Principles for Just Nature-based Solutions

This briefing from the Stockholm Environment Institute outlines five principles designed to ensure that nature-based solutions (NbS) are just and equitable in their design, governance, and implementation, and provides a case study from Kenya to illustrate their application.

• The authors propose five specific principles to ensure that nature-based solutions (NbS) are just and equitable: ensuring inclusive and transparent processes for design, governance, and implementation; addressing the root causes of injustice, inequality, and marginalization; preventing the unjust redistribution of costs and risks and limiting economic and non-economic losses; prioritizing the most at-risk communities and places; and utilizing measurement and valuation tools that evaluate political and social consequences and change.
• The brief utilizes a case study from a semi-informal settlement in Nakuru, Kenya, to demonstrate how the proposed principles can be integrated into early-stage processes for NbS-oriented measures aimed at solving environmental and socio-economic issues at the community level.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2022). Principles for Just Nature-based Solutions. https://www.sei.org/publications/principles-for-just-nature-based-solutions/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Principles for Just Nature-based Solutions. 2022. https://www.sei.org/publications/principles-for-just-nature-based-solutions/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2022principles, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Principles for Just Nature-based Solutions}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2022}, month = may, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/principles-for-just-nature-based-solutions/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }