Description du projet
Des solutions transformatrices fondées sur la nature contre le changement climatique
Les solutions fondées sur la nature (SFN) apportent un potentiel de transformation pour lutter contre le changement climatique, la perte de biodiversité et l’injustice sociale. La valeur des SFN étant toutefois de plus en plus contestée, il est important d'en savoir plus sur les synergies et les compromis de la mise en œuvre des SFN à grande échelle. Le projet NATURESCAPES, financé par l'UE, entend appréhender la manière dont les SFN peuvent bénéficier à diverses communautés confrontées à des défis socio-économiques, à des inégalités et à divers risques. Le projet analysera 30 paysages naturels en Europe, en Amérique latine, dans les Caraïbes et aux États-Unis, et se concentrera sur 12 études de cas afin de créer de nouvelles perspectives et de nouveaux outils. Pour sept de ces cas, le projet co-concevra des interventions avec des collaborateurs locaux afin de tester des théories et des pratiques transformatrices de changement.
Objectif
NATURESCAPES addresses the pressing challenge of realising the transformative potential of nature-based solutions (NBS) for climate change, biodiversity loss and social justice. Despite progress in the field, our knowledge of the synergies and trade-offs from implementing NBS at scale across diverse and interconnected landscapes is limited. At the same time, there remain challenges in designing the governance arrangements, finance and forms of citizen engagement are needed while the value NBS for diverse social actors is increasingly contested - especially where they seem to bring benefits to some and new forms of inequity and exclusion to others. Advancing the transformative potential of NBS requires that we address these underlying challenges together – ensuring they are both effective and just. NATURESCAPES will advance our understanding of how NBS across interconnected urban, rural and coastal landscapes generate benefits for diverse communities, particularly in areas of socio-economic disadvantage, inequity and risk. We will analyse the synergies/trade-offs emerging for climate, biodiversity and communities in 30 ‘naturescapes’ across Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and the USA, including 12 in-depth case-studies focusing on the dynamics of implementation, creating new insights and tools. In 7 of these cases we will co-design interventions with local collaborators that test transformative theories and practices of change and identify how these can be replicated. Led by Utrecht University, the NATURESCAPES consortium brings together expertise across the sciences, social sciences and humanities from five European Universities, The Nature Conservancy, WWF and Grupo Laera (a leading consultancy in NBS and ecosystem services in LAC), and an international collaboratory of stakeholders. Together, we will adopt a transdisciplinary approach to take forward the realisation of NBS that are transformative for climate change, biodiversity and communities.
Champ scientifique
- social sciencessociologygovernance
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencessustainability sciences
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes
- social scienceslawhuman rights
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HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation ActionsCoordinateur
3584 CS Utrecht
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