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Evaluating the Impact of Nature-based Solutions: Appendix of Methods is a compilation of methods of determination for indicators of NBS performance and impact. Experts in a wide variety of disciplines from eighteen EU H2020 NBS projects and a number of supporting European programmes were directly involved in the production of this Appendix of Methods, including (in alphabetical order):

• CLEARING HOUSE (H2020 Grant Agreement no.821242)
• CLEVER Cities (H2020 Grant Agreement no. 776604)
• CONNECTING Nature (H2020 Grant Agreement no. 730222)
• EdiCitNet (H2020 Grant Agreement no. 776665)
• Grow GREEN (H2020 Grant Agreement no. 730283)
• MAES (JRC-D3-Institutional project)
• NAIAD (H2020 Grant Agreement no. 730497)
• Nature4Cities (H2020 Grant Agreement no. 730468)
• Naturvation (H2020 Grant Agreement no. 730243)
• OPERANDUM (H2020 Grant Agreement no. 776848)
• PHUSICOS (H2020 Grant Agreement no. 776681)
• proGIreg (H2020 Grant Agreement no. 776528)
• RECONNECT (H2020 Grant Agreement no. 776866)
• REGREEN (H2020 Grant Agreement no. 821016)
• UNaLab (H2020 Grant Agreement no. 730052)
• URBAN GreenUP (H2020 Grant Agreement no. 730426)
• URBiNAT (H2020 Grant Agreement no. 776783)

It is part of the Handbook:

Evaluating the impact of nature-based solutions. A handbook for practitioners.

The Handbook aims to provide decision-makers with a comprehensive NBS impact assessment framework, and a robust set of indicators and methodologies to assess impacts of nature-based solutions across 12 societal challenge areas: Climate Resilience; Water Management; Natural and Climate Hazards; Green Space Management; Biodiversity; Air Quality; Place Regeneration; Knowledge and Social Capacity Building for Sustainable Urban Transformation; Participatory Planning and Governance; Social Justice and Social Cohesion; Health and Well-being; New Economic Opportunities and Green Jobs.

Indicators have been developed collaboratively by representatives of 17 individual EU-funded NBS projects and collaborating institutions such as the EEA and JRC, as part of the European Taskforce for NBS Impact Assessment, with the four-fold objective of: serving as a reference for relevant EU policies and activities; orient urban practitioners in developing robust impact evaluation frameworks for nature-based solutions at different scales; expand upon the pioneering work of the EKLIPSE framework by providing a comprehensive set of indicators and methodologies; and build the European evidence base regarding NBS impacts. They reflect the state of the art in current scientific research on impacts of nature-based solutions and valid and standardized methods of assessment, as well as the state of play in urban implementation of evaluation frameworks.

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