Public and private sector actors are moving quickly to consider NbS applications across hazard areas related to ‘urban heat and flooding’ and ‘coastal flooding and erosion’. However, research shows that barriers to effective implementation include siloing among organizational departments and skill sets, not being large enough in scale to have optimal impact, and not being adequately funded nor effectively integrated into policy.4 In Canada, a growing number of local governments are turning to NbS to provide municipal services more cost-effectively, such as water conveyance and storm water management, however their use remains siloed, resulting in a tendency to underestimate broader systems benefits, and hindering large-scale utilization. 5 The most widely discussed barriers to NbS uptake include inadequate funding, unfamiliar decision-making processes, fragmented governance, insufficient regulatory and political support, and uncertainties around planning and implementation.6