The first annual meeting of the Nature-based Solutions (NbS) Italy Hub will be held in Palermo on November 20 and 21. The Hub was established last year, under the aegis of the European Commission, involving 17 founding partners including universities and local administrations, with the coordination of the National Research Council. In this first year of activity, the Hub has become a point of reference for the NbS community, both nationally and internationally, as it represents a new vision of