Pre-recorded
Webinar: Nature Based Solutions and Climate Resilience
Interactions
with plants and nature reduce psychological and physiological stress. Trees and
other plants also contribute to improving air and water quality in our cities,
preventing floods, and cooling our environment during heat waves. As extreme
weather events increase in frequency and severity as a result of climate
chance, the webinar explores the role of nature-based solutions in enhancing
resilience and in improving people’s health and wellbeing.
Speakers Include:
Speakers Include:
- Marcus Collier, Associate Professor, Trinity College Dublin – An Introduction to Nature-based solutions
- Hans Visser, Biodiversity Officer, Fingal County Council – Nature-based solutions and Sustainable Urban Drainage (SUDs) in housing development projects (Case studies)
- Francesco Pilla, Professor, University College Dublin – Dublin City Council’s Green roofs pilot programme – Preliminary results