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D7.1 Effective instruments for mainstreaming

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Clé publique

radar:r-faa847d11a8e6d7fed39d7cdafac5e73

Auteurs

Wolff, Erich · Frantzeskaki, Niki · Hölscher, Katharina

Année déclarée

2026

Langue déclarée

en

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Utrecht University

Résumé documentaire — langue originale

The implementation of urban Nature-based Solutions (NbS) is gaining momentum globally, with significant efforts to advance the use of green walls, constructed wetlands, raingardens and other solutions in Europe. While there is a growing interest in the development of guidelines, indicators and technologies to support the implementation of NbS, major institutional barriers are still slowing down their adoption. Building upon previous studies that have mapped institutional barriers such as departmental siloes, rigid and narrow funding procedures, and expert-oriented decision-making, we investigate how actors involved in the implementation of NbS are “learning by doing” and creating conditions for the uptake of these solutions in the Mediterranean region. This study documents, analyses and synthesises the knowledge learnt from nine case studies from the Climate Adaptation and Resilience Demonstrated in the Mediterranean Region (CARDIMED) project. Interrogating different mechanisms that contribute to institutional mainstreaming, we use the CARDIMED demonstration sites to explore how some actors are “anchoring” initiatives within existing procedures and regulations (through the mechanisms of learning and integration) while others are “disrupting” institutions to make space for innovation (through the mechanisms of scaling experimentation and translation). Drawing on insights provided by the teams, targeted interviews with different actors (including representatives of academia, officers from various governmental levels and project managers), and an in-person workshop, this report explores how the mainstreaming of NbS takes place in practice. This approach offers opportunities to understand how these solutions can gain scale through different “mainstreaming pathways”, guided by the actions of various actors that enable their implementation. The pathways and instruments identified contribute to ongoing debates by exploring different ways to promote the uptake of NbS in planning and practice. The mainstreaming pathways include an interplay of both disruptive and anchoring mechanisms that engage with institutions by: (i) Mainstreaming NbS through adaptations to existing processes and gradual change of institutions (mainstreaming by embedding),  (ii) Mainstreaming NbS by leveraging gaps in institutions and finding opportunities to build momentum from previous initiatives (mainstreaming by capitalising),  (iii) Mainstreaming NbS by convincing actors and proving the effectiveness of NbS (mainstreaming by demonstrating), and  (iv) Mainstreaming NbS through knowledge creation to respond to future demands (mainstreaming by anticipating). The findings show that mainstreaming NbS depends on understanding the processes that allow for these solutions to be supported by existing institutions or the ways through which institutions can be changed to accelerate their uptake. Investigating scholarly and practice work, we examine CARDIMED as an opportunity for actors to get familiarity with NbS, build knowledge collectively and create networks to promote NbS. The case studies serve as places to observe mainstreaming in practice, each shaped by a combination of different mechanisms that can include opportunities for learning and efforts to integrate NbS into local policies.  The various mainstreaming instruments and pathways observed in the Mediterranean region are expected to play important roles in the creation of institutional conditions to promote NbS in the future. Responding to unique policy landscapes and geo-climatic and cultural contexts, actors in the region can learn from the experiences in CARDIMED to get inspiration on how to implement NbS in the Mediterranean and beyond.

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DOI

10.5281/zenodo.23261767

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oai:zenodo.org:23261767

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