This document concerns the second presentation about blended capital for nature-based infrastructure, presented by Oshani Perera during the third ThinkNature webinar about "Financing and Business Models for NBS". This webinar invited NBS existing and potential practitioners (businesses such as start-ups, NGOs, etc.) to discover the economic aspect of NBS.

This document concerns the first presentation about the business case for NBS projects, presented by Juraj Jurik during the third ThinkNature webinar about "Financing and Business Models for NBS". This webinar invited NBS existing and potential practitioners (businesses such as start-ups, NGOs, etc.) to discover the economic aspect of NBS.

Presented by Lorenz Dexler

Presented by Andrea Voskens

Presented by Prof. Neil Coles University of Leeds

Scale, Investment, Time, Engagement (SITEsNBS)

Presented by Dr. Helen Toxopeus

Presented by AITZIBER EGUSQUIZA ORTEGA

Presented by Tom Armour

Raising interest in ‘nature-based solutions’ (NBS) has inspired attempts to organise their principles and qualities within comprehensive and internally consistent evaluation frameworks, so as to demonstrate the superior performance of ‘working with nature’. However, the proposed frameworks stop short of taking into account the changing conditions in which NBS are set to operate. Climate change, in particular, can alter ecosystems and their services, and may undermine the performance of green solutions that rely on them.

This report was prepared by Emmanuelle Cohen-Shacham, Nikolaos Nikolaidis, Nadja Kabisch (1st ThinkNature Webinar speakers) and ThinkNature Webinars Team in order to provide an overview of the 1st ThinkNature Webinar “NBS: Concept, Practices and Benefits” about the presented issues by speakers, polls' results and the discussion (attendees' questions and speakers' answers) in the end of the Webinar.