Nature-based solutions and their socio-economic benefits for Europe's recovery
Kopsieker,Lisa ; Gerritsen, Erik ; Stainforth, Thorfinn ; Lucic, Antoine ; Costa Domingo, Giulia ; Naumann, Sandra ; Rösche, Lina ; McKenna, Davis
Institute for European Environmental Policy, Brussels
IEEP - Brussels
2021
19 p.
environmental policy ; EU policy ; environmental management ; employment creation ; climate change ; health ; biodiversity ; case study ; economic recovery
Policy Brief
February
Business economics
English
Bibliogr.
"This briefing provides an overview of the wide range of socio-economic benefits that nature-based solutions can achieve alongside addressing the intertwined climate change and biodiversity loss crises.
The briefing highlights the central role these solutions can play in achieving the EU's 2030 commitments and describes the obstacles that have so far prevented their wider integration into EU policy. It also identifies recommendations to enhance their uptake."
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