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466 20.6.2 Recommendations to  Foster Wider Application of  Nature-Based Solutions for  Health Promotion and  Climate Change Adaptation in  Policy The chapters in this volume provide challenges and recommendations for policy. These recommendations concern two main challenge areas  in increasing awareness and advancing integration across sectors and policies: 20.6.2.1 Increasing Awareness recommendations  of the  Human Health and  Well-Being Effects of  Natural Environments and  Biodiversity 12. Raising awareness of multiple co-benefits: Nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation provide multiple co-benefits for human health and biodiver- sity. Yet policy-advisors, politicians and the public may not always be aware of these interconnections. It is thus important not only to highlight the interlink- ages between climate change, human health and biodiversity but also to under- stand current levels of and gaps in knowledge among practitioners and policy-makers. There is an additional need to identify the type of information that would be useful to help these individuals implement actions that are based on evidence from biodiversity  and health research. 13. Enhancing communication and dissemination: In order to raise awareness, communication of the health benefits of nature and biodiversity needs to be tailored to the interests of different stakeholders, practitioners and policy- makers. Social media with strategic messages, brief video clips on Twitter, YouTube and other platforms as well as TV and radio are good ways to com- municate and disseminate simple messages about the health benefits of biodi- versity. Working with environmental charities can help disseminate these messages to larger audiences. 14. Developing manuals, guidance and tools: Manuals and guidelines for policy- makers and practitioners need to be developed based on scientific evidence and good practice in applied management and policy development. Evidence and experience-based guidelines describing the key features of biodiversity required for increased health and well-being should be developed for park managers, landscape architects, urban planners and designers. Public health professionals require concrete guidance on how to use natural environments for health pro- motion as a complement to other already established measures. Demonstrating successful interventions or case studies where cross-sector working led to cost- effective and efficient delivery of ecosystem services that provided multiple benefits will foster learning and encourage further uptake. Integrated tools of analysis and metrics from different disciplines, sectors and areas of expertise could help raise awareness and application. Building on and enhancing estab- lished decision-making process tools may be useful starting points, for example Environmental Impact Assessment and Health Impact Assessment. M. R. Marselle et al.