Good Practices for Designing Effective, Inclusive, and Sustainable Nature-Based Solutions for Adaptation

This technical brief from the Climate Adaptation and Protected Areas (CAPA) Initiative provides a framework and checklist for practitioners and policy-makers to assess and design nature-based solutions (NbS) for climate change adaptation, focusing on gender-responsiveness, social inclusion, and conflict sensitivity.

• The document introduces an assessment framework and checklist designed to help practitioners and policy-makers ensure that nature-based solutions (NbS) for adaptation projects adhere to internationally recognized principles and standards. This framework specifically focuses on whether interventions employ good practices regarding conflict-sensitive, socially inclusive, and gender-responsive approaches.
• The brief is intended to support the design, evaluation, and implementation of adaptive management for NbS projects, responding to the increased financing and recognition of the role healthy ecosystems play in providing adaptation benefits amidst the crises of biodiversity loss and climate change.

APA

Qi,, N. J. T. (2024). Good Practices for Designing Effective, Inclusive, and Sustainable Nature-Based Solutions for Adaptation. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/publications/brief/nature-based-solutions-for-adaptation-good-practices

Chicago

Qi,, Nicole Jang,Anika Terton,Jeffrey. Good Practices for Designing Effective, Inclusive, and Sustainable Nature-Based Solutions for Adaptation. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2024. https://www.iisd.org/publications/brief/nature-based-solutions-for-adaptation-good-practices.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{qi2024good, author = {Qi,, Nicole Jang,Anika Terton,Jeffrey}, title = {{Good Practices for Designing Effective, Inclusive, and Sustainable Nature-Based Solutions for Adaptation}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2024}, month = aug, url = {https://www.iisd.org/publications/brief/nature-based-solutions-for-adaptation-good-practices}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }