Investing in nature and the services it provides is a proven and cost-effective strategy that contributes significantly to climate mitigation and adaptation, conservation, landscape restoration, and job creation. Nature-based solutions are increasingly viewed as central to achieving climate, biodiversity, and development goals.
Recognizing this potential, NBS Invest aims to increase funding and mainstream NBS into climate mitigation and adaptation projects and initiatives in the world’s Least Developed Countries.
Nature-based solutions offer practical, cross-sectoral solutions—from infrastructure to agriculture—that align climate, biodiversity, and development goals. They could provide up to one-third of global mitigation needs and save an estimated US$104 billion in adaptation costs by 2030. This approach is particularly critical in low-income countries where additional support is needed to address these multi-dimensional problems.
Reactive responses to climate change, natural disasters, and ecosystem degradation are often more costly when compared to planned adaptation interventions that are responsive to local contexts. Planned interventions are also less likely to cause unintended harm to people or nature.
Last Updated: Nov 18,2025
