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title: Nature-Based Solutions Dashboard
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authors:
  - given-names: Temkin
    family-names: Diego
    email: dtemkin@mit.edu
    affiliation: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  - given-names: Cong
    family-names: Cong
    email: ccong2@mit.edu
    affiliation: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
repository-code: 'https://github.com/mit-dusp-nbs/dusp-nbs'
url: 'https://mit-dusp-nbs.github.io/dusp-nbs/'
license: MIT
preferred-citation:
  type: article
  authors:
    - family-names: Pan
      given-names: Haozhi
    - family-names: Page
      given-names: Jessica
    - family-names: Shi
      given-names: Rui
    - family-names: Cong
      given-names: Cong
    - family-names: Cai
      given-names: Zipan
    - family-names: Barthel
      given-names: Stephan
    - family-names: Thollander
      given-names: Patrik
    - family-names: Colding
      given-names: Johan
    - family-names: Kalantari
      given-names: Zahra
  year: 2023
  date-published: '2023-07-20'
  title: >-
    Contribution of prioritized urban nature-based solutions allocation to
    carbon neutrality
  journal: Nature Climate Change
  abstract: >-
    Nature-based solutions (NBS) are essential for carbon-neutral cities, yet
    how to effectively allocate them remains a question. Carbon neutrality
    requires city-led climate action plans that incorporate both indirect and
    direct contributions of NBS. Here we assessed the carbon emissions
    mitigation potential of NBS in European cities, focusing particularly on
    commonly overlooked indirect pathways, for example, human behavioural
    interventions and resource savings. Assuming maximum theoretical
    implementation, NBS in the residential, transport and industrial sectors
    could reduce urban carbon emissions by up to 25%. Spatially prioritizing
    different types of NBS in 54 major European Union cities could reduce
    anthropogenic carbon emissions by on average 17.4%. Coupling NBS with other
    existing measures in Representative Concentration Pathway scenarios could
    reduce total carbon emissions by 57.3% in 2030, with both indirect pathways
    and sequestration. Our results indicate that carbon neutrality will be near
    for some pioneering cities by 2030, while three can achieve it completely.
  issn: 1758-6798
  url: 'https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01737-x'
  doi: 10.1038/s41558-023-01737-x