S3E19 - Can Nature-Based Solutions Better Protect Cities from Soaring Environmental Risks?
with ๐๏ธ Marc Barra, Urban Ecologist specializing in nature-based solutions at Paris' Agency for Biodiversity, in charge of the H2020 REGREEN project. ๐ง The REGREEN Project promotes urban livability through fostering nature-based solutions in Europe...
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with ๐๏ธ Marc Barra, Urban Ecologist specializing in nature-based solutions at Paris' Agency for Biodiversity, in charge of the H2020 REGREEN project. ย ย
๐ง The REGREEN Project promotes urban livability through fostering nature-based solutions in Europe and China using evidence-based tools and improved urban governance to accelerate the transition towards green, equitable and healthy cities.
What we covered:
๐ How we're experiencing a shift of paradigm in engineering practices, from grey approaches to blue-green and hybrid solutionsย
๐งฎ How nature-based solutions shall be evaluated on their ability to deliver one-to-one equivalent results to hard engineeringย
๐ฑ How REGREEN aims at quantifying the welcome side-effects of nature-based solutions in cities ย
๐ How Urban Living Labs support the scientific approach towards REGREENย
๐ How Paris' international and domestic image may differ when it comes to ecology, biodiversity, and climate actionย
๐งฎ How we shall move beyond the monetary quantification of nature-based solutionsย
๐ฑ How we shall pave the way towards the economy of limits and biosphere, through economic and market incentivesย
๐งฎ ... And how regulations may still be a surer way to complete the transformation than market incentivesย
๐ How there's a lot of technology in Nature's functions and processes, and how it's crucial to understand and grasp itย
๐ฑ How you will have to embrace uncertainty and accept that Nature rules overallย
๐ But also Veblen Effect, Over-Confidence in Hard Engineering, Ecology beyond the buzzword, Carrying the message across, and much more!
๐ฅ ... and of course, we concluded with the ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ช๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐ฅย
โก๏ธ Find the summary of this trilogy, around the #UnitedNations #Innovate4Cities Conference here: https://dww.show/innovate4cities/
โก๏ธ Get the Full Story (including an infographic and full transcript) here:ย https://dww.show/can-nature-based-solutions-better-protect-cities-from-soaring-environmental-risks/
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