NATURANCE Insider Series
28 January 2026, 12:00 CET
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Wildfires are becoming increasingly frequent and severe due to changes in climate, weather patterns, vegetation, and land use. These events pose growing threats to human safety, ecosystems, and economies across large regions. While suppression remains the dominant response strategy, there is a rising recognition that nature-based solutions (NbS) are essential for preventing wildfires, restoring resilient landscapes, and reducing long-term risk.

This Lunch Break Seminar, organised by IIASA in the framework of NATURANCE project, explores how the insurance sector can enable the transition from reactive fire suppression to proactive, prevention-focused NbS.

Despite growing awareness of rising wildfire risks, investments in prevention still lag behind. Financing remains a major barrier: NbS require long-term, stable funding streams and strong collaboration between insurers, policymakers, researchers, and local communities. Recent insights underscore the importance of integrating NbS directly into insurance frameworks, recognising these measures as valuable assets capable of reducing losses, improving resilience, and delivering co-benefits for nature and people.

This session will highlight emerging approaches, real-world examples, and the evolving role of insurers in advancing wildfire NbS — showcasing how proactive risk management can create healthier, safer, and more resilient landscapes.

The NATURANCE Insider Series will feature at least six lunch break seminars, targeting EU institutions, business leaders, investors, and risk experts — all united by one goal: building an economy that works with nature, not against it.

The CMCC Foundation plays a central role in the NATURANCE project, acting as project coordinator and leading core activities on dissemination, communication, engagement, and management.