"There is positive momentum to implement more nature-based adaptations, but we need support to change the business-as-usual mindset," writes Pamela Conrad, ASLA, founder of Climate Positive Design and ASLA's inaugural Biodiversity and Climate Action Fellow. "Nature-based solutions are documented to be approximately 70% more cost-effective than gray infrastructure. However, most nature-based climate adaptation is not funded despite the fact that 800 million people will be affected by coastal flooding by 2050." Read more in ASLA's THE DIRT: https://bit.ly/4edqZl0Image Credit: Living Breakwaters designed by SCAPE Landscape Architecture, shown installed along the South Shore of Staten Island, New York / Baird, courtesy of SCAPE; Rise-Up community engagement informs future adaptations at Crissy Field, San Francisco. / CMG Landscape Architecture; The FloMo is a mobile education and awareness vehicle that educates people of the impacts of sea level rise on their community. ASLA 2019 Professional Communications Award of Excellence. The FloMo: A Mobile Messenger for Sea Level Rise. Bionic