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NatureX

GPSC Mayors Round Table and Urban Nature Forum

Events

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Compendium for City Good Practice Series: How Paris Is Leveraging Nature For Climate Resilience

This report, as part of the Compendium for City Good Practice series, highlights Paris's innovative approach to climate resilience through the strategic integration of nature into urban

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Banking on nature: What the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework means for responsible banks

As part of a series of publications to help financial institutions understand the relevance and implications of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), this b

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The Urban Nature Indexes

The IUCN Urban Alliance, a broad coalition of IUCN constituents concerned with the urban dimensions of nature conservation, has unveiled a new knowledge product for measuring t

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Stepping Up on Biodiversity: What the Kunming‑Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework means for responsible investors

In the face of unprecedented biodiversity loss, 196 countries adopted in December 2022 the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) providing a global framework to

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The benefits of citizen science and nature-noticing activities for well-being, nature connectedness and pro-nature conservation behaviors

The current biodiversity crisis, extinction of experience of nature and rising concern about people's well-being and mental health require us to understand the benef

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Summary - Towards an IUCN Nature-Positive Approach: a Working Paper

To deliver a nature-positive future the world needs to be able to measure progress towards global goals, but currently lacks the tools to do so.

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Valuing the Benefit of Nature-Based Solutions for Integrated Urban Flood Management in China (Available in English and Chinese)

Such solutions have the potential to integrate natural habitats, processes, and services as part of a coherent and holistic approach to water management, particularly in the ur

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Urban Green Infrastructure II: Implementing and Monitoring (Spanish)

This publication is part of a series of three papers exploring the different aspects of urban green infrastructure solutions.

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Urban Green Infrastructure I: Challenges, Opportunities and Good Practices (Spanish)

This publication is part of a series of three papers exploring the different aspects of urban green infrastructure solutions.

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Urban Nature and Biodiversity for Cities. Policy Brief

One important way for urban leaders to rise to today’s challenges is to bring biodiversity and nature into urban design through urban eco

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A Catalogue of Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Resilience

Cities worldwide are facing resilience challenges as climate risks interact with urbanization, loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services, poverty, and rising socioeconomic in

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Biodiversity and Health in the Urban Environment

Biodiversity underpins urban ecosystem functions that are essential for human health and well-being.

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Nature-Based Solutions: State of the Art in EU-Funded Projects

This document summarises outcomes from the Commission individual expert reports delivered through its ‘Valorisation of NBS Projects’ initiative.

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Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their Services: An EU ecosystem assessment

This report presents an ecosystem assessment covering the total land area of the EU as well as the EU marine regions.

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Primer for Cool Cities: Reducing Excessive Urban Heat – With a Focus on Passive Measures

Cities are g

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Green Infrastructure Design for Transport Projects: A Road Map to Protecting Asia's Wildlife Biodiversity

This report discusses the impacts of transport projects on wildlife and biodiversity in Asia, and how to address them by integrating road ecology principles and green infrastructure to balance co

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Madrid360 Carbon Neutrality Roadmap by 2050

The Madrid 360 Environmental Sustainability Strategy, presented in September 2019, already pointed out in its introduction that “the compelling need to curb climate change led

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Natural Asset and Biodiversity Valuation in Cities

Cities are increasingly recognizing the role of the natural environment in shaping healthy and livable places that enhance human capital.

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Greening Africa's Cities : Enhancing the Relationship between Urbanization, Environmental Assets, and Ecosystem Services

Africa is urbanizing late but fast.

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