This deliverable synthesises relevant NBS benefit and cost categories for different landscapes and explores state-of-the-art advances in NBS assessment methods and gaps in existing modelling and assessment approaches of NBS economic and financial performance.
This report explores the economic and financial performance of Nature-based Solutions (NbS), with a particular emphasis on their insurance value, an emerging yet underutilised concept in NbS investment and decision-making. It aims to improve the understanding of NbS as both financial risk management tools and key approaches to improving socio-ecological resilience in relation to health and wellbeing, pollution of air, soil and water, extreme events and socio-economic stability.
The report provides a comprehensive overview of the financing landscape for NbS and the potential for enhancing private sector involvement by examining the perspectives and needs of key stakeholders – public sector entities, investors, and Nature-based Enterprises (NbEs). It also identifies key barriers and drivers influencing NbS investments and offers recommendations to enhance the effectiveness and scalability of NbS projects.
This report examines integrating nature-based solutions into economic value chains, identifying public sector dominance, supply-demand dynamics, and key barriers. Using literature review and modelling, it highlights enablers like stakeholder engagement, stable funding, and policy support for long-term success.
This report investigates the main challenges, needs, and motivations of businesses as they navigate the evolving landscape of sustainability regulation and seek to integrate NbS into their strategies. By examining the experiences of companies across diverse sectors and European regions, the study aims to inform policy and practice on how to foster private investment in NbS and support businesses in meeting ambitious sustainability goals.
This report summarises its development alongside the stakeholder events programme, which together constitute the creation and facilitation of an NbS co-development workspace within Invest4Nature. The development of the workspace, along side the accompanying engagement events and testing programme are elaborated, as well as a future outlook on the legacy and perpetuation of the platform.
This report explores how Nature-based Solutions (NbS) can achieve long-term viability through innovative financing, governance, and business models. The report highlights a range of funding and financing approaches tailored to different types of Nature-based Solutions and local contexts. Drawing on experiences from five Invest4Nature Living Labs, it highlights funding approaches, practical lessons, and recommendations to support the implementation and scaling of NbS.
This report supports the development of regional Nature-based Economies by helping Living Labs create tailored approaches for Nature-based Enterprises. It focuses on strengthening the skills, business models, and financing strategies of NbEs to enable their start-up, growth, and long-term sustainability.
This report investigates the role and integration of NbS within the EU’s current regulatory policy and sustainable finance frameworks. Particular attention is paid to their contribution to support a transition towards a more nature-positive economy in the context of climate adaptation and mitigation, disaster risk reduction, and biodiversity protection, as well as across different landscapes. The report explores to what extent the existing policies effectively incentivise investment flows towards NbS and, at the same time, identifies key gaps, barriers, and opportunities to strengthen this integration. Drawing also on insights from Living Labs’ projects, recommendations are presented to enhance the role of NbS within sustainable finance policies and to support their broader uptake.
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 elaborates on the development approach, keeping in mind the multifaceted requirements in presenting data on NbS, needs of the users, and input from partners. It also describes the technical IT infrastructure the toolbox it built on and how the system architecture enables the flexible use of the tool to facilitate the evaluation of NbS sustainability and effectiveness while increasing public understanding of its value.
