Heidelberger Brücke: Pushed to the Sidelines? Climate Action in Contested Times Heidelberger Brücke: Nature-Based Solutions and Health in the Context of Climate Change

Nature-based Solutions (NbS) play a key role in Europe's strategies for addressing climate change through both mitigation and adaptation. By fostering ecosystems, NbS can generate both beneficial and adverse effects on the health of humans, animals, and the environment, resulting in co-benefits as well as unintended outcomes. As these solutions are progressively incorporated into policies and applied in practice, it is crucial to embrace evidence-based methods for their design and implementation. This approach is essential to reduce the risks of maladaptation and misclassification, particularly in the context of health. In her talk, Dr Treskova will introduce the core concepts of NbS, exploring how they are evaluated and their links to human and animal health. She will focus on the health-related co-benefits NbS can provide, such as improved well-being and disease prevention, while also addressing potential unintended negative consequences, like new health risks or environmental trade-offs.