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Can nature help reduce the impacts of climate change?

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News Published 21 Sep 2015 Last modified 10 Dec 2019

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Photo: © G.Karadeniz/EEA

Building and managing a well-planned network of natural areas might provide an effective and, in many cases, cheaper solution for coping with natural disasters such as floods or landslides. A new report published today by the European Environment Agency (EEA) explores how ‘green infrastructure’ can help Europe prepare for and reduce the loss from weather- and climate-related hazards.