Two webinars were held recently, in collaboration with the IES’s Climate Action Community. These highlighted the role of Nature-based Solutions in climate mitigation, adaptation and resilience, with examples from the water sector included.
Nature as infrastructure: Building climate resilience through Nature-Based Solutions
As climate change increases the frequency and severity of flooding, drought, overheating, and other environmental pressures, there is a growing need to rethink how we plan, design, and manage infrastructure. This webinar explores how nature can be recognised and utilised as a critical form of infrastructure, delivering essential services that improve resilience while providing wider benefits for people, water, climate, and biodiversity.
The session examines how Nature-Based Solutions, including wetlands, floodplain restoration, green infrastructure, and habitat networks, can help communities and infrastructure systems adapt to climate change and how working with natural processes can reduce climate risks, improve water management, enhance biodiversity, support carbon reduction, and create more resilient places.
Drawing on practical examples and lessons learned from across the UK and internationally, Laura Liddaman and Hannah Patrick discuss how integrating nature into decision making can help organisations move beyond traditional approaches to resilience and create systems that are better equipped to respond to future climate challenges.
Nature-based Solutions in action: Lessons from the energy and water sectors
This webinar provides an introduction to Nature-based Solutions and explores how nature can support sustainable and resilient outcomes, illustrated through case studies from the water and energy sectors.
The webinar has been organised by our Climate Action Community, an interdisciplinary community that champions transformative approaches to reshaping unsustainable systems. It brings together IES members from across specialisms and sectors for regular events and discussions, exploring topics related to climate adaptation, mitigation and resilience. This webinar has been one of a series of webinars exploring nature and climate.
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