Global EbA Fund - Support for the Implementation and Upscaling of Ecosystem-based Adaptation

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EbA is a nature-based solution that harnesses biodiversity and ecosystem services to reduce vulnerability and build resilience of human communities to climate change. EbA is defined as the use of biodiversity and ecosystem services as part of an overall adaptation strategy to help people to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change (CBD, 2009 & 2010).

EbA is the conservation, restoration and sustainable management of ecosystems and their services to reduce the vulnerability of communities and ecosystems to the impacts of climate change. This could include the conservation, sustainable management and restoration of ecosystems like forests, grasslands, wetlands, mangroves or coral reefs to reduce the harmful impacts of climate hazards including shifting patterns or levels of rainfall, changes in maximum and minimum temperatures, stronger storms, and increasingly variable climatic conditions.

Structure of project

The Global EbA Fund is financed by the International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMUKN) and co-managed by IUCN and UNEP. The Fund’s Steering Committee consists of representatives from these four entities providing guidance for the direction of operations and the priorities of the Fund. The Fund has a growing portfolio of over 50 projects across various ecosystems forming a community of EbA practitioners working across sectors and countries.

For more details on the Global EbA Fund’s projects, please visit the Global EbA Fund website, the IKI website, and see the Global EbA Fund’s Story Maps Collection, this blog post on the Fund’s launch as well as this report on scaling up the use of EbA. Follow the Fund’s LinkedIn page and Twitter/X profile and subscribe to the newsletter to stay up to date with its activities and contact [email protected] for more information.