Action area 1 – Advancing NbS Knowledge and Data
Focused on advancing knowledge and data to enhance the design, implementation, and effectiveness of NbS, this Action Area identifies crucial research thematic areas to reinforce the systemic understanding and evidence-base of NbS – and their co-benefits – and promote their (e)valuation as well as their wider-scale deployment.
Action Area 2 – Closing the NbS research-implementation gap
This Action Area highlights opportunities to overcome barriers preventing the operationalisation of research outcomes. It offers research recommendations on the enabling environments and supportive tools and standards within both policy frameworks and business contexts.
Action Area 3 – Mainstreaming the role of R&I in NbS policy
This Action Area identifies strategic opportunities to showcase the role of R&I in enhancing NbS policy implementation across EU sectors and scales, and in promoting supportive governance and policy frameworks at relevant scales. It also underlines how R&I can help shape NbS international agenda and promote transformative change.
Action Area 4 – Exchange, capacity building and awareness
This Action Area emphasises the transformative potential of R&I in empowering society through education and engagement, through co-developing knowledge, fostering participatory approaches and integrating stakeholders’ perspectives.