Assessing the Benefits and Costs of Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Resilience

This document aims to guide the design, implementation, and use of studies to value the benefits and costs of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) for climate resilience projects. Reliable quantification of the costs and benefits of NBS for climate resilience can facilitate further mainstreaming of these interventions by articulating the value proposition of NBS across sectors, improve impact evaluation, and for identifying additional funding and financing for projects. This report provides an overview of methods and approaches, along with a decision framework to guide the design of NBS cost and benefit assessment. The decision framework presented should enable project developers to come up with a cost-effective approach for quantifying the benefits and costs of NBS that is effective and convincing in the context of climate resilience projects. To illustrate this in practical applications, eight case studies from World Bank projects are also included to better show how different valuation methods are applied in the field.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Van Zanten, Boris Ton, Gutierrez Goizueta, Gonzalo, Brander, Luke Mckinnon, Gonzalez Reguero, Borja, Griffin, Robert, Macleod, Kavita Kapur, Alves Beloqui, Alida Ivana, Midgley, Amelia, Herrera Garcia, Luis Diego, Jongman, Brenden
Format:	Report biblioteca
Language:	English English
Published:	World Bank 2023-05-12
Subjects:	CLIMATE CHANGE, RESILIENCE, BUILDING RESILIENCE, NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099051523160040893/P176825060fac30690ada50590d5948cb5b https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/39811
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