Bundesamt für Naturschutz

BfN

Kabisch, Nadja

Stadler, Jutta

Korn, Horst

Bonn, Aletta

Nature-based solutions to climate change mitigation and adaptation in urban areas.

BfN-Skripten 446

Bonn

2016

978-3-89624-183-2

Content
1 Summary
2 Acknowledgments
3 2015 ENCA Climate Change Group recommendations for taking forward the spatial targeting and implementation of nature-based solutions for climate change mitigation and adaptation in urban areas and their rural surroundings

4 Expert Workshop on ″Nature-based solutions to climate change adaptation and mitigation in urban areas and their rural surroundings″ (Isle of Vilm/Germany, March 2015)
4.1 Background
4.1.1. Urban ecosystem services and green infrastructure
4.1.2 Nature-based solutions and ecosystem-based approaches to climate change adaptation and mitigation in urban areas
4.2 Objectives of the expert workshop
4.3 Methodology
4.4 Workshop – Results
4.4.1. ″Mapping exercise″: Overview on current NBS activities
4.4.2 Climate change related impacts on the urban-rural environment and related impacts on city residents
4.4.3. Evidence and examples of nature-based solutions for climate change mitigation and adaptation in cities and their rural surroundings
4.4.4. Challenges in bringing nature-based solutions into action
4.4.5 Potential barriers for implementing NBS to climate change in urban areas
4.4.6 Opportunities facilitating action to implement NBS to climate change in urban areas
4.4.7. Indicators of success for bringing nature-based solutions into action
4.4.8 Knowledge gaps relating to both future environmental changes and the effectiveness of different management actions related to nature-based solutions in cities and their rural surroundings
4.4.9. Future tasks to further the implementation of NBS to climate change in urban areas

5 Review on key issues related to NBS for climate change adaptation and mitigation in urban areas
5.1 Impacts of climate change and urbanization on biodiversity
5.2 Assessment of Nature-Based solutions for climate change adaptation and mitigation
5.2.1. Green roofs
5.2.2 Green walls for climate change adaptation and mitigation
5.2.3 Parks and street green as part of the urban green infrastructure as nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation
5.3 Nature-based solutions to climate change in urban areas and their role in improving city resident′s health and fostering social-environmental justice
6 Conclusions

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05.02.2021