WCC 2020 Res 060 - Activity Report

CEM NbS Thematic Group organized and/or participated in a number of events to promote the NbS concept and the Global Standard for NbS, for different regions and for different types of stakeholders:
1. Events organized:
- Organized the United Nations Science Summit - Workshop on NbS in Latin America. New York, Sept. 2022
- Workshop organized on NbS & Ecosystem Services. ESP Conference. Greece, October 2022.
- Nature-based Solutions Seminar for MSc students, UTAD, Vila Real, Portugal, May 2023.
2. Presentations at international events:
- Israel: Forum Civil Society organisations. Israel, March 2022.
- Jornadas de Estudo e Proteção do Ambiente. Portugal, March 2022.
- Environmental Sustainability and International Cooperation seminars. Italy, May 2022.
- Soluciones Basadas en la Naturaleza frente al Cambio Climático. Spain, September 2022.
- IMPAC (International Marine Protected Areas Congress) 5. Vancouver Canada, February 2023.
- 2023 EU-US Knowledge Exchange Webinar. Nature-based Solutions for Flood Risk Management: What it is and What it’s not? January 2023
- CEM Asia consultative Workshop on Ecosystems & NbS, Kerala, India - March 2023
- SMILES COST Project Meeting, Cyprus, May 2023.

CEM NbS Thematic Group study is leading an initiative to implement the NbS Global Standard in 23 case-studies around the globe. All research team have gone through guidance and a short training on how to implement the self-assessment tool in their own context, in the following countries: USA, Colombia, Ecuador, Argentina, Peru, Kenya, India, China, New Caledonia, Indonesia, New Zeeland, Australia, Austria, UK, France, Italy, Greece, Algeria, Spain and Portugal. All people involved have all written their case study that will be published in a CEM publication. This project allows different stakeholders groups to get to know the Global Standard for NbS, get the support to understand it and implement it, improve their own NbS interventions and scale up the NbS in their region. In addition, this work will provide insight into how NbS is implemented in the different regions, how NbS is understood, and will provide specific feedback about the Self-Assessment Tool that will support the International Standard Committee, and will feed the next revision of the Global Standard.

The International Standard Committee, led by Angela Andrade - CEM’s chair, has met to discuss ways forward – how to progress with the NbS Global Standard’s revision.