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Benefit Accounting of Nature-Based Solutions for Watersheds

A private-public initiative to scale private investment in nature-based solutions by developing: uf0b7 a standardized framework to demonstrate and value stacked water-carbon benefits associated with the implementation of nature-based solutions for watersheds – which interfaces with established voluntary carbon markets; and identifies a range of locally relevant mechanisms for marketing water benefits (leveraging existing models); and uf0b7 a platform to match investment opportunities with potential projects.

Activity period 2019–2025
Last CoAct update n/a
Web URL https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/28834/48.Nature_Based_Solutions_for_watersheds.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
Output effectiveness
0.57
Accountability Index
0.33
Inclusiveness Index
0.24
Num. actors 7
Functions Campaigning, Lobbying, Funding
SDGs 1 2 6 12 13 14 15 16
Themes land use, oceans and coastal zones, water
Policy focus Equal focus
Sectors Water supply; sewerage, waste managment and remediation activities
Implementation countries Brazil, India, Indonesia
Target Target type
No targets have been defined