The toolkit on nature-based solutions for comprehensive disaster and climate risk management (CRM-NbS Toolkit) aims to support countries in making nature-based solutions (NbS) an integral part of planning under the comprehensive disaster and climate risk management (CRM) approach considering both disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) in an integrative manner. The tools and related information presented here build on the NbS-related technical resources developed for UNDRR’s CRM approach.

The UNDRR approach to CRM (www.undrr. org/crm) is aligned with Target E of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015– 2030: to “substantially increase the number of countries with national and local disaster risk reduction strategies by 2020”. The approach facilitates this by supporting the integration of risk reduction into national adaptation plans and climate information and adaptation considerations into DRR plans – and, where appropriate and agreeable, into an integrated plan. Therefore, the CRM approach is key to shifting towards integrated plans and policies that are supported by a shared understanding of risk and coherent institutions, thereby supporting larger policy coherence.

The toolkit on nature-based solutions for comprehensive disaster and climate risk management (CRM-NbS Toolkit) aims to support countries in making nature-based solutions (NbS) an integral part of planning under the comprehensive disaster and climate risk management (CRM) approach considering both disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) in an integrative manner. The tools and related information presented here build on the NbS-related technical resources developed for UNDRR’s CRM approach.1 The UNDRR approach to CRM (www.undrr. org/crm) is aligned with Target E of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015– 2030: to “substantially increase the number of countries with national and local disaster risk reduction strategies by 2020”. The approach facilitates this by supporting the integration of risk reduction into national adaptation plans and climate information and adaptation considerations into DRR plans – and, where appropriate and agreeable, into an integrated plan. Therefore, the CRM approach is key to shifting towards integrated plans and policies that are supported by a shared understanding of risk and coherent institutions, thereby supporting larger policy coherence.