USEFUL RESOURCES -“How can nature help us achieve the UN SDGs in my community?”

The web links below can be used as a starting point to begin exploring this year’s topic.

• UNEP- Nature-based Solutions

• IUCN- Nature-based Solutions

• Nature-based Solutions Initiative- What are Nature-based Solutions?

• What are nature-based solutions to climate change?

  An animation from the Nature-based Solutions Initiative explaining the fundamental importance of restoring and protecting natural habitats to help us adapt to the impacts of climate change and slow further warming.

• Video -The future we can and must choose: nature-based solutions

  An animation from the Nature-based Solutions Initiative explaining the fundamental importance of choosing nature-based solutions

• NBS EduWorld

  A comprehensive list of available resources, including guidance, reports, tools, and services developed around education about NBS

• WWF Malaysia- Video describing Nature-based Solutions

  In Part-1 of this 2-part series they use hand-drawn animation to explain what nature-based solutions are. In this video, they refer to the UNEA-5 definition of Nature-Based Solutions.

• WWF Malaysia- Video describing Nature-based Solutions

  In Part-2 of this 2-part series they use hand-drawn animation to show possibilities of nature-based solutions. They use examples of WWF-Malaysia’s work which highlight how NBS can enhance communities’ lives and provide other benefits.

• WWF International Video- Untangled: Nature-Based Solutions

  What are nature-based solutions? How do they affect climate change? And what are their role in solving some of the biggest issues facing our planet?

• WWF International Video Series: Urban Nature-based solutions

• Earthwatch Europe- Climate-Proof Cities

  Find our how Earthwatch is using nature to make resilient cities in the face of a changing climate

• RSPB- What are Nature-based Solutions?

• Frontiers for Young Minds - Working With Nature to Solve Societal Problems

• Nature-based Solutions: Mangroves

• British Ecological Society- What are Nature-based Solutions?

• The 17 Goals

• World's Largest Lesson - Introducing the UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development

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• View previous years' resources in our learning resources section