Failure to address the climate and biodiversity crises is undermining human well-being and increasing global inequality. Given their…
Earth & Environment
Nature-based Solutions for Climate and Water
As interest and discussion grows around the potential of Nature-based Solutions for Climate and Water, this collection of articles from PLOS Climate and PLOS Water begins to build the evidence and critical perspectives needed to support, enhance and challenge decision-making.
Image Credit: Aerial photo of forest by Waranont (Joe), Unsplash
PLOS Climate
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PLOS Climate Going beyond market-based mechanisms to finance nature-based solutions and foster sustainable futures
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PLOS Climate Different outcomes of alternative approaches to forest carbon accounting at the local level
In forest carbon accounting and policy assessment at the micro level, inconsistencies, and even confusion, abound regarding how timber and…
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PLOS Climate Climate-Smart Forestry: Promise and risks for forests, society, and climate
Climate change is presenting a global challenge to society and ecosystems. This is changing long-standing methods to determine the values…
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PLOS Climate Unsettling NbS: A pathway towards shifting colonial power relations in nature-based solutions research and practice
This article presents a synthesis and analysis drawing from NbS Justice, NBS Indigenous and NbS more-than-human literature, Indigenous…
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PLOS Climate The status and prospect on nature-based solution in South Asia: A policy-based analysis
South Asian countries face a disproportionate impact from disasters due to their unique topography, poverty, low literacy rates, and…
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PLOS Climate Natural regeneration of drylands and associated pathways to human health outcomes: Perspectives from rural households
Land degradation and climate change are intertwined global challenges, their implications on human health are driven by the unsustainable…
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PLOS Climate Applications of implementation science in integrated conservation + health programs: Improved learning to achieve environmental and health objectives
One Health is an interdisciplinary approach that advocates for programs and policies that integrate governance, conservation, agriculture,…
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PLOS Climate Examining knowledge and epistemic justice in the design of nature-based solutions for water management
Over the last decade, Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for water management have gained traction as triple-win options for climate action due…
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PLOS Climate Levers for transformative nature-based adaptation initiatives in the Alps
Transformative adaptation is essential to face the unprecedented biodiversity and climate change crises and the resulting loss in Nature’s…
PLOS Water
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PLOS Water The potential for nature-based solutions to combat the freshwater biodiversity crisis
Enthusiasm for and investments in nature-based solutions (NBS) as sustainable strategies for climate adaptation and infrastructure…
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PLOS Water Complex drivers of geomorphic response and habitat formation revealed in multiyear monitoring of Cosumnes River experimental floodplain reconnection
In this study, we examine a novel levee breach experiment that reconnected a floodplain along the Cosumnes River, California to determine…
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PLOS Water Nature based solutions for flood risks: What insights do the social representations of experts provide?
In the context of intensification of flood risks, Nature Based Solutions constitute an interesting approach to conciliate population’s…
Guest Editors
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Durham University Harriet Bulkeley
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University of Oxford Nathalie Seddon
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World Resources Institute Erin Gray
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University of Copenhagen Patience Mguni