ABSTRACT The Paris Agreement articulates a global goal on adaptation, which aims to
ensure an 'adequate adaptation response'to the 'global temperature goal', and requires …

The growing number of artificial structures in estuarine, coastal and marine environments is
causing “ocean sprawl”. Artificial structures do not only modify marine and coastal …

Nature‐based solutions (NbS) to climate change currently have considerable political
traction. However, national intentions to deploy NbS have yet to be fully translated into …

Central and South America (CSA) is a highly diverse region, both culturally and biologically.
It has one of the highest levels of biodiversity on the planet (Hoorn et al., 2010; Zador et al …

Many cities around the world are experimenting with nature-based solutions (NbS) to
address the interconnected climate-, biodiversity-and society-related challenges they are …

Ecosystems play a potentially important role in sustainably reducing the risk of disaster
events worldwide. Yet, to date, there are few comprehensive studies that summarize the …

This chapter takes sustainable development as the starting point and focus for analysis. It
considers the broad and multifaceted bi-directional interplay between sustainable …

Abstract 'Nature-based-solutions'(NbS) aim to use nature in tackling challenges such as
climate change, food security, water resources, or disaster risk management. The concept …

Climate change impacts increase pressure on challenges to sustainability and the
developmental needs of cities. Conventional,“hard” adaptation measures are often …

The study of ecosystem services enables the understanding of the services that ecosystems
provide at the landscape level by explaining the relationship between natural capital …