Practical pathways to prepare communities for change.
Practical pathways to prepare communities for change. This section brings together GCS reporting and analysis across the places, institutions and systems where action is taking shape.
15 published insights in this solution area.
Discover how SA Water’s recycled water networks improve water security, support climate resilience, and reduce freshwater demand through sustainable reuse.
Blue bonds channel capital into marine conservation, coastal resilience, sustainable infrastructure, and ocean economies through targeted climate-smart finance.
Explore how Singapore’s Green Bond Framework finances coastal resilience, flood protection, and long-term climate adaptation projects.
Explore how integrated policy frameworks and Australia’s Climate-Smart Agriculture Program strengthen resilience, emissions reduction, and sustainable land management.
Explore how Singapore’s climate-sensitive urban design integrates wind corridors, green infrastructure, and digital modelling to mitigate rising urban heat risks.
Explore how the Tokyo Digital Twin Project integrates real-time data and 3D modelling to support data-driven urban planning, infrastructure management, and city resilience.
Nature-Based Solutions to 21st Century Challenges examines how working with ecosystems can address climate risk, biodiversity loss, water insecurity and the pressures created by rapid urban and economic change. This second edition brings the evidence and practice of nature-based solutions into a single, accessible framework. The book connects ecological restoration with climate adaptation and sustainable development, showing how nature-based approaches can be planned, financed and governed across landscapes, cities and water systems. It considers the multiple benefits these interventions can provide while remaining attentive to implementation constraints, trade-offs and the need for credible evaluation. Written for policymakers, practitioners, researchers and students, it offers a practical route from broad environmental ambition to place-specific action that strengthens both ecosystems and communities.
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