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Nature-based solutions to disaster risk from climate change are cost effective, UMmass Amherst study confirms - EurekAlert


A new global assessment of scientific literature led by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst finds that nature-based solutions (NbS) are an economically effective method to mitigate risks from a range of disasters—from floods and hurricanes to heatwaves and landslides—which are only expected to intensify as Earth continues to warm.

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