Nature-Based Strategies
Nature-based strategies include restoring and protecting forests, wetlands, and other ecosystems, as well as promoting sustainable agriculture and conservation.
Nature provides climate solutions. For example, mangroves lessen the height and energy of wind and swell waves, reducing their ability to erode sediments and damage structures, as rising tides bring waves into the mangrove forests.
Growing Natural Resiliency
Nature’s solutions offer a powerful and sustainable approach to combating climate change. By harnessing the Earth’s natural processes, we can mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, protect against extreme weather, and restore ecosystems.
These solutions not only benefit the environment but also create jobs, improve communities, and enhance the quality of life. For example, reforestation can create jobs in forestry, wetland restoration can boost tourism, and sustainable agriculture can support local food production.
The Earth’s natural processes offer a blueprint for sustainable recovery. By aligning our efforts with these processes, we can contribute to a healthier and more resilient planet.
Nature-Based Strategies Climate Solutions Accelerator Projects
Co-Design Climate Resilient Community Health and Climate Justice in Harrisburg, Pa.
Designing the Future of Recovery: Catalyzing Conversations on Community-Centric Resilient Housing Solutions in Rural Appalachia
Furthering Indigenous-Led, Nature-based solutions through Rights and Onsets in the Global South
Integrated CO2 Mineralization and Critical Mineral Recovery for Sustainable Urban and Transportation Systems
Augmenting Climate Transition across the Atlantic Transect: Extension-driven Solutions to Implementing Socially Responsible, High-Integrity Forest Carbon Offsets
Biomaterials and Nature-Based Solutions: Achieving a Sustainable, Decarbonized, and Climate-Resilient Built Environment
Building Capacity for Subnational Climate Action
Carbon Management: Capture, Transport, and Geological Storage
Scaling One Health Approach through Multistakeholder Engagement in Arthropod Adaptations to Ecosystem Plasticity Associated with Climate Change
Research Program for Assisted Subnational Climate Planning
Climate-Driven Pluvial Flooding: Impacts on Environmental Non-Migrants in Central Pennsylvania
Developing and Evaluating Climate Solutions Educational Strategies through Leave No Trace
Developing Transformative Youth-Centered Research Agendas & Intergenerational Collaborations to Foster Climate Justice Solutions
Implementing State-Level Climate Change Policy and Management for Water Resources
The Penn State – Belizean Foundation for Research and Environmental Education Consortium Workshop
Penn State Mineral Dust and GeoHealth Workshop
Protecting Indigenous Lands and Promoting Ethical Conservation Practices Through Design of a Sustainable Environmental Monitoring Network
Resilience and Equity in Addressing Climate Health
Impact
Penn State-hosted summit highlighted collaboration on climate-smart ag projects
Climate change profoundly impacts farmers, introducing challenges such as erratic weather patterns, shorter growing seasons, extreme temperatures, and heightened pest and disease pressure. At the inaugural “Pennsylvania Partners for Climate Smart Commodities Summit” held at Penn State, a diverse group of stakeholders came together to discuss how climate-smart agriculture offers innovative solutions to help farmers adapt and safeguard their livelihoods.
Q&A: Why small organisms can make big impacts on climate, emissions
The American Academy of Microbiology, the scientific think tank for the American Society for Microbiology released its report, The Role of Microbes in Mediating Methane Emissions, which advocates for greater recognition of the microbial processes involved in methane production and consumption as society seeks solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and address climate change.