Evaluating the impact of nature-based solutions: A handbook for practitioners. The Handbook aims to provide decision-makers with a comprehensive NBS impact assessment framework, and a robust set of indicators and methodologies to assess impacts of nature-based solutions across 12 societal challenge areas: Climate Resilience; Water Management; Natural and Climate Hazards; Green Space Management; Biodiversity; Air Quality; Place Regeneration; Knowledge and Social Capacity Building for Sustainable Urban Transformation; Participatory Planning and Governance; Social Justice and Social Cohesion; Health and Well-being; New Economic Opportunities and Green Jobs.
ThinkNature Nature-based solutions handbook: Its main objective is to gather and promote state-of-the-art knowledge regarding Nature-Based Solutions (NbS), comprising a comprehensive guide to all relevant actors. To this end, each aspect of NbS is investigated, from project development to financing and policy making, and is presented in a concise and comprehensive way, in order to be easily understandable.
Phusicos project: According to nature – NBS guidebook. The project will demonstrate how nature-based solutions provide robust, sustainable and cost-effective measures for reducing the risk of extreme weather events in rural mountain landscapes.
National guidance for Sweden on the implementation of NbS: A tool for climate adaptation and other societal challenges
A national guide for Norwegian municipalities to evaluate when to use NbS, focussing on climate related risks
The A-DVICE handbook focuses on the different kinds of policies, such as strategies, incentive programs and laws that may be useful when planning NbS in the Nordic region. In that handbook, you can read about policies on the local, regional and national levels in the Nordic region. This includes guidance on international goals and obligations, the Nordic policy landscape, policy integration and cross-sectoral approaches, financial instruments, education, capacity building and awareness raising, voluntary measures and stakeholder engagement, and assessment frameworks for NbS.