, finance and governance frameworks |
| title_fullStr | Building climate resilience through nature-based solutions in Europe: A review of enabling knowledge, finance and governance frameworks |
| title_full_unstemmed | Building climate resilience through nature-based solutions in Europe: A review of enabling knowledge, finance and governance frameworks |
| title_short | Building climate resilience through nature-based solutions in Europe: A review of enabling knowledge, finance and governance frameworks |
| title_sort | building climate resilience through nature based solutions in europe a review of enabling knowledge finance and governance frameworks |
| topic | Nature-based solutions European Union European Green Deal Climate change adaptation Disaster risk reduction |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212096322000572 |
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