Nature-based Solutions
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- Podcast 2 September 2024 Heat Waves: Energy Efficiency and Nature-Based Solutions Problem: Heat waves are becoming increasingly frequent and severe due to climate change, posing significant threats to public health, the environment, and the energy infrastructure. Urban areas, with their dense populations and heat-absorbing surfaces, are particularly vulnerable. The rising demand for cooling during these periods strains energy systems, leading to higher greenhouse gas emissions and exacerbating the problem. Traditional cooling methods often rely on energy-intensive…
- News 30 August 2024 Sub-Saharan Africa unites for carbon market development: High-level policy dialogue in Zambia Zambia’s Ministry of Green Economy and Environment (MGEE) chaired the first regional High Level Policy Dialogue on Carbon Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa, to discuss the role of carbon markets in the achievement of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and how to further catalyze global climate action. As Zambia continues to pave the way in Article 6 implementation, the nation’s significant progress has garnered international attention and elevated the conversation to a broader arena…
- News 30 August 2024 Urgent Call to Action: Leveraging energy efficiency and nature-based solutions amid record heatwaves As the planet faces unprecedented heat waves, with July 2024 marking the hottest month ever recorded, UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a Call to Action on Extreme Heat. This initiative, supported by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and other UN entities, highlights the urgent need to address the socio-economic, environmental, and human threats posed by extreme heat. Record-breaking heat and its impacts Call to Action on Extreme Heat was launched during a week that…
- News 27 June 2024 UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre Hosts Event on Urban Nature-Based Solutions Urbanization rates are rapidly increasing worldwide, compounding climate risks and exacerbating vulnerabilities in cities. This causes an urgent need for implementation of urban nature-based solutions that can enhance cities’ ability to adapt to climate change while limiting emissions. To address this need UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre, in collaboration with the Danish Nature-based Solutions Knowledge Platform, hosted the event "Building Resilient Cities: The Role of Urban Nature-Based…
- News 3 June 2024 TNA stories: Coastal zone adaptation in Cuba Havana, the capital of Cuba and the island’s biggest urban area, is located in a region frequently hit by hurricanes and cold fronts. This makes Havana highly vulnerable to climate-change impacts such as sea-level rise and extreme weather events. The city is expected to face even more severe climate-related challenges in the future. Cuba’s Technology Needs Assessment focused specifically on climate resilience in coastal zones to face and adapt to these climate-change impacts. In line with Cuba…
- Event 6 May 2024 Building Resilient Cities: The role of urban nature-based solutions for climate change mitigation and adaptation. *Closed for registrations* The future of the world’s population is urban. Urbanization rates are rapidly increasing worldwide, compounding climate risks and exacerbating vulnerabilities in cities. In the Global South, the fast urbanization only further pressure existing infrastructure and hinder local government’s capacity to plan for climate-change resilient development at landscape levels and in the long run. While being hit hard by the impacts of the climate crisis, cities are…
- Project 1 May 2024 Implementation of Urban Nature-based Solutions for Mitigation and Adaptation Nature-based solutions (NbS) are increasingly understood to be effective and efficient options for addressing both mitigation and adaptation challenges in a wide range of settings. In urban contexts, they contribute to mitigation by sequestering and storing carbon in their biomass and in soils or by reducing the demand for cooling. NbS are also powerful options to reduce climate risk by significantly lowering the impacts of climate hazards, such as reducing the impact of wave height and…
- Event 15 March 2024 Webinar: Governing urban systems transition: How to meet the needs for climate technology transfer This webinar will shed light on how governance and policies can lead to an improved mainstreaming of climate initiatives in overall city strategies. Moreover, it will provide valuable insights into applied cases of integrating e.g., nature-based solutions in urban planning, as well as how to manage land and infrastructure required for technology adoption. As the current pace and scale of global action is insufficient to tackle climate change there is an urgent need to accelerate our actions. To…