Mapping, Characterization and Critical Evaluation of Existing NBS
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Ares(2019)4768094 - 22/07/2019 OPEn-air laboRAtories for Nature baseD solUtions to Manage hydro-meteo risks Mapping, characterization and critical evaluation of existing NBS Deliverable information Deliverable no.: D1.1 Work package no.: 01 Document version: V.1 Document Preparation Date: 17.05.2019 Responsibility: Partner No. 7 – UNIVERSITY OF SURREY This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 776848 GA no.: 776848 Project information Project acronym and name: OPERANDUM - OPEn-air laboRAtories for Nature baseD solUtions to Manage hydro-meteo risks EC Grant Agreement no.: 776848 Project coordinator: UNIBO Project start date: 01.07.2018 Duration: 48 months Document Information & Version Management Document title: Mapping, characterization and critical evaluation of existing NBS Document type: Report Main author(s): Prashant Kumar (UoS); Sisay E Debele (UoS); Fabrice Renaud (UoG), Mohammad Aminur Rahman Shah (UoG); Swantje Preuschmann (HZG); Juliane El Zohbi (HZG); Irina Pavlova (UNESCO); Sanne Juch (UNESCO); Adrian Lochner (NAT); Lorenza Carabba (CIAOTECH- PNO); Edoardo Bucchignani (CIRA); Nadia Pinardi (UNIBO); Saša Vranić (KAJO); Milan Kalas (KAJO); Jeetendra Sahani (UoS); Annie Wild (UoG); Marco Zavatarelli (UNIBO); Silvana Di Sabatino (UNIBO) Contributor(s): - Reviewed by: Laura S. Leo (UNIBO) and Leena Finér (LUKE) Approved by: UNIBO Version Date Modified by Comments V.1 09.06.2019 Leena Finér (LUKE) The overall quality of the deliverable is good. Big amount of useful information was collected for the use in OPERANDUM and elsewhere, and presented in text and the annexes of the deliverable. The content of the work is in general in line with the work description. V.1 17.06.2019 Laura S. Leo (UNIBO) The quality of the Deliverable is overall good and its content reflects without doubt the considerable amount of work done in Task 1.1. Short Description This deliverable covered the benefits of NBS in tackling hydrometeorological extremes - flooding, drought, landslides, etc. and barriers that hindering the wider uptake of NBS and presents approaches to help overcome existing social and political barriers. The outcome of this deliverable, will serve as a strong foundation for project activities relating to the design and implementation of NBS such as WP2 and WP3, their evaluation in WP4 and WP5 and evidence to the users in WP7, and WP8 as well as establishing the basis for their market uptake and exploitation activities in WP9. This deliverable is divided into 12 sections. This report contains 215 pages, 15 figures, 32 tables and two annexes. Dissemination level PU Public x CO Confidential, only for Members of the Consortium, including the EU Commission Services DX.X | Title of deliverable 2 / X GA no.: 776848 This deliverable contains original unpublished work except where clearly indicated otherwise. Acknowledgement of previously published material and of the work of others has been made through appropriate citation, quotation or both. The publication reflects the author’s views. The European Commission is not liable for any use that may be made of the information contained therein. D1.1|Mapping and characterisation of existing NBS globally and on the market 3/215 GA no.: 776848 Table of contents TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................................................................... 4 LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES......................................................................................................................... 6 LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ........................................................................................................ 9 IPR: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS .......................................................................................................... 12 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................ 13 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................. 16 1.1 Background ............................................................................................................................................... 16 1.2 Concepts and definition of NBS ................................................................................................................. 20 1.3 Characterisation of existing NBS ............................................................................................................... 21 2 METHODS, SCOPE AND OUTLINE OF THE REPORT .................................................................................... 26 3 BEST PRACTICES OF NBS IN EUROPE AND WORLDWIDE ........................................................................... 29 3.1 Emergence of principles and guidelines .................................................................................................... 29 3.2 Results from the scientific literature ......................................................................................................... 31 3.3 Results from the NBS databases ............................................................................................................... 34 3.4 Lessons learnt from NBS case studies ....................................................................................................... 37 3.5 Acceptability of the NBS projects .............................................................................................................. 38 4 THE CATEGORISATION OF THE HYDRO-METEO RISKS FOCUSED IN OPERANDUM ........................................ 40 4.1 A Comment to “UN SPIDER” ...................................................................................................................... 40 4.2 The many facets of the term ‘risk’ and related terms ............................................................................... 41 4.3 General steps towards a climate risk assessment ..................................................................................... 43 4.4 Robustness of projected climate changes: a categorisation of expert judgement to represent confidence levels 46 4.4.1 Analysis of data on climate change and the meaningfulness of the results ........................ 46 4.4.2 Selected presentation of robustness for large regional to global analyses ......................... 46 4.4.3 Presentation of robustness for regional to local analysis .................................................... 48 5 CRITICAL EVALUATION OF EXISTING POLICIES AND GUIDELINES ON NBS ...................................................... 51 5.1 Link with international and European policies .......................................................................................... 51 5.2 Link with Sustainable Development Goals ................................................................................................ 52 5.3 Link with Sendai Framework ..................................................................................................................... 53 5.4 Link with Paris Agreement ........................................................................................................................ 54 5.5 Global Frameworks and Organisations ..................................................................................................... 54 5.6 NBS Related Legal Frameworks, Protocols, Guidelines and Policies on EU Level ...................................... 56 6 EARLY OVERVIEW OF MARKET OPPORTUNITIES ....................................................................................... 59 6.1 Assessment of current bioengineering challenges .................................................................................... 59 6.1.1 Need for a global standard .................................................................................................. 59 6.1.2 Investment ........................................................................................................................... 62 6.1.3 NBS implementation cases .................................................................................................. 62 D1.1|Mapping and characterisation of existing NBS globally and on the market 4/215 GA no.: 776848 6.2 Use of classical stages in soil and water bioengineering enterprises ........................................................ 63 7 MAPPING OF STAKEHOLDERS .............................................................................................................. 65 7.1 Who exactly is a stakeholder, and how can stakeholders be identified in environmental related projects? ............................................................................................................................................................. 65 7.2 Who are OPERANDUM stakeholders?....................................................................................................... 67 7.2.1 Classification ........................................................................................................................ 67 7.2.2 Definition of the OPERANDUM Value-chain ........................................................................ 68 7.2.3 Primary and secondary Stakeholders at OALs level ............................................................. 69 7.2.4 Mapping of tertiary stakeholders at global level ................................................................