Embracing Nature to Strengthen Climate Resilience

Access to actionable information that outlines opportunities for nature-based solutions (NBS) investments at early stages of project design is essential for enabling the scale up of these solutions, which can effectively reduce climate risks, while bringing important socioeconomic benefits. This report summarizes how the Nature-Based Solutions Opportunity Scan (NBSOS) can support the World Bank, its clients, and development partners to identify NBS investment opportunities, understand the associated benefits, and integrate these interventions into projects.

This document aims to guide the design, implementation, and use of studies to value the benefits and costs of Nature-Based Solutions for climate resilience projects.

This report provides guidance on gender and social inclusion in NBS.

The catalogue aims to lay out the options for NBS contributing to resilience in cities, allowing for a primary identification of potential investments. It contains design drawings, good practice examples, implementation considerations, and background material for all main types of urban NBS

As GPNBS scales-up its effort to provide targeted support to
World Bank task teams and clients, monitoring and tracking
the NBS footprint in the World Bank’s portfolio will remain a
key tool. This paper aims to inform World Bank and GFDRR
leadership, donors, clients, and the global community on the
World Bank’s progress in mainstreaming NBS for climate
resilience, and to inform decisions on targeting capacity
building efforts and technical support to operations

This report guides developing country service providers and their partners on how to seize this opportunity. It reviews approaches and examples of how to integrate green infrastructure into mainstream project appraisal processes and investments.