nature-based solutions Archives

Modern street in Wageningen, Netherlands, showing eco-friendly middle-class family homes along both sides of a river with a natural flow and lush vegetation along the riverbanks.

Implementing systemic nature-based solutions as a cross-sector service for resilient landscapes

Journal article / This article explores how nature-based solutions use the protection, restoration and sustainable management of ecosystems to address societal challenges.

26 May 2026 / About Adaptation

Two people dressed in black walk away along a gravel road. On the left is fenced grazing land for animals, and on the right side of the road are trees.

Social Impact Framework for assessing the impacts of NBS on human well-being and justice and its relation to biodiversity

Other publication / This brief helps local planners and stakeholders understand how NbS can enhance wellbeing through effective design, governance, and impact assessment.

25 May 2026 / About Adaptation, Cities and Participation

A vibrant underwater coral reef scene with colorful corals and sponges, surrounded by a large school of fish swimming through clear blue ocean water.

SEI research on coastal resilience endorsed for the Ocean Decade

Feature / Resilient Coasts – Caribbean Sea has officially been endorsed as a Decade Action under the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.

8 April 2026 / About Adaptation, Disaster risk, Ecosystems, Innovation and Water resources

Why nature data is becoming a business necessity

Perspective / Selorm Kugbega reflects on insights from Davos on why nature-based solutions must become core business investments.

10 February 2026 / About Food and agriculture, Land use and Planning and modelling

Effectiveness of nature-based solutions to address water challenges in the Greater Mekong Subregion: a systematic mapping

Journal article / Findings reveal a regional imbalance on NbS interventions in the Greater Mekong Subregion.

11 November 2025 / About Adaptation

Father and son working in communal garden. Watering plants

Europe’s heatwave cities: lessons from Estonia’s fight to keep cool

Perspective / Estonian cities are starting to adapt to climate change – the summer heatwaves make it increasingly dangerous not to.

21 August 2025 / About Adaptation, Cities, Disaster risk and Wellbeing

Person in red jacket standing near a glacial lake with reddish water, surrounded by rocky terrain and melting glacier in the Peruvian Andes.

SEI launches seven programs to tackle urgent global challenges

Feature / The “One-SEI” programs foster cross-centre research and partnerships to accelerate action on climate, nature and wellbeing.

1 July 2025 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Finance, Food and agriculture, Innovation, Mitigation, Participation, Planning and modelling and Water resources

Three people stand to the left side of the image, before a wall of green wetland grasses. In the distance are three skyscrapers, trees and hanging electrical lines. In the foreground, a cement pad and blue and black pipes are connected to green hoses stretching to the grasses.

Q&A: How can Iraq improve water management and increase resilience?

Feature / As the WICER project comes to a close this month, SEI sanitation and water resource experts answer a few questions.

18 June 2025 / About Planning and modelling, Sanitation and Water resources

National policy dialogue on the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus in Kenya

Past event / This event offers policymakers a platform to explore the practical implementation of the WEF nexus, with a focus on Ewaso Ngiro North catchment area

16 June 2025 / About Water-energy-food nexus