Nature-based solutions for cities benefit health and economics

A new report by the British Ecological Society highlights the benefits to health and wellbeing by increasing community greenspace, planting urban trees, reducing air pollution and cooling streets. The Nature-based Solutions report offers a complete assessment of nature-based solutions for health and wellbeing that mitigates climate change, benefits biodiversity and makes sense economically.

The report shows how planting urban trees and creating green roofs create shade, cool cities and potentially help carbon capture. At the same time as increasing positive benefits to our health and wellbeing these changes can provide considerable long term economic benefits. The City of London calculated the annual economic contribution of 8 million trees to be worth £132.7 million annually.