In modern society economic growth and development serve as the rationale for several actions and endeavours. However, modern society is plagued by disaster and climate risk and therefore development standards have shifted. Unregulated and uncontrolled development practices have led to the destruction of the environment and ecosystem, which has served to exacerbate climate and disaster risk. Within this reality, Nature based Solutions (NbS) have emerged as a means to address societal issues through ecosystem protection and dependence. NbS is seen as a promising step in the right direction for both urban and rural contexts to address several of the sustainability challenges targeted in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN, 2015). IUCN defines NbS as “actions to protect, sustainably manage, and restore natural or modified ecosystems that address societal challenges effectively and adaptively, simultaneously providing human wellbeing and biodiversity benefits”. NbS is well-set to address multiple issues due to its direct benefits and co-benefits. NbS represents a shift in thinking in the late 2000s, from a focus solely on nature to people and nature (Mace, 2014).  Towards these issues, mainstreaming, planning as well as development of codes and standards serve the purpose of streamlining and implementing growth of NbS actions across the globe.