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Making EbA an Effective Part of Balanced Adaptation Strategies: Introducing the UNEP EbA Briefing Notes - Briefing Note 1
(2020)
This briefing note serves as an introduction to the series, with a focus on creating conceptual clarity on EbA and its relation to other related approaches, as well as how EbA is key to achieving a much needed paradigm ...
EbA in Different Ecosystems: Placing Measures in Context - Briefing Note 3
(2020)
This briefing note provides an overview of EbA measures commonly implemented in particular ecosystems (mountains, drylands, wetlands, coasts, and urban systems), reflecting interventions supported by UN Environment EbA ...
Selecting Complementary Adaptation Measures - Briefing Note 4
(2020)
To respond to climate change hazards and impacts, an overall adaptation strategy should be devised drawing on the full range of possible adaptation solutions.
This briefing note provides an overview of the range of ...
Integrating EbA into National Planning - Briefing Note 6
(2020)
To effectively address the negative impacts of climate change now and in the future, climate change adaptation strategies need to be integrated into wider national policies and planning processes – adaptation cannot stand ...
Navigating the Adaptation Challenge - Briefing Note 2
(2020)
This Briefing Note introduces how resilience thinking, which considers interactions within a coupled socialecological system, can help to navigate the adaptation challenge and explores the use of ecosystems as part of the ...
Developing the Economic Case for EbA - Briefing Note 5
(2020)
This briefing note highlights the range of information that should be incorporated in making an economic case for EbA, and the relevance of compiling it for all adaptation solutions to help ensure that EbA options are ...
UNEP and EbA - Briefing Note 7
(2020)
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has a strong history of supporting the
development and implementation of ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA). Since the term EbA was
adopted by the Convention on Biological ...
Protected Planet Report 2016: How Protected Areas Contribute to Achieving Global Targets for Biodiversity
(2016)
The report underscores the importance of protected areas in sustaining the functions and values of natural ecosystems as well as the needs of human society. It highlights the nature-based solutions that protected areas ...