Webinar: Turning Nature-based Solutions Into Impact
February 17, 2026 | Events
How can we scale Nature-based Solutions (NbS) to enable real world impact and adoption. This one-hour online event brings together the EU funded projects JUSTNature, UPSURGE and Invest4Nature to explore how NbS are being developed, implemented, and scaled in practice.
A dedicated panel discussion will highlight best practices and lessons learned from multiple cities across Europe, followed by insights into market and business perspectives, including investment considerations and pathways for exploitation. The event will also introduce the Nature Building Helix ecosystem, inviting participants to engage further and connect with a growing community working to turn NbS research into impact.
This event is open to researchers, project managers, innovation professionals, policymakers, and anyone interested in nature-based solutions, their societal value, and their journey from research to implementation.
Agenda
In a World Cafe format, explore different topics and meet a representative from a Knowledge Network or project for networking, brainstorming, and fresh insight from different perspectives.
11:00 – 11:05 Welcome address
11:05 – 11:25 Introduction to JUSTNature
Speaker:
Jessica Balest – Senior Researcher at EURAC Research and JUSTNature coordinator
11:25 – 12:00 Panel discussion – Best practices and NBS examples from funded projects
Panelists
- JUSTNature representative – Jessica Balest, Senior Researcher at EURAC Research
- UPSURGE representative – Darko Ferčej, Head of EU project office at E-zavod
- Invest4Nature representatives – Agnieszka Dziubała, Senior specialist in interdisciplinary projects, Project Coordination and Urban Regeneration Office, Poznań City Hall, and Małgorzata Bronikowska, Specialist in interdisciplinary project, Project Coordination and Urban Regeneration Office, Poznań City Hall
12:00 – 12:20 NbS Market and Business Perspectives
Speaker:
Lydia Lienhart – Researcher and Science communicator in climate policy & economics
12:20 – 12:30 The Nature Building Helix Ecosystem
Speaker:
Cais Jurgens – Head of Membership Development, Crowdhelix
12:30 – 12:35 Conclusion
JUSTNature aims to activate nature-based solutions (NbS) by ensuring a just transition to low-carbon cities, based on the principle of the right to ecological space. This in particular refers to the right to clean air and indoor/outdoor thermal comfort for human health and well-being, as well as thriving biodiversity and ecosystems. It also refers to the duty of not constraining the ecological space of others, in particular in relation to the mitigation of climate change and measures required for reducing GHG emissions.
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UPSURGE’s main objective is to build the EU Regenerative Urban Lighthouse as a reference framework offering guided support on how tested and verified NBS can be strategically implemented to significantly improve the multitude of problems faced by cities.
NetworkNature is a resource for the Nature-based Solutions (NbS) community, fostering collaboration, knowledge sharing, and strategic action to maximise the impact of NbS in Europe and beyond. NetworkNature clusters and connects more than 100 EU-funded NbS research and innovation projects, including Horizon 2020 and EU Mission initiatives.
