Presentation by Sofie Vandewoestijne, project advisor, EASME / European Commission, as part of the webinar "Nature-based Solutions as a Catalyst for Achieving Mutual Benefits for People, Nature and Climate – Lessons learned from China and globally."

1. Nature-based Solutions: the European approach
基于自然解决方案：欧洲方法
Nature-based Solutions as a catalyst for achieving mutual benefits for people, nature
and climate – Lessons learned from China and globally, CCICED webinar , January 20,
2021
Sofie Vandewoestijne, project advisor
EASME / EC

2. Nature-based Solutions
EC definition : Nature-based solutions to societal challenges are 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.
Nature-based solutions must therefore benefit biodiversity and support the
delivery of a range of ecosystem services
Some important principles in Horizon NBS projects: innovation (social,
governance, technical, regulatory, business & finance, …), address multiple
challenges & apply co-design to co-management process

3. Nature-based Solutions & policy
Paris
Agreement
EU Climate Adaptation
Strategy*
Global
Nationally
Determined
Contribution
EU SDGs
EU R&I partnership*:
Climate, Biodiversity,
Urban
Leveraging
Instruments
Policy/
instruments
Horizon
2020/Europe*
'Cohesion Policy' Funds
EU Biodiversity and
Green Infrastructure
Strategy
LIFE
Water Framework Directive*
and Floods Directive
Policies
EIP on Water
Action Plan for
Nature, People and
the Economy
Clean Planet
Communication
EU Urban
Agenda
Convention on Biological Diversity
Sustainable finance
Action Plan
EU Action Plan on Sendai
Framework for DRR (2016)
Sendai
Framework for DRR
Invest EU*
MS
National plans for
GI, Nature
GREEN DEAL
Adaptation
Plan (NCAP)
Climate Pact
EU Recovery and Resilient
Facility
Semester Process

4. Horizon 2020: Over 200M € invested on NBS
TYPE OF ACTION TOPIC FOCUS
FOCUS
AREA
BUDGET
POLICY
CONTRIBUTION
2 CSA Sci-policy-business-society All 7 M €
15 IAs (+3 in 2021)
(demonstration actions)
To provide a robust EU-
wide evidence base and
develop an EU reference
framework on NBS
Water/climate resilience (4) Cities 49M €
Inclusive urban regeneration (4) Cities 49M €
DRR hydro-met events (3) Landscape 35M €
Decarbonisation/air quality (3) Cities 30M €
Health and well being (4) Cities 43M €
11 RIAs (+4 in 2021)
To create knowledge and
tools on specific areas
governance, business, financing
models (2)
Cities 15M €
insurance value of ecosystems/NBS
for DRR/CA (1)
Land/Cities 5M €
restoration of ecosystems (2 CN)
restoration of ecosystems (2 LA)
Cities
10M €
10M €
Climate and biodiversity (4)
Landscape 25 M €
water quality and security (2) Cities 10M €
Climate
Adapt
Biodiversit
y
Climate
Mitigat
Biodiversit
y
DRR
Water
Sust. financing
Climate
Adapt
DRR
Urban
Agenda
Air
Quali
ty
Climate
Adapt
DRR
Biodiversit
y
Biodiver
sity
Climate
Adap/
Mit
Health
Sustainable
urbanization
https://europa.eu/!
Qk78UX

5. Examples of NBS implementation
Re-naturalization of
river course
Permeable
pavements
Reforestation,
Street trees
Wetlands
Bio-filters
Green spaces
Floodable parks
Retention ponds
Alluvial meadows
Restoration of
wetlands
Reactivation of storage capacity,
floodplain restoration
Green roofs,
green walls
Vegetated floodway,
swales

6. EU-China H2020 NBS projects
https://bit.ly/2Qvh818
Interactive link to check partners
点击该链接查看合作伙伴
Partners in H2020 NBS projects
“地平线2020”基于自然解决方案项
目合作伙伴
H2020 project
“地平线2020”项目
Cities (China)
城市（中国）
URBAN GreenUP Chengdu成都
CLEARING HOUSE Beijing北京
CLEARING HOUSE Guangzhou Shenzen广州深圳
CLEARING HOUSE Hong-Kong香港
CLEARING HOUSE Hangzhou杭州
CLEARING HOUSE Huaibei淮北
CLEARING HOUSE Xiamen厦门
GROW GREEN Wuhan武汉
OPERANDUM
Hong-Kong new Territories
香港新界
REGREEN Beijing北京
REGREEN Shangai上海
REGREEN Ningbo宁波
UNALAB Guangzhou广州
UNALAB Hong-Kong香港
proGIreg Ningbo宁波
www.regreen-
project.eu
http://www.clearin
ghouseproject.eu

7. Building the evidence base
Nature-based solutions. State of the art in
EU-funded projects.
欧盟资助的基于自然解决方案项目现状
Biodiversity生物多样性
Climate mitigation气候变化减缓
Sustainable communities可持续社区
Microclimate/air pollution微气候/空气污染
Water quality水质
Floods/coastal洪水/海岸

8. 2) HE 2021-2022:
• NBS and health;
• Governance of NBS;
• Education for NBS;
• Economics of NBS;
• Insurance sector and NBS;
• Multistakeholder Network for NBS;
• Agro-ecology and agro-forestry;
• Rewilding for carbon sequestration, climate
adaptation and biodiversity support;
• Urban planning and design to maximise
multiple benefits of NBS in cities;
• NBS to enhance urban resilience and
security;
• Land management and climate-related
disasters
Biodiversity and Agro-ecology partnerships
Missions: Adaptation, Cities, Soils and Oceans
NBS in Green Deal … Horizon Europe…
1) Green Deal call: 7.1 Ecosystem restoration

9. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR ATTENTION
谢谢！
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