{"id":1126,"date":"2025-10-06T18:23:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T18:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/?post_type=event&p=1126"},"modified":"2025-10-23T23:07:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T23:07:51","slug":"nature-based-climate-solutions","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/event\/nature-based-climate-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Nature-based Climate Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\tJune <\/span>\n\t\t\t18<\/span>\n\t\t, 2022<\/span>\n<\/span>\n | <\/span>Washington, D.C.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n

Nature-based Climate Solutions<\/h1>\n\n\n
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At USC\u2019s Capital Campus in Washington, D.C., policymakers, researchers and practitioners from across the country explored how nature can be used to address increasingly frequent climate-associated risks, such as floods, heatwaves and fires.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Forging collaborative solutions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Public Exchange worked together with OSTP to host a day-long workshop titled \u201cHarnessing Nature: Using Nature-Based Solutions for Disaster Risk Reduction.\u201d The meeting convened leaders in nature-based solutions to compare and integrate academic and practitioner perspectives, establish a shared understanding of the evidence base for nature-based approaches, and explore strategies to clear roadblocks and advance projects on the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Workshop participants identified critical research gaps hindering the widespread implementation of nature-based solutions. One major challenge is the lack of a central repository for existing information and analytical resources, making it difficult to harness past experience and develop new projects quickly. Another problem is the absence of standard engineering guidelines for nature-based solutions like there are for traditional infrastructure such as retaining walls. Advances in AI and support from research universities could help solve these problems by bringing together diverse sources of information and leveraging research ingenuity to develop effective, evidence-based approaches.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cCollaboration between government institutions, civil society, academia and the private sector is key to harnessing the power of our built and natural environment to reduce hazards.\u201d<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Doug Mason, former Assistant Director for nature-based solutions at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

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Read the full report to learn how nature-based solutions could revolutionize our efforts to shape a more climate-resilient future.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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