Abstract
Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are a priority area for the European Commission. The European Union (EU) will fund projects on NbS under Horizon Europe, the EU's framework program for research and innovation (2021–2027). We argue that the Commission needs to fund more projects that actively include local communities in the development and implementation of NbS. Specifically, the Commission needs to fund projects that include two oft-forgotten stakeholder groups: women and indigenous peoples. The literature demonstrates that success of NbS is dependent on the inclusion of a variety of stakeholders and that indigenous peoples and women and girls are critically important stakeholders. As the inclusion of these stakeholders is vital to the success of NbS, funding projects that specifically include these stakeholders will help the EU to achieve two important policy goals: the goal to provide evidence for NbS and the goal to advance the development, uptake and upscale of NbS.
Highlights
Frontiers in ClimateReceived: 08 December 2021 Accepted: 01 February 2022 Published: 25 February 2022. Citation: Gaspers A, Oftebro TL and Cowan E (2022) Including the Oft-Forgotten: The Necessity of Including Women and Indigenous Peoples in Nature-Based Solution Research
Climate change is affecting every inhabited region of our world (IPCC, 2021, p. 10), and we need to take action
The EC has five policy goals when it comes to Nature-based Solutions (NbS): (1) to provide evidence for NbS, (2) to improve framework conditions for NbS at the European Union (EU) policy level, (3) to develop a European research and innovation community, (4) to advance the development, uptake, and upscale of innovative NbS, and, (5) to mainstream NbS in international research and innovation (European Commission, 2022b)
Summary
Received: 08 December 2021 Accepted: 01 February 2022 Published: 25 February 2022. Citation: Gaspers A, Oftebro TL and Cowan E (2022) Including the Oft-Forgotten: The Necessity of Including Women and Indigenous Peoples in Nature-Based Solution Research. The European Union (EU) will fund projects on NbS under Horizon Europe, the EU’s framework program for research and innovation (2021–2027). We argue that the Commission needs to fund more projects that actively include local communities in the development and implementation of NbS. The Commission needs to fund projects that include two oft-forgotten stakeholder groups: women and indigenous peoples. The literature demonstrates that success of NbS is dependent on the inclusion of a variety of stakeholders and that indigenous peoples and women and girls are critically important stakeholders. As the inclusion of these stakeholders is vital to the success of NbS, funding projects that include these stakeholders will help the EU to achieve two important policy goals: the goal to provide evidence for NbS and the goal to advance the development, uptake and upscale of NbS
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