Version 1
: Received: 6 October 2018 / Approved: 10 October 2018 / Online: 10 October 2018 (05:49:38 CEST)
Version 2
: Received: 13 September 2019 / Approved: 14 September 2019 / Online: 14 September 2019 (12:07:15 CEST)
How to cite:
Seddon, N.; Daniels, E.; Davis, R.; Harris, R.; Hou-Jones, X.; Huq, S.; Kapos, V.; Mace, G.M.; Rizvi, A.R.; Reid, H.; Roe, D.; Wicander, S. Global Recognition of the Importance of Nature-Based Solutions to Climate Change Impacts. Preprints2018, 2018100203. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201810.0203.v2
Seddon, N.; Daniels, E.; Davis, R.; Harris, R.; Hou-Jones, X.; Huq, S.; Kapos, V.; Mace, G.M.; Rizvi, A.R.; Reid, H.; Roe, D.; Wicander, S. Global Recognition of the Importance of Nature-Based Solutions to Climate Change Impacts. Preprints 2018, 2018100203. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201810.0203.v2
Seddon, N.; Daniels, E.; Davis, R.; Harris, R.; Hou-Jones, X.; Huq, S.; Kapos, V.; Mace, G.M.; Rizvi, A.R.; Reid, H.; Roe, D.; Wicander, S. Global Recognition of the Importance of Nature-Based Solutions to Climate Change Impacts. Preprints2018, 2018100203. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201810.0203.v2
APA Style
Seddon, N., Daniels, E., Davis, R., Harris, R., Hou-Jones, X., Huq, S., Kapos, V., Mace, G.M., Rizvi, A.R., Reid, H., Roe, D., & Wicander, S. (2019). Global Recognition of the Importance of Nature-Based Solutions to Climate Change Impacts. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201810.0203.v2
Chicago/Turabian Style
Seddon, N., Dilys Roe and Sylvia Wicander. 2019 "Global Recognition of the Importance of Nature-Based Solutions to Climate Change Impacts" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201810.0203.v2
Abstract
Ecosystems are not merely vulnerable to climate change but, if sustainably restored and protected, are a major source of human resilience. Not only is the evidence-base for the importance of these “Nature-based Solutions” (NbS) growing rapidly, but NbS are featuring with increasing prominence in global climate change policy. Here we report on the prominence of NbS in the 141 adaptation components of the 167 Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) that were submitted to UNFCCC by all signatories of the Paris Agreement. In total, 103 nations include NbS in the adaptation component of their NDC, 76 nations include them in both their adaptation and mitigation component, and an additional 27 include them as part of their mitigation plans only. In other words, 130 nations—or 66% of all signatories to the Paris Agreement—have articulated intentions of working with ecosystems, in one form or another, to address the causes and consequences of climate change. However, commitments rarely translate into robust science-based targets. As climate pledges are revised in 2020, we urge the ecosystem science community to work closely with policymakers to identify meaningful adaptation targets that benefit both people and the ecosystems on which they depend.
biodiversity; climate change adaptation; ecosystems; Paris agreement; policy; nature-based solutions
Subject
Environmental and Earth Sciences, Ecology
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Commenter: Nathalie Seddon
Commenter's Conflict of Interests: Author