with ?️ Marc Barra, Urban Ecologist specializing in nature-based solutions at Paris' Agency for Biodiversity, in charge of the H2020 REGREEN project.   
? The REGREEN Project promotes urban livability through fostering nature-based solutions in Europe and China using evidence-based tools and improved urban governance to accelerate the transition towards green, equitable and healthy cities.

What we covered:

? How we're experiencing a shift of paradigm in engineering practices, from grey approaches to blue-green and hybrid solutions 
? How nature-based solutions shall be evaluated on their ability to deliver one-to-one equivalent results to hard engineering 
? How REGREEN aims at quantifying the welcome side-effects of nature-based solutions in cities  
? How Urban Living Labs support the scientific approach towards REGREEN 
? How Paris' international and domestic image may differ when it comes to ecology, biodiversity, and climate action 
? How we shall move beyond the monetary quantification of nature-based solutions 
? How we shall pave the way towards the economy of limits and biosphere, through economic and market incentives 
? ... And how regulations may still be a surer way to complete the transformation than market incentives 
? How there's a lot of technology in Nature's functions and processes, and how it's crucial to understand and grasp it 
? How you will have to embrace uncertainty and accept that Nature rules overall 
? But also Veblen Effect, Over-Confidence in Hard Engineering, Ecology beyond the buzzword, Carrying the message across, and much more!
? ... and of course, we concluded with the ????? ???? ????????? ? 

➡️ Find the summary of this trilogy, around the #UnitedNations #Innovate4Cities Conference here: https://dww.show/innovate4cities/

➡️ Get the Full Story (including an infographic and full transcript) here: https://dww.show/can-nature-based-solutions-better-protect-cities-from-soaring-environmental-risks/