The Nature Conservancy: Resilient Watersheds Program

The Nature Conservancy's Resilient Watersheds program conserves freshwater ecosystems and helps communities adapt to climate change by mainstreaming nature-based solutions (NbS) in the water sector — helping early adopters implement watershed investment programs in key markets.

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Investment Rationale

Resilient Watersheds is a catalytic climate-adaptation investment, turning nature-based solutions into tools that direct capital toward measurable resilience.

• Shifts capital toward NbS: Dissemination of the NbS for Adaptation report elevates nature as a credible, investable adaptation strategy for funders and policymakers.

• Makes resilience measurable: Expansion of TNC's WaterProof and Adaptation Measures tools equips DFIs to quantify "added resilience," accelerating investment in climate-resilient watersheds.

Impact & Outcomes 

This investment helped shift nature-based solutions from advocacy to action — making climate adaptation visible, measurable, and investable for funders and DFIs.

• Influences capital flows: The NbS for Adaptation report positions nature as core climate-resilient infrastructure, shaping how funders and DFIs prioritize adaptation.

• Enables measurement and uptake: Expansion of WaterProof and Adaptation Measures tools, integrated into DFI trainings, equips investors to quantify "added resilience" and accelerate NbS investment.