The Oxford team found NbS measures, including the protection and large-scale restoration of eco-systems and improved land management, could cut peak global warming by between 0.1°C for a 1.5°C peak warming target, to 0.3°C for a 2.0°C peak warming target. In the researchers’ best-case scenario, NbS can reduce global warming by a significant 0.1°C by 2055, and 0.4°C by 2100. But, it is estimated, only a tiny fraction of existing climate-mitigation financing is currently given to nature-based solutions. It also means global warming must continue to be limited through other ways, from decarbonisation to geological storage of CO2. Nature-based solutions can help cool the planet — if we act now, has been published in Nature, the world's leading multidisciplinary science journal.
