On 2 February 2021, Nidhi Nagabhatla (co-lead of ESP’s Sectoral Working Group on ES in water management) participated as a panelist at the joint webinar ‘Blue Guide to Coastal Resilience Launch’. This event was organized by Partnership for Ecosystem and Disaster Risk Reduction and Adaptation (PEDRR), The Nature Conservancy, UNU, INWEH, and Friends of the Ecosystem Based Adaptation (FEBA), to launch The Blue Guide and celebrate World Wetlands Day. [Read more…] about Blue Guide to Coastal Resilience launched on World Wetlands Day
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Virtual Coffee with Changemakers series
Nidhi Nagabhatla, co-lead of SW5 is also serving as the chair of the Partnership for Environment, and Disaster Risk Reduction (PEDRR) to support their MOOC – Nature-based Solutions to Disaster and Climate Resilience. The MOOC was launched in January 2021 and is rolling the Virtual Coffee with Changemakers series. Nidhi moderated the first session of Virtual Coffee with Changemakers session on Friday, January 29, with special guests Jeffrey Sachs and Gary Lewis, the UN Environment Programme‘s Director for Disasters and Conflict.
The recording of the event is available here.
Mind submitting abstract to session T14 about Green Infrastructures, next ESP Europe meeting in Tartu
Hi Everyone, I would like to invite you to submit abstract for the session I’m co-hosting during the coming ESP Europe meeting in Tartu, T14 – Recent Advances in green and blue infrastructure ecosystem services and disservices.
From rural to urban spaces
Our session aims to present recent research results regarding GBI, their ecological characteristics, functions and the ecosystem services they deliver in different context, but also to address the policyscapes and stakeholder interactions controlling their management and planning, as well as the integration of citizens interests, preferences and participation regarding GBI, through CS actions. [Read more…] about Mind submitting abstract to session T14 about Green Infrastructures, next ESP Europe meeting in Tartu
Questionnaire on nature-based adaptation in the Alps for the PORTAL project
The questionnaire is part of the Pathways of Transformation in the Alps (PORTAL) project, hosted by the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), which seeks to identify transformative nature-based solutions to climate change adaptation in the Alps. Read on for more information on the questionnaire, and on the PORTAL project.
Questionnaire on nature-based adaptation in the Alps
The following questionnaire serves to identify nature-based adaptation initiatives in the Alps. The Alps, and the people that depend on its biodiversity and ecosystem services, are highly sensitive to climate change and therefore are pioneering multiple adaptation actions. [Read more…] about Questionnaire on nature-based adaptation in the Alps for the PORTAL project
Assessing impacts on biodiversity of the Sziget Festival
At 2019’s Sziget Festival, we presented our work at the Green Sziget section on how the Sziget Festival impacts its environment of the Óbuda island. We analysed aspects of the island’s vegetation, soil and bird species (as indicator species of ecosystems) and collected cases on how other festivals world-wide consider their environment and mitigate their impacts. In case, you are interested in our resuls, contact us.
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