Natural Solutions for Water Security: Canada's Policy Path Forward

Natural infrastructure is no longer optional—it is an urgent, ready-to-deploy solution to some of Canada’s most critical and interconnected challenges. As climate change accelerates, biodiversity declines, and pressures on infrastructure, housing, and jobs intensify, the need for integrated, resilient systems has never been more pressing. This is a pivotal moment for leaders across jurisdictions and sectors to act decisively, shifting from fragmented, project-based approaches to coordinated, system-wide integration across policy, funding, and planning.

The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and the Climate Risk Institute (CRI) will host an intensive 2-day policy forum designed as a high-impact working session to accelerate the role of natural infrastructure in addressing today’s most urgent challenges.

This is not a typical convening—it is a strategic opportunity to align leaders across sectors, advance priorities such as private finance and natural asset management, and close critical gaps in policy, funding, and implementation. Together, participants will map current and emerging efforts, hear from institutional champions, and actively shape the next phase of coordinated action.

A focused network of decision-makers committed to moving beyond dialogue will use this forum to validate, strengthen, and propel the work needed to scale natural infrastructure solutions now. Registration is free but by invitation only.