Nature-based Solutions (NbS)

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July 2, 2024

Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Due Diligence Questions and Criteria for Natural Climate Solution Projects

The Gender Due Diligence Guide is designed to support buyers in effectively integrating gender equality and women’s empowerment considerations into their due diligence process for (…)

Publication June 5, 2024

Nature-based Solutions Map

The Nature-based Solutions Map is a tool designed to help companies identify the types of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) that best address their priority challenges and (…)

Publication June 5, 2024

Nature-based Solutions Blueprint

This Blueprint is a fundamental guidance on how companies can build business cases for using Nature-based Solutions (NbS) to address their challenges and opportunities – (…)

Publication June 4, 2024

New Toolkit for Health Outcomes from Nature-based Solutions Now Available via NCSA and NCS Procurement Hub

The Toolkit was developed to support both Nature-based Solutions (NbS) supply side, i.e. project developers, and demand side, i.e. investors and buyers, in systematically incorporating (…)

Publication May 30, 2024

NCSA Statement – U.S. Government Endorses High-Quality Voluntary Carbon Market

The NCS Alliance – a WBCSD’s initiative supporting the use of NCS voluntary credits – enthusiastically welcomes the Administration’s Principles for Responsible Participation, promoting high-integrity credits that generate (…)

Publication May 15, 2023

Natural Climate Solutions Alliance IN PROGRESS

The NCS Alliance is a multistakeholder coalition that brings together public and private stakeholders to identify opportunities and barriers to investment into carbon credits in new and existing markets to scale up financing for natural climate solutions.

Publication November 7, 2022

The role of Nature-based Solutions in strategies

This report focuses on Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in strategies for Net Zero, Nature Positive and addressing Inequality, and shares insights from the evolution of Natural Climate Solutions (NCS) as part of corporate action on climate.

Publication November 6, 2022

Carbon Standards for Natural Climate Solutions (NCS) Credits

This is the third associated technical paper for the report “Nature-based Solutions in strategies for Net Zero, Nature Positive and addressing Inequality”.

Publication November 6, 2022

“Core Benefits” Standards and the impact of Natural Climate Solutions (NCS) on sustainable development

This is the fourth associated technical paper for the report “Nature-based Solutions instrategies for Net Zero, Nature Positive and addressing Inequality.”

Publication November 6, 2022

The role of Natural Climate Solutions (NCS) in reaching Net Zero

This is the first associated technical paper for the report “The role of Nature-based Solutions in strategies for Net Zero, Nature Positive and addressing Inequality”.

Publication September 21, 2022

Natural Climate Solutions and the Voluntary Carbon Market

Natural Climate Solutions and the Voluntary Carbon Market: A Guide for C-suite Executives, published by the Natural Climate Solutions Alliance (NCS Alliance) in conjunction with ERM, provides high-level guidance for decision makers in choosing high-quality carbon credits to drive demand for Natural Climate Solutions (NCS) and mobilize companies to mitigate their emissions beyond their value chains.

Publication September 15, 2022

Insetting and Scope 3 climate action

The objective of this paper on insetting and Scope 3 climate action is to outline the importance of a shared understanding of insetting and explore the proposed accounting structure in the new draft GHG Protocol Land Sector and Removals Guidance.

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Nature-based Solutions (NbS)

Browse Materials

Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Due Diligence Questions and Criteria for Natural Climate Solution Projects

Nature-based Solutions Map

Nature-based Solutions Blueprint

New Toolkit for Health Outcomes from Nature-based Solutions Now Available via NCSA and NCS Procurement Hub

NCSA Statement – U.S. Government Endorses High-Quality Voluntary Carbon Market

Natural Climate Solutions Alliance IN PROGRESS

The role of Nature-based Solutions in strategies

Carbon Standards for Natural Climate Solutions (NCS) Credits

“Core Benefits” Standards and the impact of Natural Climate Solutions (NCS) on sustainable development

The role of Natural Climate Solutions (NCS) in reaching Net Zero

Natural Climate Solutions and the Voluntary Carbon Market

Insetting and Scope 3 climate action