{"id":20872,"date":"2024-08-01T10:07:51","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T17:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/?p=20872"},"modified":"2024-08-01T12:28:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T19:28:00","slug":"public-exchange-and-white-house-tackle-nature-based-climate-change-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/public-exchange-and-white-house-tackle-nature-based-climate-change-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"USC Dornsife Public Exchange and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) work together to advance use of nature-based solutions to tackle climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n    \n                                \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/08\/px_naturebasedsolutions_top-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/08\/px_naturebasedsolutions_top-1920x1080.jpg 1920w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/08\/px_naturebasedsolutions_top-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/08\/px_naturebasedsolutions_top-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"A stylized representation of the Earth with continents highlighted in shades of green and beige. Surrounding the globe are abstract leaves and organic shapes.\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"image-caption\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  Nature-based climate change solutions, despite their challenges, can offer cost-effective solutions to the effects of climate change. (Composite: Letty Avila; Image source: iStock.)\n\n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n  <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n          <nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\" class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n        <ul>\n                      <li><a href=\"\/news\/stories\/\">News<\/a><\/li>\n                      <li><a href=\"\/news\/stories\/\/?category=sustainability\">Sustainability<\/a><\/li>\n                  <\/ul>\n      <\/nav>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--page-title\">\n\n    \n  <h1>USC Dornsife Public Exchange and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) work together to advance use of nature-based solutions to tackle climate change<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n          <div class=\"subtitle\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  At USC\u2019s Capital Campus in Washington, D.C., policymakers, researchers and practitioners from across the country explored how nature can be used to address increasingly frequent climate-associated risks, such as floods, heatwaves and fires.\n\n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n           <strong class=\"author-field\"><span >By<\/span><a href=\"mailto:communication@dornsife.usc.edu\">USC Dornsife News Staff<\/a><\/strong>\n    \n          <span class=\"post-date-field\">August 1, 2024<\/span>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--social-share \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--social-share\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n    <span class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list\" style=\"line-height: 32px;\">\n      <span class=\"title\">\n        Share\n      <\/span>\n                        <a class=\"a2a_button_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/#copy_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Link\">\n            <span class=\"a2a_svg a2a_s__default a2a_s_copy_link\">\n              <svg height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 19 19\" width=\"19\" 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https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/07\/AE_News-Rubric-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/07\/AE_News-Rubric-320x320.png 320w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/07\/AE_News-Rubric.png 1250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Los Angeles epitomizes the many climate-driven hazards that confront cities today \u2014 wildfires, air pollution, heat waves, coastal erosion, flooding, and drought. As the effects of climate change intensify, cities worldwide are increasingly investing in infrastructure projects to safeguard their communities from escalating risks.<\/p>\n<p>Urban infrastructure projects often rely on engineered designs and components, such as the cement walls lining the L.A. River, to reduce flooding risks. However, a new focus on integrating built and natural infrastructure promises better environmental, social and economic outcomes. In Los Angeles, one example is the USC Public Exchange <a href=\"https:\/\/publicexchange.usc.edu\/urban-trees-initiative\/\">Urban Trees Initiative<\/a>, which aims to enhance resilience to rising temperatures by expanding tree coverage, particularly in vulnerable communities.<\/p>\n<p>While nature-based solutions can be cost effective in reducing hazards such as coastal flooding or urban heat islands, they face challenges.\u00a0For example, while studies show that living shorelines can be as effective at reducing coastal erosion as conventional gray infrastructure methods like seawalls, and can provide additional benefits (such as habitat and recreational opportunities), there is no standard manual for constructing living shorelines. The approach might depend on factors such as local ecology, wave energy and erosion rates. They can also be harder to fund and permit relative to traditional engineered structures made of concrete and steel.<\/p>\n<p>To realize the potential of nature-based solutions across the United States, in 2022 the White House launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Nature-Based-Solutions-Roadmap.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">roadmap<\/a> to unlock the potential of these solutions, including by prioritizing additional research. \u201cCollaboration between government institutions, civil society, academia and the private sector is key to harnessing the power of our built and natural environment to reduce hazards,\u201d said Doug Mason, assistant director for nature-based solutions in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP).<\/p>\n<h2>Forging collaborative solutions<\/h2>\n<p>To that end, Public Exchange, based at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, worked together with OSTP to host a day-long workshop titled \u201cHarnessing Nature: Using Nature-Based Solutions for Disaster Risk Reduction.\u201d The meeting convened leaders in nature-based solutions to compare and integrate academic and practitioner perspectives, establish a shared understanding of the evidence base for nature-based approaches, and explore strategies to clear roadblocks and advance projects on the ground.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20874\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20874\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20874\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/08\/px_naturebasedsolutions_instorya-500x334.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people sits in a conference room listening to a speaker at the front. The speaker stands next to a screen displaying the presentation title, &quot;Harnessing Nature: Nature-based Solutions for Hazard Risk Reduction.&quot;\" width=\"350\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/08\/px_naturebasedsolutions_instorya-500x334.jpg 500w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/08\/px_naturebasedsolutions_instorya-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/08\/px_naturebasedsolutions_instorya-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/08\/px_naturebasedsolutions_instorya.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20874\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">USC Dornsife\u2019s Public Exchange and OSTP recently co-hosted a workshop to identify and overcome barriers to implementing nature-based solutions to climate-related risks. (Photo: Brandon Gould.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cDeploying nature-based solutions more quickly requires breaking down the typical silos between researchers, policymakers and those doing the work on the ground,\u201d said Monica Dean, Climate and Sustainability Practice director. \u201cPublic Exchange was built to reimagine the way researchers and problem solvers work together and has been successfully building projects that have accelerated climate research for real-word impact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Workshop participants identified critical research gaps hindering the widespread implementation of nature-based solutions. One major challenge is the lack of a central repository for existing information and analytical resources, making it difficult to harness past experience and develop new projects quickly. Another problem is the absence of standard engineering guidelines for nature-based solutions like there are for traditional infrastructure such as retaining walls. Advances in AI and support from research universities could help solve these problems by bringing together diverse sources of information and leveraging research ingenuity to develop effective, evidence-based approaches.<\/p>\n<p>Public Exchange is leading one such project \u2014 building and testing new approaches that merge engineering, design, virtual reality and community engagement strategies to reimagine and <a href=\"https:\/\/publicexchange.usc.edu\/la-river\/\">redesign the L.A. River<\/a> to restore habitat and build flood resilience. This innovative collaboration between the City of Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and other local and state agencies, and Clockshop, a local nonprofit, aims to support new data and standards for nature-based solutions design. The L.A. 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