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To bring about change for our seas and coasts, there is need to integrate action on climate, biodiversity and development. Nature-based solutions are physical measures to protect, manage and restore ecosystems while addressing social challenges.
Video: Brenda Ochola / SEI / YouTube.
Social equity and justice need to be a core part of policies and projects for nature-based solutions, or risk reinforcing existing inequalities and injustices. The governance and implementation of nature-based solutions must also account gender norms, power dynamics, and the historical marginalization and discrimination of different groups.
Issues around scale must be considered in the design of nature-based solutions to deliver measurable benefits for nature and society.
Finance needs to take account of equity and scalar challenges. Critical approaches to finance are needed for more effective implementation of nature-based solutions that doesn’t compromise on social and economic goals.
Better data is vital for assessing whether financial support is being targeted and used effectively. This includes a more transparent explanation by funders of how projects that are tagged as targeting biodiversity deliver benefits for ecosystems, and what outcomes might measure success.
SEI has launched a set of four briefs to provoke a more nuanced discussion of the benefits, and the risks and trade-offs, of nature-based solutions. Learn more below.
SEI working paper / Read this new assessment on how much development finance is directed toward nature-based solutions and how effectively it is used.
SEI brief / Nature-based solutions must be designed to deliver measurable benefits for nature and society. The different dimensions of scale could be better incorporated.
SEI brief / This SEI discussion brief outlines principles for designing and implementing nature-based solutions that are just and equitable.
SEI brief / This brief introduces a four-part series on the social and economic sustainability aspects of nature-based solutions.
Feature / In this episode of the "Talks 4 Action" podcast, SEI researchers discuss the promises and pitfalls of Nature-based solutions.
Other publication / Viewing landscapes as having multiple uses for both humans and nature can lead to better goals and adaptation for nature-based solutions among other issues.
Perspective / This perspective examines the issues that deserve greater attention to expand the use and financing of nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation.
SEI brief / This SEI discussion brief outlines principles for designing and implementing nature-based solutions that are just and equitable.
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