This paper presents a soil erosion assessment following the 2017's wildfires at the European scale, including an analysis of vegetation recovery and soil erosion mitigation potential.
This report — presenting lessons from Year 4 of Phase II of the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance — consists of a tip sheet and supporting case studies for conducting successful advocacy.
A new study shows that rock coasts, traditionally thought of as stable compared to sandy coasts and soft cliffs, are likely to retreat at a rate not seen for 3,000-5,000 years.
This brief explains how the People’s Republic of China is developing so-called sponge cities that use nature-based solutions to help reduce disaster risks posed by urbanization and climate change.
This brief look at key areas of climate action related to nature-based solutions. It analyzes the challenge, what is needed, how the World Bank Group is contributing to solutions and what success looks like.
This study explores the long spatio-temporal evolution of global annual maximum flood extent (AMFE) and impervious area, as proxy of urbanization, using high-resolution observational global data over the last 30 years.
