| ABSTRACT | Currently, 60% of the Mediterranean’s population is living in urban areas and, with its fastest urbanization rates, is expected to increase by an additional 22.5 million by 2030. This trend was followed by significant imbalances and dysfunctions territorial, economic, social and environmental levels. Mediterranean cities are also experiencing high vulnerability to the effects of climate change such as water scarcity, droughts, forest fires and heat waves.In the last decades, the awareness that nature can help is raised. Nature-based solutions are actions which are inspired by, supported by or copied from nature. They have tremendous potential to be energy and resource-efficient and resilient to change and thus they can provide sustainable, cost-effective, multi-purpose and flexible alternatives for various objectives. Nature-based solutions involve many different actors, from governments, stakeholders to even citizens and all ideas connected to nature-based solutions are largely becoming recognised. They include innovative governance, institutional, business, and finance models and frameworks. The aim of this poster is to summarise previous actions, current policies and social impact of the application of nature-based solutions in Mediterranean region while emphasising good practice examples. |