nature-based solutions Archives

Lush wetland with a city skyline view on a clear day, blending nature and urban life

Monitoring nature-based solutions is key for compliance, co-creation and practice improvement

Journal article / The authors argue that monitoring and evaluation for nature-based solutions (NBS) should be treated as a collective learning process.

30 July 2026 / About Cities

Aquaculture producers gather before the 20th Community Based Adaptation Conference in Manila, Philippines.

Whose nature, whose solutions? Indigenous and local priorities for aquaculture nature-based solutions

Perspective / Indigenous and local aquaculture producers reflected on the future of aquaculture nature-based solutions (NbS) at CBA20.

20 July 2026 / About Adaptation

The power to define nature-based solutions: insights from coastal aquaculture communities in Cambodia

Perspective / This piece looks at the gap between policy labels and lived reality when livelihood practices are branded as nature-based solutions.

17 July 2026 / About Food and agriculture

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