Financial institutions recommend that net zero groups and climate finance alliances include nature within their remit to reflect the understanding that we are facing two interconnectedness crises (climate change and biodiversity loss) and to better facilitate solutions that work on both and help deliver resilience.
In connecting climate and biodiversity, it is useful to think about NbS as an umbrella concept that recognises all forms of solutions based in nature, encompassing not only Natural Climate Solutions but also Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA), Ecosystem-based Mitigation (EBM), Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR), and Nature-based Infrastructure or Green Infrastructure (GI).
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