The economics of nature-based solutions.

Invest4Nature is an EU-funded project that contributes to the creation of a market for nature-based solutions. A group of 15 partners from 11 European countries prepare the grounds for investments in nature-based solutions by evaluating its benefits and economic performance.

Nature-based solutions

The world is experiencing a severe climate and biodiversity crisis. Nature-based solutions (NbS) can be a powerful tool to tackle this challenge by reducing the risks of climate change driven events such as flooding or heat waves. The benefits of nature based solutions are not limited to climate protection, but can also increase well-being for citizens and create opportunities for employment, offering multiple benefits environmental, social, and economic value creation.

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Business with Purpose: Capturing the Voices of Nature-based Enterprises

Blogs | July 21, 2025

Nature-based Enterprises (NbEs) are businesses that deliver products and services that contribute to the restoration and regeneration of […]

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Newsletter Issue #5

Newsletters | June 27, 2025

What’s Inside More EU Mission Adaptation Stories from Cascais and Tyrol Equipping Living Labs with the NbS Decision Support Toolbox The S […]

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EU Mission Adaptation Stories: Cascais’ River and Dune Ecosystem Restoration

News | June 18, 2025

In the face of rising climate pressures, the city of Cascais, Portugal, is showing how nature-based solutions (NbS) can transform both ur […]

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A Green Caravan and a New Kind of Dialogue

Blogs | June 16, 2025

Aarhus Municipality is launching an ambitious project to transform 300 hectares of former farmland into new natural landscapes. The initi […]

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EU Mission Adaptation Stories: Tyrol’s Protective Forests and River Lech

News | June 2, 2025

Invest4Nature’s NbS cases from the Tyrolean has joined our collection of our Living Labs implemented measures that are feature in the EU […]

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NbS Financing Pitch & Match – #1 Coastal Restoration

Events | May 28, 2025

📅28 May 2025, 09:30-10:15 📍Online Join us for the first session in our “NbS Financing Pitch & Match” series, a webinar seri […]

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Economic valuation of the benefits

Despite the multiple benefits of nature-based solutions, they are not systematically understood. There is currently no standard method to calculate the economic and financial benefits that can be used to back their investment case. The financial valuation in the various areas of environment, society, or economy is an important indicator for financial stakeholders such as investors and insurances in building support for nature-based solutions.

Invest4Nature will:


  • Create an evaluation framework of nature-based solutions to allow sound cost-benefit analyses and the development of business models

  • Provide evidence on the benefits in coastal, urban, rural and mountainous scenarios by evaluating 5 NbS Living Labs in Norway, Denmark, Poland, Austria and Portugal, each with already existing NbS cases

  • Develop a Decision Support (DS) toolbox to facilitate comparison of grey/green solutions in meeting the needs of investors and selection of NBS investments with the highest social impacts.

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