The Potential for Nature-Based Solutions Initiatives to Incorporate and Scale Climate Adaptation

This research paper examines how existing nature-based solutions (NBS) initiatives can better integrate and scale climate adaptation to protect vulnerable populations and enhance ecosystem health.

• Nature-based solutions (NBS) can protect people and nature from both short-term hazards, such as flooding, and long-term threats, such as desertification, and may be more effective and cost-efficient than business-as-usual interventions.
• Integrating adaptation into NBS initiatives offers opportunities to advance equity, as vulnerable and marginalized groups are disproportionately affected by climate risks and stand to benefit most from these solutions.
• The paper identifies several opportunities for NBS initiatives to scale adaptation, including better coordination between initiatives, sharing tools from adaptation-focused organizations, investing in pilots to attract finance, and leveraging political momentum through improved evidence and communication.
• NBS initiatives encounter specific barriers to adopting adaptation priorities, most notably a lack of technical expertise on adaptation and insufficient funding to expand their activities.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). The Potential for Nature-Based Solutions Initiatives to Incorporate and Scale Climate Adaptation. https://www.wri.org/research/potential-nature-based-solutions-initiatives-incorporate-and-scale-climate-adaptation

Chicago

World Resources Institute. The Potential for Nature-Based Solutions Initiatives to Incorporate and Scale Climate Adaptation. n.d. https://www.wri.org/research/potential-nature-based-solutions-initiatives-incorporate-and-scale-climate-adaptation.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendpotential, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{The Potential for Nature-Based Solutions Initiatives to Incorporate and Scale Climate Adaptation}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/potential-nature-based-solutions-initiatives-incorporate-and-scale-climate-adaptation}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }