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Teema: Call for NBS case studies for the 2027 publication
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Dear members of the EHTF,
Following the 2025 WHO report on
<https://www.who.int/europe/publications/i/item/WHO-EURO-2025-12214-51986-79744>
Nature-based solutions and Health and the consultation with Member States
through the EHTF in September 2025, WHO is planning the next report on NbS
and health, to be published in May 2027. The report will focus on practical
examples of NbS implementation and their benefits for health.
To support this work, we are pleased to invite you to submit implemented NbS
examples and related experiences from across Member States in the WHO
European Region, covering a wide range of institutional settings (such as
day care, schools, workplaces and nursing homes).
National, regional and urban experiences and case studies on NbS and health
can be submitted until 30 April at
<https://extranet.who.int/dataformv6/NbS-Case-Studies>
https://extranet.who.int/dataformv6/NbS-Case-Studies . Submission take
approximately 15-20 minutes and are only possible in English.
Case studies should:
1. be fully implemented by 2025 to allow for an assessment of impacts, and
2. demonstrate impacts on health and wellbeing (e.g. affecting health risks
and determinants, promoting healthy lifestyles, or directly improving
wellbeing even if health and wellbeing are not primary objectives of the
NbS).
As you may recall, during the September 2025 consultation on NbS and health,
Member States highlighted knowledge gaps related to:
1. Clear guidance, legal frameworks & mandates
2. Robust evidence and research
3. Capacity, funding & expertise
4. Improved understanding of health impacts & co-benefits
5. Use of NbS to highlight shared goals & co-benefits
6. Create cross-sectoral structures & processes
7. Leverage practical examples & evidence
8. Enable political support, awareness & mutual understanding
The compilation of case studies and national experiences on nature-based
solutions and health will help address these areas.
Submitted case studies will be reviewed by WHO, with support from its
Collaborating Centre for Natural Environments and Health at the University
of Exeter. Selected submissions may be further explored in more detail and
featured in the 2027 report on NbS and health.
We would appreciate it if you could share this call with relevant experts
and stakeholders in your ministry, institution or network.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Warm regards,
EHP Secretariat
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EHP Secretariat
WHO Regional Office for Europe | European Centre for Environment, Climate
Change and Health | Bonn, Germany
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European Environment and Health Process (EHP)
Dear colleagues,
As a follow up to the 2025 WHO report on Nature-based solutions and Health, the next report on
nature-based solutions (NbS) and Health due May 2027 will look at practical examples of NbS
implementation and their potential to benefit health. For this WHO is calling for already
implemented NbS examples and related experiences from all 53 WHO Member States of the WHO
European Region – covering all spatial scales and all types of settings, and also including
application of NbS in health care settings or other institutionalized settings (such as, daycare,
school, workplace, nursing home).
The NbS case study examples should
be fully implemented by 2025 to allow for an assessment of impacts, and have an impact on health
and wellbeing, either by affecting health risks and determinants, promoting healthy lifestyles, or
enhancing health and wellbeing directly (even if health and wellbeing are not primary objectives of
the NbS).
Please note that submitted case study examples will be reviewed by WHO through its Collaborating
Centre for Natural Environments and Health at the University of Exeter, and selected submissions
will be revisited in more detail. Some of the case studies may be featured in the forthcoming report
on NbS and Health in 2027.
This online submission form should take around 15-20 minutes to fill.
Please note that only case studies originating from Member States of the WHO European Region
will be eligible for the report (see list of countries at https://www.who.int/europe/home?v=welcome#
under “Countries”).
Please share the link for this call for case studies with NbS experts and persons involved in
respective projects on nature-based solutions in your ministry, institution or organisation. Also, feel
free to forward the call through your networks.
Submissions will be collected until 30 April 2026.
For further questions on this call for case studies, please write to Rebecca Lovell at the WHO
Collaborating Centre team at
[email protected]
Section A: Context
A1.
Please describe the nature-based intervention and what was done (up to 30 words).
A2.
In what year was the intervention implemented?
If the implementation was done over more than one year, please provide the year when
the project was finalized.
before 2000
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
A3. In which country was the intervention implemented?
(NB - only Member States of the WHO European Region are eligible)
Albania
Andorra
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Monaco
Montenegro
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
North Macedonia
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Republic of Moldova
Romania
Russian Federation
San Marino
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Tajikistan
Türkiye
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Uzbekistan
A4. In which city / cities or which region(s) was the intervention implemented (up to 15
words)?
A5. In which setting was the intervention implemented? Please choose one option only.
Public space
Health care facility
Institutional setting (day care, school, nursing home etc.)
Private space (company grounds etc.)
Other (please indicate)
Other (please indicate)
A6. Please describe, in a few words, the setting or place in which the intervention was
implemented (up to 15 words).
A7. Please list the lead agency for the intervention, and the key partners (up to 30
words).
Section B: Objectives and impacts
B1. What was the main objective for implementing the nature-based solution
intervention (up to 30 words)?
B2.
What were the expected impacts or outcomes of the intervention (up to 30 words)?
B3.
What were the outcomes and results of the intervention? Were the expectations
fulfilled (up to 60 words)?
B4. Does the implemented nature-based solution:
Yes Uncertain No
specifically address or consider human health challenges?
integrate across sectors (such as environment, health, economics, planning, transport
etc.)?
consider ecosystem renewal/biodiversity restoration/nature recovery?
consider economic benefits?
include equitable governance and community participation?
balance trade-offs and mitigate risks?
involve adaptative management following ongoing evaluation of impacts?
consider sustainability and long-term viability?
B5.
Please indicate how the implemented nature-based solution relates to health and
wellbeing (up to 50 words).
B6.
Please provide one or two key messages learnt from the project (up to 50 words).
Section C: Resources
C1. If available, please provide the URL to a webpage containing information on the
project/intervention.
C2. If there have been any reports or publications of the project, please upload up to
three respective files here.
C3.
Please upload up to three photographs or images related to the intervention.
In the upload window you can add a title and a comment. In the title box, please
enter the name of the project site (e.g. "Central Park, London"), and in the
comment box please indicate the name of the copyright holder (e.g. "Laura Miller"
or "City of London").
If any of these images will be used for the forthcoming report, WHO will need to obtain formal permission from the copyright holder at later stage
for using the image.
C4.
The WHO Collaborating Centre for Natural Environments and Health will follow
up with the selected case studies of interest for the report. Who is the contact person
for follow up if your case study is selected for further review, and potentially for
being used for the report?
Name:
Job title:
Institution:
City:
Email:
Thank you for submitting your NBS case study.
All submissions will be reviewed by the WHO Collaborating Centre for Natural Environments and
Health at the University of Exeter, and possibly selected for further exploration – in such case, we
will contact you directly.
In case of any questions, please contact Rebecca Lovell at the WHO Collaborating Centre team at
[email protected]
Best regards from the
WHO European Centre for Environment and Health
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