Nature-based Solutions (NbS) aim to address social challenges by harnessing the functions of sound natural ecosystems. NbS can provide integrated approaches that deliver cross-sectoral benefits, including climate change mitigation and adaptation, disaster risk reduction, resource circulation, revitalisation of regional economies, management of zoonoses, and human health. They encompass measures such as green infrastructure and Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA).
NbS are expected to serve as integrated solutions for overcoming the three global crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution, and international efforts including the UNEA6 synergy resolution are calling for further promotion of collective action. Actively positioning initiatives within the framework of NbS is crucial for fostering social understanding and advancing collaboration and partnerships.
This seminar will feature prominent examples of NbS, share challenges identified through practical implementation, and discuss key elements needed for the sustainable deployment of NbS, including the applicability of practices across different regions.
*This page features events co-hosted or supported by IGES. The contents are reproduced with permission from the COP30 Japan Pavilion official website (Japan Platform for Redesign: Sustainable Infrastructure).
Event Details
COP30 Japan Pavilion
Presentation Materials
| Opening Remarks | |||
| NAMEKI Mimi | Director for International Cooperation for Transition to Decarbonization and Sustainable Infrastructure, Ministry of the Environment, Japan | |||
| Pursuing Synergies between Climate Change Mitigation and Biodiversity Conservation through NbS | |||
| MATSUDA Emiko｜Deputy Director, Climate Change Observation Research Strategy Office, Global Environment Bureau, MOEJ | PDF（1MB） | ||
| SAITO Yusuke | Deputy Director, Biodiversity Strategy Office, MOEJ | PDF（1.2MB） | ||
| NbS Implementation Examples in Developing Country | |||
| Ristianto Pribadi | Director of Mangrove Rehabilitation, D.G. Watershed Management and Forest Rehabilitation, Ministry of Forestry, Indonesia | PDF（4.8MB） | ||
| NbS Implementation Examples by Japanese Company | |||
| YANEHASHI Keisuke | Assistant Section Manager, Research & Development Center, Nippon Koei Co., Ltd. | PDF（4.2MB） | ||
| NbS Implementation Examples in International NGO | |||
| Pieter van Eijk | Programme Head Deltas and Coasts Wetland, Wetland International | PDF（4.7MB） | ||
| (Panel Discussion) Setting the scene: JICA's activities toward NbS implementation and challenges identified through these activities | |||
| SAKAGUCHI Noriaki | Senior Advisor, Global Environment Department, JICA | PDF（1.7MB） | ||
| Panel Discussion | |||
| all participants | |||
| Wrap-Up and Closing Remarks | |||
| SAKAGUCHI Noriaki | Ditto | |||
| Closing Remarks | |||
| MATSUDA Emiko | Ditto | |||