Climate change adaptation
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Climate change adaptation is the process of adjusting to the effects of climate change, both current and anticipated. Adaptation aims to moderate or avoid harm for people, and is usually done alongsid
Wetland restoration in Australia
This house survived Hurricane Ike (2008), having been rebuilt to withstand Category 5 hurricanes after being destroyed by Hurricane Rita three years earlier.
Launching the Coastal City Adaptation Project in Quelimane, Mozambique
Coastal City Adaptation Project, in Quelimane city, Mozambique. It will improve Quelimane's preparation for events like floods, erosion, sea level rise and other weather and climate related events.
Nature-based solutions
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Nature-based solutions describe the development and sustainable use of natural processes and biodiversity to address diverse socio-environmental issues. These issues include climate change mitigation,
Example of a nature-based solution in water resource management: this riparian buffer protects a creek in Iowa, United States, from the impact of adjacent land uses.
Mangroves protect coastlines against erosion (Cape Coral, Florida, United States).
Coastal habitat protection at Morro Strand State Beach in San Luis Obispo County, California.
Schematic presentation of the NBS typology.