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It details specific NBS applications for coastal, urban, and river flooding, provides a framework for implementation, and outlines policy and financing mechanisms to scale these approaches.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-001770#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Between 2012 and 2018, the World Bank's disaster risk management portfolio included 76 projects utilizing NBS in subcomponents, with a total investment value of $2 billion.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-001770#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"NBS for coastal protection can be significantly more cost-effective than gray infrastructure; for example, restoring coastal wetlands can be two to five times cheaper than constructing submerged breakwaters for wave heights up to half a meter.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-001770#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Urban NBS can provide substantial stormwater management and economic benefits, such as green roofs retaining 50 to 100 percent of received stormwater and urban green spaces increasing property values by 5 to 15 percent.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-001770#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"River flood mitigation through NBS, such as upland forest restoration, is particularly effective for short-duration floods, with 82 percent of restoration studies reporting a decrease in peak flow.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-001770#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Successful NBS implementation requires a multidisciplinary approach covering technical dimensions (modeling and sequencing), social dimensions (community land stewardship), and economic dimensions (appraising nonmarket cobenefits).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-001770#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Enabling policy frameworks for NBS include incorporating sustainable landscape visions, creating incentives for local actors, authorizing NBS to comply with building codes, and facilitating cross-sector coordination.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-001770#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Financing for NBS is evolving from primarily public and philanthropic sources to blended models, including Water Funds, Green Bonds, debt-for-nature swaps, and pay-for-success models.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-001770#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["nature-based solutions","disaster risk reduction","green infrastructure","coastal flood","coastal erosion","Mangrove restoration","coral reef restoration","forest restoration","climate change adaptation","climate finance","climate bond","ecosystem-based adaptation","Sustainable Development Goals","Paris Agreement"],"geography_discussed":["Morocco","Suriname","Senegal","Sri Lanka","Poland","Vietnam","United States","Netherlands","People's Republic of China","Peru","Seychelles","Philippines","California","Washington, D.C."],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["technical guide","policy review","case study analysis"]},{"id":"wri-000235","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/wri-000235","title":"Previewing Climate Finance at COP24: Funds, Rules and Goals","publisher":{"name":"World Resources Institute","organization":"world-resources-institute"},"document_type":"briefing","language":"en","date_published":"2018-11-29","source_url":"https://www.wri.org/insights/previewing-climate-finance-cop24-funds-rules-and-goals","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The briefing identifies three central pillars for climate finance negotiations at COP24: the replenishment of dedicated funds, the creation of reporting guidelines for tracking financial flows, and the planning of a new collective quantified goal after 2025. 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There is a specific need to improve the tracking of private finance mobilized by public interventions and to reduce the current two-year reporting lag to the UN.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-000235#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"While public funding is a primary focus, the document argues that the Global Stocktake must assess progress in making all finance flows consistent with climate goals, as public funding is only one part of the overall financial picture.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-000235#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Regarding the $100 billion annual mobilization goal for developing countries, 2018 OECD data shows public climate finance reached $56.7 billion in 2017, while the 2018 Biennial Assessment of Climate Finance reported total provided and mobilized finance exceeded $70 billion in 2016.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-000235#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"A new collective quantified goal must be set before 2025 with a floor of $100 billion per year. 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RWE is identified as the most harmful company, with health costs of €5.4 billion in 2016. The analysis highlights that for many companies, the health costs imposed on society are similar in magnitude to the revenues they earn from selling coal-fired electricity. The report argues that companies are 'clinging to coal' through lack of retirement plans, continued investment in old plants, and lobbying for subsidies, and recommends a full phase-out of coal by 2030.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ember-000525#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Ten companies were responsible for an estimated two-thirds of the health damage caused by EU coal power plants in 2016, resulting in 7,600 premature deaths, 3,320 new cases of chronic bronchitis, 137,000 asthma symptom days in children, 5,820 hospital admissions, and over two million lost working days.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ember-000525#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"RWE was the most harmful company to health, causing €5.4 billion in modelled health costs in 2016. Approximately 65% of this damage is attributed to four large lignite plants in North Rhine-Westphalia (Neurath, Niederaußem, Weisweiler, and Frimmersdorf), which affect 46 million people living within 200km.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ember-000525#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The health costs imposed on society by coal companies are often similar to the revenues they receive from selling electricity. For RWE, the modelled health cost was €48 per MWh, while the wholesale electricity price was just over €50 per MWh. Some companies have even higher ratios, such as ČEZ at €70/MWh and three state-owned Romanian companies exceeding €200/MWh.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ember-000525#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Germany is a primary driver of coal-related health impacts in the EU because it accounts for 36% of all EU coal-based electricity generation, its plants are located near high population densities, and its air pollution limits have remained broadly unchanged since 2009.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ember-000525#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Many coal companies are resisting the energy transition by failing to set retirement dates, investing in new coal plants or mines, and lobbying for 'capacity mechanisms'—subsidies that the report claims are often used to support unprofitable fossil fuels.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ember-000525#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The report identifies a trend of companies selling coal plants to other operators rather than closing them, which merely transfers the pollution problem. 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