News & Events

Stay up-to-date with the latest Invest4Nature news, updates, insights, and events!

News

Looking back: Invest4Nature concludes at CAIC 2026

News | October 7, 2026

After four years of collaboration, Invest4Nature concluded its activities with a final General Assembly and the presentation of its work at the Climate Alliance International Confe […]

New study examines barriers to climate risk insurance

News | September 18, 2026

A new scientific publication, “Unpacking the barriers to natural and climate risk insurance adoption: A literature review,” explores why individuals and organisations may decide ag […]

Beyond the Project – The Invest4Nature Workspace

News | September 8, 2026

Over the course of the Invest4Nature project, a wide range of knowledge, tools and practical insights on the economics and financing of Nature-based Solutions has been developed to […]

Invest4Nature-Social-Post-11-1920-×-1920-px-13

Booklet out now: From Nature-based Solutions to Investable Practice

News | September 7, 2026

Evidence, financing pathways and lessons from Invest4Nature Since Invest4Nature is coming to an end, the project has brought together its key findings, tools and practical experien […]

Webinar-Pitch-Match-wide-1920-x-1080-px-7

How can Nature-based Solutions become more relevant to financial decision-making?

News | September 4, 2026

A recent Invest4Nature webinar explored this question and the gap between evidence and investment. Bringing together representatives from insurance, banking, asset management, and […]

Invest4Nature-Social-Post-11-1920-×-1920-px-7

Living Lab Deep Dives: Exploring Nature-based Solutions in Aarhus, Poznań and Cascais

News | September 2, 2026

How can nature-based solutions create measurable benefits for communities, ecosystems and local economies? Three Invest4Nature Living Lab Deep Dive briefs provide a closer look at […]

Outcomes of Regional Nature-based Entrepreneurship Strategies – Deliverable 5.2

News | August 28, 2026

This deliverable supports the development of regional nature-based economies by working closely with Invest4Nature Living Labs and their funded partners. It aims to strengthen Natu […]

NbS Living Labs Engagement Programme – Deliverable 4.2

News | August 27, 2026

This report presents the development and facilitation of the Invest4Nature NbS co-development workspace. It covers the stakeholder engagement and testing activities conducted throu […]

Invest4Nature - Social Post 11 (1920 × 1920 px) (1)

Investing in Nature: Eight Invest4Nature briefs on financing and scaling NbS

News | August 24, 2026

Throughout the project, Invest4Nature has published eight briefs presenting key findings and recommendations on the economic, financial, corporate and policy dimensions of NbS. The […]

EU Business & Biodiversity Platform Factsheet: Nature at business parks

News | August 21, 2026

Led by the EU Business and Biodiversity Platform, Invest4Nature contributed to the development of the Factsheet: Guidance on Nature at Business Parks alongside IB Green and members […]

Invest4Nature_New Publication_Screenshot

Scientific publication: Investing in nature means investing in society

News | August 14, 2026

Nature-based solutions: typologies, ecological processes and benefit valuation approaches across landscapes Nature-based Solutions (NbS) can generate multiple benefits to society t […]

New Leaflet Series: Helping Municipalities Engage with NbS and Nature-based Enterprises

News | August 5, 2026

As cities and regions across Europe face increasing challenges from climate change, biodiversity loss, flooding, pollution and urban heat stress, local authorities are looking for […]

New Fact Sheet Showcases the Invest4Nature Decision Support Toolbox and Opportunities for Collaboration

News | July 29, 2026

How can evidence on the economic and financial performance of nature-based solutions (NbS) be translated into better decisions on the ground? To help answer this question, Invest4N […]

Discover the Invest4Nature Decision Support Toolbox Page

News | July 22, 2026

Making informed decisions on nature-based solutions (NbS) requires access to reliable evidence, practical guidance, and tools that support economic and financial assessment. To hel […]

Exploring the future of Główna through Nature-based Solutions

Blogs | July 6, 2026

Invest4Nature’s Poznan Living Lab piloted a set of participatory walks workshops with residents, experts, and institutions to explore how the natural areas of Poznań’s Główna distr […]

NbS DS Toolbox and Digital Services – Deliverable 5.4

News | June 24, 2026

The document details the process of the development and release of the Nature-based Solutions (NbS) Decision Support (DS) Toolbox, encompassing all associated digital services. It […]

Strong showing from Nature-based Enterprises at EU Green Week

News | June 16, 2026

The 26th edition of EU Green Week, focused on investing in a nature-positive economy, took place on 3rd – 4th of June in the Charlemagne Building, Brussels. There was a strong show […]

Apply Now! Pitch your nature-based innovation with Invest4Nature at London Climate Action Week

News | June 3, 2026

Deadline Extended! Invest4Nature together with Network Nature is inviting applications from Nature-based Enterprises (NbE) and Nature-based Solutions (NbS) projects to take part in […]

Policy framework assessment and recommendations – Deliverable 5.3

News | May 26, 2026

This report examines how Nature-based Solutions are reflected in EU policy and sustainable finance frameworks, and assesses their potential to support climate adaptation, disaster […]

Funding Mechanisms to realise NbS adopting alternative finance and business models – Deliverable 5.1

News | May 20, 2026

This report explores how Nature-based Solutions can achieve long-term viability through innovative financing, governance, and business models. Drawing on experiences from five Inve […]

KlimafitterBergwald_Wildermieming_NilsLang_240710_018-1

Building Climate-Resilient Forests in Tyrol

Blogs | May 7, 2026

The Klimafitter Bergwald or Climate-Smart Mountain Forests in Wildermieming. Credits: Nils Lang. As a mountain region in the Alps, Tyrol has a long history of dealing with natural […]

Poznań City Hall: Building the basics for understanding and assessing NbS in the city

Blogs | March 23, 2026

Recently, the City of Poznań brought together staff working on urban development projects for a hands-on workshop to test Invest4Nature’s NbS Decision Support Service (DSS) Toolbox […]

Apply Now! Pitch your nature-based innovation with Invest4Nature at #EUGreenWeek

News | March 23, 2026

Invest4Nature is inviting nature‑based enterprises (NbEs) and NbS innovators to apply for a unique opportunity to participate in the Re:Invest in Nature matchmaking event during EU […]

Newsletter Issue #6 | March 2026

Newsletters | March 12, 2026

What’s Inside Paving Invest4Nature’s legacy: Transforming our research into publications and accessible summaries Making investments in NbS? Test out our Decision Support Service t […]

Why the Latest IPBES Findings Matter for Invest4Nature – and for the Future of Nature‑based Solutions

Blogs | March 11, 2026

The Intergovernmental Science‑Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has released a new set of decisions and its accompanying Policy‑Maker Summary, marking […]

Invest4Nature at the NATURANCE Festival: Insights, Engagement & Impact

News | February 12, 2026

On the 3-5th February 2026 Invest4Nature collaborated with NATURANCE in their Finance Innovation Festival in Brussels. The event finally came to fruition after months of preparatio […]

Report on demand and supply chains – Deliverable 3.4

News | November 18, 2025

This deliverable examines how Nature-based Solutions can be better integrated into economic value chains and scaled up over time. The findings show that the public sector plays a c […]

EC Expert Publication on the Nature-Positive Economy Launched at EBNS 2025

News | November 6, 2025

The latest European Commission Expert Publication entitled “Policy Imperatives for a Resilient and Competitive Nature-Positive Economy” was launched last Friday at the European Bus […]

Valuing Nature for Resilient Cities: Invest4Nature Toolbox Tested in Cascais

News | October 31, 2025

From 7–9 October 2025, the city of Cascais hosted a Study Visit as part of the Re-Value Cities project, bringing together partners to explore how Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) can b […]

Launched! Policy Imperatives for a Competitive and Resilient Nature-Positive Economy

News | October 22, 2025

Drawing on insights from 44 EU-funded R&I projects, this publication outlines the case for a Nature-Positive Economy (NPE) and the pathways to achieve it. It shows how embeddin […]

Choosing Nature at NetworkNature’s Annual Event 2025

News | September 26, 2025

The NetworkNature Annual Event 2025 brought together over 300 nature-based solutions (NbS) stakeholders under the theme “Choose Nature,” highlighting the urgent need to align econo […]

Engaging Communities in Nature-Based Solutions: Insights from the Living Labs

Blogs | September 11, 2025

The Question What strategies in engaging local stakeholders and fostering connection to communities in the planning and execution of NbS projects? The Invest4Nature Living Labs hav […]

Unlocking the potential of public-private cooperation for green investments in Poznań

Blogs | August 22, 2025

As the demand for green investments grows, Poznań is looking for new ways to finance sustainable projects. With most funding still coming from the public sector, the city recognize […]

Report on stakeholders’ motivations, needs and hurdles – Deliverable 4.1

News | July 22, 2025

A survey of businesses across Europe reveals that while companies increasingly recognise the importance of sustainability and Nature-based Solutions, implementation remains challen […]

Business with Purpose: Capturing the Voices of Nature-based Enterprises

Blogs | July 21, 2025

Nature-based Enterprises (NbEs) are businesses that deliver products and services that contribute to the restoration and regeneration of nature. Such businesses can range from land […]

Economic & financial performance of NbS – Deliverable 3.1

News | July 10, 2025

This report explores the economic and financial performance of Nature-based Solutions, with a particular emphasis on their insurance value, an emerging yet underutilised concept in […]

Newsletter Issue #5

Newsletters | June 27, 2025

What’s Inside More EU Mission Adaptation Stories from Cascais and Tyrol Equipping Living Labs with the NbS Decision Support Toolbox The Stakeholder Engagement Programme and Toolbox […]

EU Mission Adaptation Stories: Cascais’ River and Dune Ecosystem Restoration

News | June 18, 2025

In the face of rising climate pressures, the city of Cascais, Portugal, is showing how nature-based solutions (NbS) can transform both urban and coastal landscapes. Two of its init […]

A Green Caravan and a New Kind of Dialogue

Blogs | June 16, 2025

Aarhus Municipality is launching an ambitious project to transform 300 hectares of former farmland into new natural landscapes. The initiative aims to boost biodiversity, protect g […]

EU Mission Adaptation Stories: Tyrol’s Protective Forests and River Lech

News | June 2, 2025

Invest4Nature’s NbS cases from the Tyrolean has joined our collection of our Living Labs implemented measures that are feature in the EU Mission Adaptation Stories. These stories—“ […]

Assessing the Success and Impact of Nature-Based Solutions: Insights from Invest4Nature Living Labs

Blogs | April 7, 2025

Common Question: How are the short-term successes and long-term impacts of NbS projects assessed to ensure they deliver lasting value? The Invest4Nature Living Labs have provided v […]

2024 Events Wrap-up

News | March 7, 2025

As 2024 came to a close, we reflected back on not only the achievements reached and hurdles overcome over the year, but also the strid events Invest4Nature had been present at and […]

NbS in Cascais: Transforming the City for a Sustainable Future

Blogs | February 28, 2025

Cascais is leading the urban transformation with nature-based solutions, promoting sustainability and the well-being of its citizens. Through projects such as the Bosque de Cascais […]

Invest4Nature meets virtually at the 5th General Assembly

News | February 20, 2025

The Invest4Nature consortium has convened online on the 18th-19th of February for the 5th General Assembly. At the General Assembly, the Invest4Nature consortium partners come toge […]

Newsletter Issue #4

Newsletters | January 28, 2025

What’s Inside Norway and Poznan NbS cases featured on the EU’s Mission Adaptation Stories Work in unlocking private capital by stock taking markets, financing, and incentives for N […]

Norway and Poznań NbS case featured on the EU’s Mission Adaptation Stories

News | January 23, 2025

The Invest4Nature’s NbS cases at our Norwegian and Poznań Living Labs have been featured on the EU’s Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change Stories as examples of successful imple […]

Unlocking Private Capital for Nature-Based Solutions: Insights from the Invest4Nature Survey

Blogs | January 8, 2025

Nature-based solutions (NbS) are increasingly recognized as a critical component of sustainable development, offering benefits for climate change mitigation, biodiversity preservat […]

Solutions to support urban nature – Guide and inspiration from city Poznań

Blogs | January 8, 2025

7 7 Between 2017 and 2022, the City of Poznań participated in two significant EU initiatives: the CONNECTING Nature project under the Horizon 2020 Programme and the Health&Gree […]

Markets, financing and incentives for NbS – Deliverable 3.3

News | December 2, 2024

By examining the perspectives and needs of key stakeholders – public sector entities, investors, and Nature-based Enterprises (NbEs) – Deliverable 3.3 provides a comprehensive over […]

Financing nature-based solutions through the lens of behavioural economics

Blogs | November 29, 2024

Cooling effects, improved air quality, better water drainage, and increased biodiversity: it’s widely agreed that our cities need more nature-based solutions (NBS). Yet, despite th […]

Naturethon-Webinar-3.0-banner-sito-scaled

Wrap up & Recording: Naturethon | From global to glocal: financing NbS for climate action and urban adaptation

News | November 1, 2024

Last September, Invest4Nature teamed up with fellow project NATURANCE for the final event in their NATURETHON citizen engagement initiative designed to tap into the collective unde […]

Mapping the financial landscape for Nature-based Solutions

Blogs | October 31, 2024

Nature-based Solutions (NbS) hold immense potential for addressing environmental challenges, but unlocking their full power requires innovative financing mechanisms and increased p […]

Balancing Profit and Planet: The Complex Landscape of NBS in Business

Blogs | October 25, 2024

U-Sentric has conducted a survey in Invest4Nature designated in finding out the perceptions of the private sector on Nature-based Solution and the implications of the EU’s regulato […]

EU Nature Restoration Law and the role of Nature-based Solutions

Blogs | October 9, 2024

On August 18th of 2024, the EU Nature Restoration Law came into force with the main objective of recovering ecosystems, habitats and species across EU’s land and sea areas. For the […]

NBS: Affordable and Multifunctional Solutions for Aarhus’ Urban Challenges

Blogs | August 30, 2024

In the City of Aarhus, we face various man-made challenges that require us to take a stand and initiate actions to meet these challenges. The challenges are related to pollution of […]

Poznan’s Green Schoolyard Programme

Blogs | August 14, 2024

Located in the heart of western Poland, Poznań is on a mission to become a climate-resilient city through the strategic use of open green spaces. Our living lab in Poznań serves as […]

UNP+ Cities Questionnaire: Capacity Building Needs for Urban Nature Plans

News | August 7, 2024

Are you a representative of a City or Municipal authority in Europe? Our survey is aimed to evaluate capacity building needs for local authorities across the EU. It is intended for […]

Agility in co-producing Invest4Nature outputs with stakeholders

Blogs | July 30, 2024

The agile approach is commonly used in the business world because it focuses on user needs to help ensure end products are fit for purpose. Can we apply this same thinking to impro […]

Just released: Newsletter Issue #3

Newsletters | July 2, 2024

Time flies when you’re working on nature-based solutions! This July, Invest4Nature will have been running for 2 years. In that time, our consortium has been working very hard on al […]

urban green_chuttersnap-IfmqOuOkaOA-unsplash

Widening the tent: getting business and enterprise involved in urban greening

Blogs | May 2, 2024

Highlights from the TNOC Festival Panel More than 80% of nature-based solutions (NbS) are funded by the public sector and historically, these solutions have often been delivered by […]

Value categories and approaches to assess NBS economic and financial performance – Deliverable 2.1

News | April 30, 2024

This deliverable provides a framework for understanding and assessing Nature-based Solutions across six landscape types. It categorises NbS actions, societal challenges, benefits, […]

UN Ocean Decade Side Event organized by NIVA

Blogs | April 24, 2024

In collaboration with partners from NetworkNature, GoNaturePositive and C-FAARER, and as part of the Invest4Nature project, NIVA organized the off-site satellite event on Financing […]

NBE Survey Intermediary Results Shared at Nature Futures 2024

News | April 10, 2024

Nature Futures 2024 assembled leading entrepreneurs from various sectors including regenerative agriculture, forestry, tourism, green buildings, and the blue economy. They gathered […]

Blog: Bridging benefits and economics with Invest4Nature

Blogs | February 27, 2024

On July 1st, 2022, JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH – LIFE, the Institute for Climate, Energy and Society (JR) and 14 Partners and Living Labs from 8 different European […]

How does exploitation work? Overcome the Valley of Death with innovation management activities.

Blogs | January 29, 2024

European Commission funds innovative ideas, research, and solutions with the aim of boosting the EU’s competitiveness and growth. Besides that, the Horizon Europe programme shall h […]

Events Wrap-up 2023

News | January 20, 2024

2023 was a big year for Invest4Nature! We kicked the project off the ground and had the chance the attend and showcase the Invest4Nature project at many events. We raised awareness […]

Open survey: Nature-based enterprises

News | January 17, 2024

Are you an enterprise working with and for nature on nature-based solutions? Then we invite you to take part in Invest4Nature’s open survey ! We in Invest4Nature are seeking to und […]

Invest4Nature Newsletter #2 is out!

News, Newsletters | December 20, 2023

We’ve published our second issue of the Invest4Nature Newsletter! Read more to catch up on the latest progress of our partners in enabling more investments in nature-based solution […]

Rooted in Resilience: Tyrolean Protective Forests and Climate Solutions

Blogs | November 17, 2023

Tyrol – Heart of the Alps. A landscape covered by rugged mountains and rolling valleys. Here, forests play a special role, a constant presence on the mountain sides, yet dynamic an […]

Blog: Driving Local solutions for Modena: “Rewriting the adaptation narrative” at CAIC 2023

Blogs | November 13, 2023

Post image Climate Alliance International Conference (CAIC) 2023 in Modena Invest4Nature was represented at this year’s Climate Alliance International Conference, which took place […]

Boosting greenery in Poznan with private investment

Blogs | August 29, 2023

Post image Situated in Poland, Poznan is one of the country’s oldest cities. It boasts a unique ecological landscape characterized by a configuration of ‘green wedges’ arising due […]

Blog: Creating a sustainable future: Taking inspiration from Network Nature

Blogs | June 29, 2023

Invest4Nature partners were glad to attend Network Nature’s the final meeting in Brussels at the beginning of June. As one of the more recently funded NBS projects, it was a useful […]

Afforestation projects and financing mechanisms within the Aarhus Living Lab

Blogs | June 2, 2023

The Aarhus municipality in Denmark invests about 600.000 € per year on afforestation projects on former agricultural land to provide much needed recreational areas for a growing po […]

Blog: Insights from the Cities Talk Nature Conference

Blogs | May 15, 2023

Climate Alliance represented Invest4Nature at the “Cities Talk Nature Conference: Unlocking the Potential of Underutilized Urban Areas” organized by the Interlace project on Thursd […]

Published! Invest4Nature’s first Newsletter

News, Newsletters | May 1, 2023

Invest4Nature’s first newsletter is here! Since our Kick-off meeting in Graz, Austria, our project has been off to a good start! What to expect in this first issue ? We’ve brought […]

How EU Taxonomy supports investments in Nature

Blogs | April 13, 2023

Invest4Nature Expert Linda Romanovska (Melomys Advisory), is an appointed member of the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance (“The Platform”) – the technical high-level advisory body […]

Invest4Nature - Twitter Post (1600 × 900 px) (2)

Welcome to the Website!

News | December 23, 2022

Our dynamic website is LIVE! 🥳 As we explained in our introductory post Invest4Nature aims to create a market for investments into nature-based solutions in order to make NBS […]

Group picture of the Invest4Nature consortium

Invest4Nature – Let us introduce ourselves!

News | December 21, 2022

Welcome to Invest4Nature! Invest4nature – Promoting investments in NBS and accelerating market uptake by gaining a better understanding of the economic performance of NBS, consider […]

New European project Invest4Nature to boost investments in nature-based solutions

News | October 11, 2022

Graz, 11/10/2022 – The 15 European partners of the new EU-funded project Invest4Nature met on October 10-12 2022 for the project’s kick-off event in Graz. Over the course of 4 year […]

Invest4Nature Partner at the European Conference on Ecological Restoration

Events | August 25, 2026

📅 24 to 28 August 2026 📍Brest, France The 15th European Conference on Ecological Restoration, organised by the Society for Ecological Restoration, brings together researchers, prac […]

Register now! Invest4Nature Legacy at CAIC 2026

Events | July 29, 2026

📅29 & 30 September 2026 📍Les Atelier des Tanneurs, Brussels Registration CAIC 2026 Bridging Evidence, Finance, and Implementation of NbS Join Invest4Nature at the Climate Allia […]

Webinar: Nature-Based Solutions in the Alpine Region [German]

Events | July 9, 2026

📅22 July 2026, 13:00-14:30 📍Online Registration Nature-based Solutions in the Alpine Region: Biodiversity, Resilience and Local Action Why are Nature-based Solutions (NbS) importan […]

Webinar: From NbS Evidence to Investments

Events | June 30, 2026

📅30 June 2026 📍Online Registration Webinar | From Evidence to Investment: What Makes Nature‑based Solutions Finance‑Relevant? How can Nature‑based Solutions become relevant for rea […]

Webinar (German): Naturbasierte Lösungen – Chancen für resiliente und zukunftsfähige Unternehmen

Events | May 20, 2026

📅20 May 2026, 12:00-13:00 📍Online Register now Naturbasierte Lösungen: Chancen für resiliente und zukunftsfähige Unternehmen beleuchtet, wie ökologische Wirkung und wirtschaft […]

EU Green Week 2026

Events | May 19, 2026

📅3-4 June 2026 📍Brussels More info This year’s Green Week will put the spotlight on the business case for nature, demonstrating that a nature-positive economy is essential for Euro […]

NbS Financing Pitch & Match – #3 Urban Green Infrastructures for Wellbeing

Events | April 29, 2026

📅29 April 2026, 09:30-10:30 📍Online Register now Join us for the next session in our “NbS Financing Pitch & Match” series, a webinar series by Invest4Nature dedicated to unlock […]

Webinar: Financing Mechanisms for Urban Nature with UNP+

Events | April 13, 2026

📅29 April 2026 📍Online Register now Webinar on Financing Mechanisms for Urban Nature Organized by UNP+ and Invest4Nature projects Join us on 29 April for a webinar and panel discus […]

Sustainable Solutions Match 2026

Events | March 16, 2026

📅16-27 March 2026 📍Online Register now The SustainableSolutionsMatch is a matchmaking event where participants from all around the globe come together online to exchange ideas, dis […]

Webinar: Turning Nature-based Solutions Into Impact

Events | February 17, 2026

📅17 Feb 2026 📍Online Register now How can we scale Nature-based Solutions (NbS) to enable real world impact and adoption. This one-hour online event brings together the EU funded p […]

NATURANCE | Insurance and Investment Opportunities for Nature-Based Transformations

Events | February 3, 2026

📅3-5 Feb 2026 📍Brussels To the NATURANCE Festival The second NATURANCE Festival will take place on 3–5 February 2026 at the BIP Meeting Centre in Brussels, Belgium. Build […]

NbS Financing Pitch & Match – #2 Blue Carbon Financing

Events | November 24, 2025

📅25 Nov 2025, 10:15-11:15 📍Online Register now This second webinar will showcase Blue Carbon Financing Speakers: NbS case: Brian Tsuyoshi Takeda, Restorae Brian Ts […]

Nature Futures ’25 – Emerging Trends for Nature-based Enterprises

Events | November 12, 2025

📅12 Nov 2025, 14:00-15:30 CET 📍Online Register now Nature Futures ‘25 marks the third edition of our annual horizon-scanning event for nature-based enterprises, with a renewed focu […]

EC Expert Publication launch at EBNS

Events | October 17, 2025

Invest4Nature is pleased to announce the launch of the new EC Expert publication, Policy Imperatives for a Competitive and Resilient Nature-Positive Economy, at the European Busine […]

Choose Nature | NetworkNature+ Annual Event

Events | September 16, 2025

📅16 September 2025 📍Bruxelles Environment Building This year, Invest4Nature will be present at NetworkNature’s Annual Event “Choose nature. Unlocking pathways to a resilient e […]

NbS Financing Pitch & Match – #1 Coastal Restoration

Events | May 28, 2025

📅28 May 2025, 09:30-10:15 📍Online Join us for the first session in our “NbS Financing Pitch & Match” series, a webinar series by Invest4Nature in unlocking funding fo […]

EUROPEAN MACROALGAE MANAGEMENT: THE CASE OF THE NORWEGIAN KELP FORESTS

Events | March 10, 2025

📅19 March 2025, 14:00-15:15 📍Online Dive into the fascinating world of Norwegian kelp forests in our upcoming webinar! Join us for an enlightening session that brings together expe […]

FAO Green Cities Webinar Series – Unlocking the value of urban Nature-based Solutions

Events | March 7, 2025

📅11 March 2025 📍Online This Green Cities Initiative webinar will present a methodology to valorize Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) for urban ecosystems (https://www.conexusnbs.com/pro […]

NATURANCE Webstival on Advancing Finance Innovations for Nature-based Solutions

Events | January 9, 2025

📅11-13 February 2024 📍Online NATURANCE consortium invites participation in the upcoming virtual innovation webstival, focusing on nature-based insurance and investment instruments […]

10TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ONSUSTAINABLE CITIES & TOWNS

Events | October 1, 2024

📅1-3 October 2024 📍Aalborg, Denmark Raising the bar for a more sustainable future The 10th European Conference on Sustainable Cities & Towns (ESCT) will take place on 1-3 Octob […]

NATURETHON | From global to glocal: financing NbS for climate action and urban adaptation

Events | September 17, 2024

📅17 September 2024 📍Online NATURANCE and Invest4Nature projects invite you to join the final event of the first Naturethon initiative! This webinar discusses financing framewo […]

Nature-based Solutions Conference 2024: Growing Positive Change

Events | June 18, 2024

📅18-20 June 2024 📍Oxford, UK Over three days and nine sessions, we will bring together interdisciplinary researchers with practitioners and decision makers from the public and priv […]

The Nature of Cities Festival 2024

Events | June 3, 2024

Pushing the boundaries of collaborative engagement, drawing urban thought leaders and changemakers together to build better cities. Following the virtual sessions on the 15th -25th […]

NATURANCE Finance Innovation Festival

Events | May 23, 2024

Insurance and Investment Opportunities for Nature-based Solutions 📅23-24 May 2024 📍Laxenburg, Austria The first NATURANCE Festival is set to take place on May 2 […]

Accelerating urban nature-based solutions: A Latin America-European collaboration

Events | May 15, 2024

📅15-17 May 2024 📍Barcelona, Spain Cities face urgent global and local challenges to support biodiversity, social cohesion, wellbeing, livelihoods and resilience to climate change. […]

2024 Ocean Decade Conference Off-site Satellite Event: Financing nature-based solutions for a sustainable blue economy

Events | April 9, 2024

Financing is crucial for scaling up (NBS) nature-based solutions. One of the major challenges for financing NBS is that the benefits derived from projects are difficult to cash in. […]

Nature Futures 2024

Events | March 6, 2024

📅6 March 2024 📍Dublin & Online Following on from the success of Nature Futures 2023 in March last year, Nature Futures 2024 will follow the same paired discussion format on Wed […]

PEOPLE AND PLANET: FROM THEORY TO SOLUTIONS 2024

Events | February 13, 2024

This international conference will bring together researchers, decision makers, specialists and other stakeholders interested in planetary health, sustainability and wellbeing. 📅13 […]

CITIES TALK NATURE – Business Insights: NBS public procurement experiences

Events | December 7, 2023

Join us on 7 December 2023, as part of the CITIES TALK NATURE: Business Insights series, as we hear from small and medium sized nature-based solution enterprises who have experienc […]

COP 28 – United Nations Climate Change Conference 2023

Events | November 30, 2023

The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP28, will be held in Dubaï from November 30 until December 12 under the presidency of the United Arab Emir […]

Grafting Cities: Cultivating our common future

Events | October 18, 2023

In cities and towns across Europe, an ambitious and just transformation is already taking root. Whether through nature-based solutions, local CO2 pricing to guide climate-friendly […]

European Urban Resilience Forum (EURESFO)

Events | October 18, 2023

EURESFO: connecting cities for a resilient future. REGISTRATION OPENS SOON! 📅18-20 October 2023 📍Cascais, Portugal In 2023 is the 10th anniversary edition of the EURESFO The Europe […]

21st European Week of Regions and Cities 2023

Events | October 9, 2023

The European Week of Regions and Cities is an annual four-day event during which cities and regions showcase their capacity to create growth and jobs, implement European Union cohe […]

6th European Climate Change Adaptation Conference 2023

Events | June 19, 2023

This year’s ECCA Conference is organized by the Joint Programme Initiative “Connecting Climate Knowledge for Europe” (JPI Climate), together with the MAGICA project, supported by t […]

Innovation in finance for Nature-based Solutions Webstival

Events | June 14, 2023

The virtual festival (web festival) will explore the potential of financial innovations fostering the adoption of nature-based solutions and nature restoration! 📅14-15 June 2023 📍O […]

Brussels Urban Summit 2023

Events | June 12, 2023

The Brussels Urban Summit from 12 to 15 June 2023 is a unique gathering is an initiative of Brussels Capital Region, Eurocities, Metropolis and the OECD Champion Mayors for Inclusi […]

NetworkNature Annual Event: Enabling transformation through and for nature-based solutions

Events | June 8, 2023

As NetworkNature comes to an end and prepares the ground for the next chapter, NetworkNaturePlus, the Nature-based Solutions (NbS) community comes together once again to discuss th […]

Nature-based solutions and your business

Events | June 7, 2023

Are you a micro, small or medium-sized enterprise or initiative interested in nature-based solutions or a nature-based enterprise? 📅7 June 2023 📍Brussels, Belgium Network Nature in […]

25th European Forum on Urban Forestry 2023

Events | May 24, 2023

Kraków, Poland | We are happy to announce the 25th European Forum on Urban Forestry that will be co-organised this year by the European Forest Institute, the Sendzimir Fo […]

Cities Talk Nature Conference: Unlocking the potential of underutilised urban areas

Events | May 11, 2023

Join the Interlace Hub and other municipal representatives at the Pentagon in Chemnitz for two days of keynote presentations, pitch sessions, interactive workshops (day 1 […]

Making the Case for Nature-Based Solutions

Events | April 25, 2023

Tuesday 25th April, 12:00-12:45 CEST, online Interested in investing in nature-based solutions but need to know more about measuring the return on your investment?: You are not alo […]

International Conference on Climate Risk, Vulnerability and Resilience Building

Events | April 19, 2023

The Conference aims at bridging the gap between science, policy and decision-making to support effective resilience building. 📅19 – 21 April 2023 📍Paris, France & Online | Acco […]

A NEW GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY FRAMEWORK FOR DISASTER AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE: PAVING THE WAY FOR PEOPLE AND NATURE

Events | March 30, 2023

This Global Webinar aims to provide an opportunity for protected area managers, government representatives, and relevant actors to come together and discuss the importance of biodi […]

URBAN GreenUP International Conference

Events | March 29, 2023

A fellow NBS project is having their final international conference! 📅29th of March 📍Valladolid, Spain | A one-day international URBAN GreenUP event will be held in Valladolid on t […]

Cities Forum 2023

Events | March 16, 2023

| The 5th edition of Cities Forum will be held in Torino, Italy from 16 to 17 March 2023. The event brings together key urban stakeholders at European, national, regional and local […]

Nature Futures 2023: Emerging Trends for Nature-Based Enterprises

Events | March 15, 2023

14:00-15:30 CET – Online Register here

Webinar | Sustainable Places: Climate Adapted Cities

Events | February 15, 2023

14:00-15:00 CET – Online | In this Sustainable Places: Climate Adapted Cities event we will explore how city strategists are using nature-based solutions to help urban infrastructu […]

Webinar | Why nature-based solutions matter?

Events | January 26, 2023

12:00-13:00 CET – Online | Nature-based solutions are founded on the idea that healthy and well-managed ecosystems provide critical benefits and services to people, such as removin […]

NATURANCE | Insurance and Investment Opportunities for Nature-Based Transformations

February 3, 2026

The second NATURANCE Festival will take place on 3–5 February 2026 at the BIP Meeting Centre in Brussels, Belgium. Building on the outcomes of the first Festival in Laxenburg, this edition will bring together policymakers, researchers, financial institutions, and practitioners to explore insurance and investment opportunities for nature-based transformations. The three-day programme will move from policy discussions on…

NbS Financing Pitch & Match – #1 Coastal Restoration

May 28, 2025

📅28 May 2025, 09:30-10:15 📍Online Join us for the first session in our “NbS Financing Pitch & Match” series, a webinar series by Invest4Nature in unlocking funding for nature-based solutions (NbS). This dynamic webinar series explores practical ideas for implementing nature-based solutions and matches real-world NbS initiatives in need of funding with innovative financing opportunities. Each session…

EUROPEAN MACROALGAE MANAGEMENT: THE CASE OF THE NORWEGIAN KELP FORESTS

March 10, 2025

📅19 March 2025, 14:00-15:15 📍Online Dive into the fascinating world of Norwegian kelp forests in our upcoming webinar! Join us for an enlightening session that brings together experts from various fields to explore the historical evolution, current state, challenges, and future of these vital marine ecosystems as governed by national ambitions to – in parallel…

NATURANCE Webstival on Advancing Finance Innovations for Nature-based Solutions

January 9, 2025

📅11-13 February 2024 📍Online NATURANCE consortium invites participation in the upcoming virtual innovation webstival, focusing on nature-based insurance and investment instruments for ecosystem restoration as part of climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction. This fully online event takes place over three days, from 11 to 13 February 2025, and combines different forms of engagement including keynote…

10TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ONSUSTAINABLE CITIES & TOWNS

October 1, 2024

📅1-3 October 2024📍Aalborg, Denmark Raising the bar for a more sustainable future The 10th European Conference on Sustainable Cities & Towns (ESCT) will take place on 1-3 October in Aalborg, Denmark. All cities, partners and experts seeking to contribute to the sustainable transformation of our cities and regions are cordially invited to attend the 2024…

UNP+ Cities Questionnaire: Capacity Building Needs for Urban Nature Plans

August 7, 2024

Are you a representative of a City or Municipal authority in Europe? Our survey is aimed to evaluate capacity building needs for local authorities across the EU. It is intended for local authority participants (and their representatives) from EU cities of over 20,000 inhabitants, who are involved in urban greening and/or urban nature planning. The…

Agility in co-producing Invest4Nature outputs with stakeholders

July 30, 2024

The agile approach is commonly used in the business world because it focuses on user needs to help ensure end products are fit for purpose. Can we apply this same thinking to improve the outputs of Invest4Nature? How do we add value to Invest4Nature’s products? Being agile and wanting to co-produce outputs with stakeholders is…

Just released: Newsletter Issue #3

July 2, 2024

Time flies when you’re working on nature-based solutions! This July, Invest4Nature will have been running for 2 years. In that time, our consortium has been working very hard on all fronts on our mission. In the last year we’ve made leaps on understanding the different perspectives of stakeholders in the field, bring to light the…

Nature-based Solutions Conference 2024: Growing Positive Change

June 18, 2024

📅18-20 June 2024📍Oxford, UK Over three days and nine sessions, we will bring together interdisciplinary researchers with practitioners and decision makers from the public and private sectors, as well as Indigenous voices from around the world, to discuss and co-create an action plan for nature-based solutions to support positive social-environmental change. We will examine the…

The Nature of Cities Festival 2024

June 3, 2024

Pushing the boundaries of collaborative engagement, drawing urban thought leaders and changemakers together to build better cities. Following the virtual sessions on the 15th -25th of April, comes the in-person event in Berlin! A three week series of interconnected events. 📅3-7 June 2024📍Berlin TNOC Festival is knowledge-centered, knowledge-led, and action-driven. The 2024 theme of “Action” focuses…

NATURANCE Finance Innovation Festival

May 23, 2024

Insurance and Investment Opportunities for Nature-based Solutions 📅23-24 May 2024📍Laxenburg, Austria The first NATURANCE Festival is set to take place on May 23-24, 2024, in Laxenburg, Austria. The festival aims to bring together various communities involved in climate risk assessment, policy analysis, financial innovation, and advocacy for nature-based solutions. Its objectives include: Please find attached more information on the event,…

Accelerating urban nature-based solutions: A Latin America-European collaboration

May 15, 2024

📅15-17 May 2024📍Barcelona, Spain Cities face urgent global and local challenges to support biodiversity, social cohesion, wellbeing, livelihoods and resilience to climate change. We need nature-based solutions and restored ecosystems to address these priorities. Invaluable experience and good practice exist around the world in many different socio-cultural, ecological and governance contexts. There is now a…

Widening the tent: getting business and enterprise involved in urban greening

May 2, 2024

Everyone knows that city councils and communities play an important role in urban greening. But what about business and enterprises? Much less is known about their involvement – what challenges and opportunities do they face? What changes would they like to see? These and many other questions are explored in this blog post which draws…

UN Ocean Decade Side Event organized by NIVA

April 24, 2024

In collaboration with partners from NetworkNature, GoNaturePositive and C-FAARER, and as part of the Invest4Nature project, NIVA organized the off-site satellite event on Financing Nature-based Solutions (NBS) for a Sustainable Blue Economy. This hybrid event, held on 9 April, served as a platform to discuss ongoing projects such as Invest4Nature, C-FAARER, and GoNaturePositive. It was…

NBE Survey Intermediary Results Shared at Nature Futures 2024

April 10, 2024

Nature Futures 2024 assembled leading entrepreneurs from various sectors including regenerative agriculture, forestry, tourism, green buildings, and the blue economy. They gathered to deliberate on the challenges and opportunities confronting nature-based enterprises in their respective fields, as well as the broader scaling of nature-based solutions. Oisin Klinkenbergh was the first to speak at Nature Futures,…

Blog: Bridging benefits and economics with Invest4Nature

February 27, 2024

On July 1st, 2022, JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH – LIFE, the Institute for Climate, Energy and Society (JR) and 14 Partners and Living Labs from 8 different European countries started into the Horizon Europe Project “Invest4Nature – the economics of Nature-based Solutions”. The motivation for this project was that it was evident from other projects…

How does exploitation work? Overcome the Valley of Death with innovation management activities.

January 29, 2024

European Commission funds innovative ideas, research, and solutions with the aim of boosting the EU’s competitiveness and growth. Besides that, the Horizon Europe programme shall help to tackle climate change and to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. As an expert in Exploitation, also called innovation management, Steinbeis Europa Zentrum works as an enabler and…

Open survey: Nature-based enterprises

January 17, 2024

Are you an enterprise working with and for nature on nature-based solutions? Then we invite you to take part in Invest4Nature’s open survey ! We in Invest4Nature are seeking to understand the supply side of the nature-based solutions (NBS) market in Europe. This is key meeting the existing demand and achieving biodiversity net gain by…

Invest4Nature Newsletter #2 is out!

December 20, 2023

We’ve published our second issue of the Invest4Nature Newsletter! Read more to catch up on the latest progress of our partners in enabling more investments in nature-based solutions!

Rooted in Resilience: Tyrolean Protective Forests and Climate Solutions

November 17, 2023

Tyrol – Heart of the Alps. A landscape covered by rugged mountains and rolling valleys. Here, forests play a special role, a constant presence on the mountain sides, yet dynamic and ever changing like the seasons. The Alpine region of Tyrol has a long tradition in handling natural hazards. With only 12 % habitable area,…

Blog: Driving Local solutions for Modena: “Rewriting the adaptation narrative” at CAIC 2023

November 13, 2023

Climate Alliance International Conference (CAIC) 2023 in Modena Invest4Nature was represented at this year’s Climate Alliance International Conference, which took place from October 18th to October 20th in Modena, Italy. Apart from Climate Alliance, the city network of Energy Cities was also present at the conference, with had more than 400 registered participants from over…

Boosting greenery in Poznan with private investment

August 29, 2023

Situated in Poland, Poznan is one of the country’s oldest cities. It boasts a unique ecological landscape characterized by a configuration of ‘green wedges’ arising due to its landscape features, historical conditions, and system of river valleys. The city is surrounded by natural spaces along river valleys in both north-south and east-west directions. In areas…

Afforestation projects and financing mechanisms within the Aarhus Living Lab

June 2, 2023

The Aarhus municipality in Denmark invests about 600.000 € per year on afforestation projects on former agricultural land to provide much needed recreational areas for a growing population in the second largest city in Denmark. This serves to protect the drinking water resource and surface water quality, and to sequester carbon and improve biodiversity over…

Blog: Insights from the Cities Talk Nature Conference

May 15, 2023

Climate Alliance represented Invest4Nature at the “Cities Talk Nature Conference: Unlocking the Potential of Underutilized Urban Areas” organized by the Interlace project on Thursday, May 11th, and Friday, May 12th, 2023, in Chemnitz, Germany. The conference centered around the crucial role of creating and preserving urban nature in the face of climate and biodiversity crises.…

Published! Invest4Nature’s first Newsletter

May 1, 2023

Invest4Nature’s first newsletter is here! Since our Kick-off meeting in Graz, Austria, our project has been off to a good start! What to expect in this first issue ? We’ve brought together the most important basics about Invest4Nature and asked our consortium partners to tell us more:

How EU Taxonomy supports investments in Nature

April 13, 2023

Invest4Nature Expert Linda Romanovska (Melomys Advisory), is an appointed member of the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance (“The Platform”) – the technical high-level advisory body to the European Commission tasked with the development of EU Taxonomy of sustainable economic activities. Last month the Platform started work on the second 2-year mandate. In this article Linda…