Developing projects to empower women and other people in vulnerable situations: This paper was developed as part of the project “Building Inclusive Urban Resilience: Strengthening ASEAN Cities through Collaborative Action and Empowerment of Vulnerable Groups” and supported by a grant from the German Federal Foreign Office. This paper investigates the potential of inclusive NbS projects to increase the resilience of ASEAN cities to climate-related risks, while empowering people in vulnerable situations. A specific focus lies on inhabitants of informal settlements and women, as these are large population groups especially vulnerable to climate change impacts in cities. Nature-based Solutions (NbS) have increasingly gained attention over the last decades in the field of climate change adaptation, due to their potential to address climate risks while providing important economic, social and biodiversity benefits, often in a cost-effective way.
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