This third contribution to the BRIDGES Cologne Policy Insights series examines the role of science–policy platforms in fostering more inclusive Nature-based Solutions (NbS) to address multiple, interconnected planetary crises.
Author: Luci Attala. When I tell people at UNESCO that I’m from Wales, their eyes light up. There’s a genuine curiosity about this small country in their corridors. Wales is known to some for its castles and dragons, but to others for something far more extraordinary: a nation that has made the future a matter of law. As someone now working within the UN system, I can say with certainty that the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 is regarded internationally as visionary, practical and quietly revolutionary.
Author: Sophie Spooner. ‘Cooking up a Storm: The Revolutionary Power of Cooking in the Curriculum’, an online event at the Learning Planet Festival 2025, brought together people passionate about food, community, and a more sustainable way of living. This blog tucks into how the ingredients for change were laid out and the role of food education was clearly served up in discussions as a powerful potential in shaping a more resilient and connected future.
Authors: Sadhbh Horan and Cordula Scherer, Trinity Centre for Environmental Humanities, Sept 2025. In June 2025, our first in-person workshop with the international team of Coastal TALES took place. Having spent the first few days of the meeting in my local Dublin, blessed with good weather and unusually high temperatures, the team were eager to begin the Welsh leg of the agenda.
Author: Debby Mercer. The communication of the climate crisis takes many different forms. Both The Man Who Planted Trees and How to Blow up a Pipeline are based on books and have a strong environmental message but are delivered in very different ways. While The Man Who Planted Trees has beautiful animation and a feel-good narrative with hope and positivity throughout, How to Blow up a Pipeline is a dark and gritty dramatization, questioning the validity and morality of extreme actions like property damage and terrorism.
