Nature-based climate solutions

Nature-based climate solutions

See nature as something new

 
 

Nature-based solutions uses tools such as restoration, conservation, and management of wetlands, grasslands, coastlines and forests, to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change while supporting biodiversity.

Learn about how you can make a tangible difference by helping to protect and conserve nature.

Canada’s nature-based climate solutions

Learn how these solutions play an important role in our everyday lives and what you can do to help.

Wetlands

Wetlands are some of the planet’s most vital ecosystems.

Grasslands

Grasslands are rich in biodiversity, home to a wide array of plants and wildlife, and have an important role in storing carbon.

Coastlines

Canada has the longest coastline in the world, linking the Atlantic, Arctic, and Pacific oceans.

Forests

We need healthy forests. They are the lungs of our planet.

Canada has roughly:

24% of the world’s boreal forests

1.5 million square kilometres of wetlands — around 24% of the world’s remaining total

2 million lakes and the world’s longest coastline

Our commitment

Canada is committed to protecting 30 % of its lands and 30 % of its oceans by 2030, using nature-based solutions to fight climate change, and reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

The Natural Climate Solutions Fund is one way Canada is working to achieve this commitment.

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