The EC defines NBS as “solutions that are inspired and supported by nature, which are cost-effective, simultaneously provide environmental, social and economic benefits and help build resilience; such solutions bring more, and more diverse, nature and natural features and processes into cities, landscapes and seascapes, through locally adapted, resource-efficient and systemic interventions.” It further emphasizes that “nature-based solutions must benefit biodiversity and support the delivery of a range of ecosystem services.”

This report highlights how NBS offers “a major chance for innovation, with possibilities to deliver lasting and tangible benefits across different social groups, in a range of environmental, economic and cultural settings, and in sharp contrast with the ways in which conventional, ‘traditional’ or ‘grey’ solutions are designed, constructed and managed over time.”

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