The Fifth Science Policy Forum for Biodiversity and The Eighth International Conference on Sustainability Science
Session 1- Part 2- Breakout Group 1
Advancing Solutions for Transition
The main points discussed in this session were:
- Scenarios and models including NFF can play a powerful role of designing solutions for transformative change through a holistic and transdisciplinary approach and coupling multiple models to describe various indirect drivers at local scale.
- We need to develop integrated scenarios and models which can capture different value systems including indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) through participatory approach.
- Mismatch (misfit) of spatial scales, values, institutions, and supply–demand of ecosystem services need to be considered to design effective solutions.
- Harmonize and maximize various efforts and solutions for biodiversity, climate change and sustainable production and consumption (circular economy).
- Natural/green infrastructure as a nature-based solution can be used as an alternative to technical infrastructure and shows the importance of bottom-up collaboration involving local community or network governance with non-governmental organizations or multiple stakeholders as building blocks of social and human infrastructures.