CALL FOR PAPERS
Nature-based Solutions
PLOS CLIMATE and PLOS WATER
As interest and discussion grow around the potential of Nature-based Solutions for Climate and Water, PLOS Climate and PLOS Water are calling for submissions for a new Collection to build the evidence and critical perspectives needed to support, enhance and challenge decision-making. Submission deadline, March 10, 2023.
Submit to PLOS Climate or PLOS Water
As interest and discussion grow around the potential of Nature-based Solutions for Climate and Water, PLOS Climate and PLOS Water are calling for submissions for a new Collection to build the evidence and critical perspectives needed to support, enhance and challenge decision-making.
We welcome submissions of research (including theoretical, observational, computational, qualitative, mixed-methods and participatory research) addressing all aspects of the development, implementation and assessment of nature-based solutions for climate change and managing and protecting our planet’s freshwater resources, including but not limited to ecological, biophysical, technological, economic, sociological, political and ethical dimensions. We especially encourage submissions of studies involving inter-/trans-disciplinary approaches and those which share perspectives from underrepresented global regions and communities.
- Nature-based solutions for climate change mitigation, including blue carbon
- Integrated water resources management
- Ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction
- Biodiversity, health and amenity co-benefits of NbS
- Urban green/blue infrastructure and water-sensitive design
- Sustainable and regenerative agriculture and land use
- Social, ethical, equity and justice dimensions of NbS
- Economics and financing of NbS
- Policy and governance of NbS
- Avoiding leakage and impermanence of NbS
- Theorisation of NbS and relations to Indigenous and Local Knowledges
Harriet Bulkeley
Durham University
Erin Gray
World Resource Institute
Patience Mguni
Copenhagen University
Nathalie Seddon
University of Oxford
PLOS Climate will rapidly disseminate rigorous research, with a commitment to open research principles that empower academic researchers, policy-makers, governments, international organizations and industry to understand dynamic, changing climates and take positive, evidence-based action in the face of climate change. We will catalyze practical solutions and amplify perspectives from under-represented voices and regions about issues across the breadth of climate research.
Email questions to climate@plos.org
PLOS Water connects researchers across the hydrology, water resources, and water sanitation and hygiene communities, amplifying a diverse set of voices to influence the global discourse around fresh water. Our journal drives Open Science water research forward to foster a deeper understanding of these interconnected issues, and to empower researchers, local and Indigenous communities, water professionals, and organizations from across the globe to take positive, evidence-based action in order to address some of the most pressing issues our planet faces.
Email questions to water@plos.org
Submit your paper to be considered for this Collection.
Mention the Nature-based Solutions Call for Papers in your cover letter. The Collection will publish in early 2023.
Submit to PLOS Climate or PLOS Water