Sectors and Themes
Disaster Risk Reduction
Nature-based Solutions and Ecosystem Services
Forestry and Other Land Use
Oceans and Coasts
Scale
National
Expertise Level
Generalist
Resource Type
Guidance and Frameworks
Language
English
Developer or Source
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
With the increasing international momentum surrounding nature-based solutions, this tool is aimed to help countries understand how nature based solutions can be used to adapt and mitigate climate change. The tool provides 8 approaches that can be used in addition to an overview of various definitions of nature-based solutions in the context of climate change. The tool gives a wholistic overview by showing example actions, ecosystem services and the potential climate and social benefits. The tool additionally provides examples from countries that have successfully included nature for each of the 8 recommendations.