“Cities are living environments that are constantly changing, shifting, and growing over time. By 2050 close to 70 % of the world’s population will be living in a city. The physical, social/cultural, political, and ecological dynamics of a city differ all over the world. Due to these differing dynamics, solutions to challenges need to be applied at the local level where the individual dynamics can be understood and sustainably addressed.” (Nature-based Solutions 2019).
Cities are an extremely valuable aspect of nature-based solutions, as they are not only where majority of the world’s population lives, but where there is the most capacity for building urban adaptation, climate change mitigation, community resilience, and building or greening sustainable urban centres.
The following is a non-exhaustive list of organizations around the world who work in this nature-cities nexus.
