OPSIS’s partnership with the Global Centre on Adaptation (GCA) aims to help unlock investments in nature-based solutions by addressing key data gaps to:
- Assess and price climate risk for infrastructure systems
- Quantify the value of existing nature-based assets in protecting these systems
- Use this data to identify and evaluate NBS investment options.
The technical output of the Partnership includes a spatial tool available at a global scale that integrates new data and cutting-edge analytical approaches from engineering, climate, and biodiversity science to determine the scale at which nature-based solutions can protect infrastructure from climate change impacts and natural disasters, whilst also bringing benefits for local communities and biodiversity.