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

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