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Nature-based solutions: Convenient ignorance of the inconvenient truth -Yogesh Gokhale

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published Published on Jul 5, 2021   modified Modified on Jul 7, 2021

-Down to Earth

Solutions based on going back to nature do exist, but to make a tangible impact on climate change, they need to be executed at scale and with adequate support from both the developed and developing world

Nature-based Solutions (NbS) is one of the key focus areas of the upcoming 26th Conference of Parties (CoP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Glasgow. ‘We’re part of the solution #ForNature’ is also the slogan of the International Day for Biodiversity of the Convention for Biological Diversity (CBD) for 2021.

The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) has been focussing on the concept of Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) for each member country. All three Rio Conventions, namely UNFCCC, UNCCD and CBD, with over 200 member countries, are now urging the world to go back to Mother Earth for solutions, resurrection and resilience.

This focus of going back to nature for the past two years needs to be critically analysed, particularly in the backdrop of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

The United Nations has recently brought out a compendium of over 200 NbS from various sectors such as biodiversity conservation, soil and water conservation, sustainable land management, agriculture, renewable energy and so on.

Most of these solutions are well-known techniques with an emphasis on local level adaptation and in many cases, building upon the traditional wisdom and techniques of communities. NbS generally have multiplier effects such as integrated watershed management resulting in soil and water conservation, improving agriculture productivity, enhancing tree cover, and strengthening livelihoods in a cost-effective manner.

According to a recent analysis in Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences of the US by a group of scientists, NbS cost not more than $10 to mitigate one tonne of carbon dioxide and also deliver tangible impacts in a given time frame. This is a significant revelation, probably known for a long time, but ignored globally so far.

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Down to Earth, 5 July, 2021, https://www.downtoearth.org.in/blog/environment/nature-based-solutions-convenient-ignorance-of-the-inconvenient-truth-77783?fbclid=IwAR0AMh9akckzezd1nue41wJMoW4x8Fqp_bxkbDmkGAqWkjwgnc7RrBZzuf0


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