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Breaking barriers: Scaling urban nature-based solutions in South Asia and Latin America

Breaking barriers: Scaling urban nature-based solutions in South Asia and Latin America

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 In this episode, we look at nature-based solutions and how we can overcome the barriers to scale and implement them in growing cities. The guests present several societal and biodiversity co-benefits resulting implementing nature-based solutions for climate adaptation and resilience in cities. We delve into policies, regulations, and the need for enhanced capacity and peer-to-peer knowledge transfer between cities of the global south.

Guests:
  • Julia Rocha Romero, Advisor – Nature-based Solutions, UNEP-CCC
  • Gabriel Dias Mangolini Neves, Environmental Engineer, Municipality of Campinas, Brazil
  • Monalisa Sen, Associate Director, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, South Asia
Links to reports and cases mentioned in the episode:
  • Enabling Future-Ready Urbanization in Fast-Growing Cities with Nature-based Solutions
  • Business Models for Financing Nature-Based Solutions in Urban Climate Action
  • Linear parks in Campinas, Brazil
  • Canal restoration in Kochi, India
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