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Nature-based Solutions (NBS) Webinars: From Theory to Practice – Reducing Flood Risks in Coastal Communities

Throughout North America, coastal flood risks are escalating due to land-use changes, ecosystem loss or transformation, population growth in coastal zones, sea-level rise, changes in the frequency and severity of storms and ageing flood-protection infrastructure. Tides and storm-driven flooding are increasingly damaging homes and infrastructure, and generally disrupting coastal communities and their economies.

Nature-based solutions (NBS) can increase the resilience of coastal communities by reducing flood and erosion risk through the protection, restoration and sustainable management of natural coastal environments, and the construction of new features that mimic or work with ecological processes. Nature-based solutions also offer co-benefits not delivered by traditional infrastructure.

These two webinars provide a platform for practitioners from Canada, Mexico and the United States to share their experience implementing nature-based solutions projects, with the goal of supporting the broader implementation of these solutions to address flood risks in coastal communities across North America. These webinars are organized as part of the CEC trilateral project “Nature-based Solutions to Address Flooding in Coastal Cities.” Stay tuned in the coming months for more events and activities related to this project!

Both webinars will be held in English and Spanish, with simultaneous interpretation provided in English, Spanish and French.

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