This guidebook addresses the financing gap by focusing on how urban NbS can be made more investable and scalable in Indian cities. It presents a structured, three-step guidance framework to support stakeholders in (i) assessing policy and regulatory frameworks relevant to NbS, (ii) identifying and deploying appropriate financial and business mechanisms, and (iii) evaluating projects...
This report seeks to generate practical evidence on financing NbS by examining nine case studies from across India.The study maps ecological outcomes with the financial and business mechanisms/instruments underpinning the initiatives and analyzes these mechanisms to identify the factors that supported their successful delivery.This includes the analysis of the financing instruments employed, stakeholder roles, governance...
The proceedings summarize discussions from the first annual summit by the India Forum for Nature-based Solutions on 6th August 2024. The event brought together public and private actors across the ecosystem, with the intention to build synergies, foster dialogue, share learnings, and increase awareness about how NbS can be used to build resilient Indian cities....
This is a supplementary reading to the India Advancing with Nature report that looks at the flow of public, private, and philanthropic funding to Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in India.
This knowledge product gives a picture of the current state of play of land-based NbS in India. The knowledge product is based on the insights derived from stakeholder consultations with academia, government, research, and financial institutions, and civil society organisations, and rights-based organisations on the evidence-based learning from land-use NbS project development, financial sustainability, policy...
