with ️ Marc Barra, Urban Ecologist specializing in nature-based solutions at Paris' Agency for Biodiversity, in charge of the H2020 REGREEN project.    The REGREEN Project promotes urban livability through fostering nature-based solutions in Europe and China using evidence-based tools and improved urban governance to accelerate the transition towards green, equitable and healthy cities. What we covered: How we're experiencing a shift of paradigm in engineering practices, from grey approaches to blue-green and hybrid solutions  How nature-based solutions shall be evaluated on their ability to deliver one-to-one equivalent results to hard engineering  How REGREEN aims at quantifying the welcome side-effects of nature-based solutions in cities   How Urban Living Labs support the scientific approach towards REGREEN  How Paris' international and domestic image may differ when it comes to ecology, biodiversity, and climate action  How we shall move beyond the monetary quantification of nature-based solutions  How we shall pave the way towards the economy of limits and biosphere, through economic and market incentives  ... And how regulations may still be a surer way to complete the transformation than market incentives  How there's a lot of technology in Nature's functions and processes, and how it's crucial to understand and grasp it  How you will have to embrace uncertainty and accept that Nature rules overall  But also Veblen Effect, Over-Confidence in Hard Engineering, Ecology beyond the buzzword, Carrying the message across, and much more! ... and of course, we concluded with the   ➡️ Find the summary of this trilogy, around the #UnitedNations #Innovate4Cities Conference here: https://dww.show/innovate4cities/ ➡️ Get the Full Story (including an infographic and full transcript) here: https://dww.show/can-nature-based-solutions-better-protect-cities-from-soaring-environmental-risks/Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.