Robert C. Brears is an international sectoral expert (water) consultant with the Green Climate Fund. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Palgrave Handbook of Climate Resilient Societies and the Palgrave Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Futures. Robert is an author of several Springer Nature titles, including The Green Economy and the Water-Energy-Food Nexus, Blue and Green Cities: The Role of Blue-Green Infrastructure in Managing Urban Water Resources, and Developing the Circular Water Economy. He is the Founder of Our Future Water.

Offers new research on financial instruments that promote the development of nature-based solutions

Illustrates how leading locations from around the world have applied a range of financial instruments to implement and mainstream nature-based solutions in response to various societal challenges

Provides 'best practices' for other locations around the globe aiming to finance nature-based solutions

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Nature-Based Solutions.- Chapter 3: Financing Nature-Based Solutions.- Chapter 4: Debt-for-Nature Swaps Financing Nature-based Solutions.- Chapter 5: Market-based Instruments Financing Nature-based Solutions.- Chapter 6: Green Bonds, Loans, Credit Lines, and Microfinance Financing Nature-based Solutions.- Chapter 7: Payments for Ecosystem Services Financing Nature-based Solutions.- Chapter 8: Biodiversity Offsets Financing Nature-based Solutions.- Chapter 9: Public-Private Partnerships Financing Nature-based Solutions.- Chapter 10: Voluntary Carbon Offsets Financing Nature-based Solutions.- Chapter 11: Extended Case Studies of Financing Nature-based Solutions.- Chapter 12: Best Practices and Conclusion.