The IUCN Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions™ was developed during a two-year process, aiming at setting a common basis of understanding for NbS, and providing a robust framework to design, implement, assess, adapt and improve NbS. The first version of the Global Standard for NbS has eight criteria and 28 indicators, and it was launched in 2020, supported by the IUCN Resolution 060.

This thought-provoking book considers the many ways that we’ve altered the DNA of living things and changed the fate of life on earth. As we warm our world and radically reshape the biosphere, we affect the evolution of all living things, from the emergence of novel hybrids to the entirely new strains of animals and plants that are evolving at breakneck speed to cope with their altered environment.

This book addresses how sustainability discourse and advocacy can translate to impactful policies especially when bridging the divide between sustainability, climate change and gender. The book explores various areas, such as conservation, climate action, sustainable fashion, and corporate sustainability, and defines the existing sustainability gaps in the selected cases (country/sector/region).