NaBa: Nature-based resilient cities

Implemented by: ICLEI Colombia
  Consortium partners: ICLEI South America, Alexander von Humboldt Institute and World Resources Institute (WRI)
  Implementation period: May 2022 - September 2024 
  Sector: Low-carbon policy
 

 

After COP26, the Colombian Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development launched the Biodiverciudades Initiative to support cities progress on their climate change goals. The project sought to support the detailed implementation and delivery of activities for six pilot cities. 

 

The project aimed to integrate Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) into urban planning and development to enhance resilience, biodiversity, and climate action. The main goal was to generate change by equipping municipalities with the tools, knowledge, and methodologies needed to incorporate NbS and climate resilience into their planning instruments and decision-making processes.  

 

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NaBa project actitity

 

Long-term outcomes

  • Colombian cities of Montería, Pereira, Bucaramanga, and Villavicencio received support for the structuring and implementation of 4 pilot projects with a focus on nature-based solutions. 
  • The project presented recommendations for planning and territorial management instruments with a resilient, nature-based approach to six cities (Montería, Pereira, Bucaramanga, Villavicencio, Yopal, Pasto). 
  • The NaBa project has allowed to the strengthening of the technical and decision-making capacities of the beneficiary municipalities, based on the generation of technical and knowledge products and the generation of recommendations for decision-making for the integration of biodiversity and ecosystems, resilience, and the climate perspective, in the ordering and planning at a local scale.   

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