02/25/2025
By Ethan Martin Paz
Climate Change Initiative Seminar Series
"Building Energy Simulation and Building Energy Codes
Tuesday, February 25, 2025, 4-5 p.m.
Olney Hall, Room 204
Description: Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) are recognized in policies, but economic viability and equity impacts remain understudied. Our review (2000–2021) found 71% of studies deem NbS cost-effective, with 24% finding conditional cost-effectiveness. NbS perform comparably to engineering solutions, influenced by geography, biodiversity impact, property rights, financing and economic evaluation methods.