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The Ecosystem-based Adaptation Briefing Note Series aims to foster a common understanding of key concepts, issues and considerations to help design, plan and implement successful ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) initiatives. It highlights issues, trade-offs and tensions that need to be addressed to enable EbA to form part of – and contribute to – the wider landscape of climate change adaptation in the context of sustainable development.

The Ecosystem-based Adaptation Briefing Note Series aims to foster a common understanding of key concepts, issues and considerations to help design, plan and implement successful ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) initiatives. It highlights issues, trade-offs and tensions that need to be addressed to enable EbA to form part of – and contribute to – the wider landscape of climate change adaptation in the context of sustainable development.

This briefing note explores the strategy of EbA in forest ecosystems. It includes two case studies from Mexico and the Gambia.

The Ecosystem-based Adaptation Briefing Note Series aims to foster a common understanding of key concepts, issues and considerations to help design, plan and implement successful ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) initiatives. It highlights issues, trade-offs and tensions that need to be addressed to enable EbA to form part of – and contribute to – the wider landscape of climate change adaptation in the context of sustainable development.

This briefing note explores the strategy of EbA on coasts. It includes two case studies from Tanzania and Madagascar.

The Ecosystem-based Adaptation Briefing Note Series aims to foster a common understanding of key concepts, issues and considerations to help design, plan and implement successful ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) initiatives. It highlights issues, trade-offs and tensions that need to be addressed to enable EbA to form part of – and contribute to – the wider landscape of climate change adaptation in the context of sustainable development.

This briefing note explores the strategy of EbA in agricultural systems. It includes two case studies from Cambodia and Sudan.

In 2012, the Government of Tanzania secured funding from the Adaptation Fund and the Global Environment Facility’s Least Developed Country Fund to reduce the negative impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities in coastal areas. The country is facing the impacts of climate change on the coasts through rain-induced flooding and sea-level rise.

In 2012, the Government of Madagascar secured funding from the Adaptation Fund to reduce the negative impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities. Madagascar’s rice sector is experiencing climate change through alterations in rainfall patterns and a rise of temperatures, leading to a reduction of water availability and decreasing yields.

In 2011, the Government of Lesotho secured funding from the Global Environment Facility’s Least Developed Country Fund to reduce the negative impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities.

A central approach of the project was to build the resilience of vulnerable communities by strengthening Lesotho’s climate information and forecasting systems, which contribute to communities’ adaptive capacity regarding preparation for extreme weather events.

This guidance note supports the development of strategies, policies, and projects that seek to increase resilience by linking climate change adaptation, peacebuilding, and sustainable livelihoods.

- A brief introduction outlines the need for integrated approaches to address climate-fragility risks. - Step 1 describes a process to identify climate-fragility risks and to assess the potential for resilience to these risks. - Step 2 describes how to translate these assessments into policies and action.

This M&E note supports the monitoring and evaluation of strategies, policies and projects that seek to increase resilience by linking climate change adaptation, peacebuilding, and sustainable livelihoods. It accompanies the guidance note which is focused on policy, strategy and project development. Chapter 1 explains the importance of M&E and lays out the basic principles of conflict- and genders-sensitive M&E. Chapter 2 explains how to measure results and impacts putting a special focus on climate change adaptation and peacebuilding results.

This publication is targeted at project developers, that is, climate change practitioners working in governmental institutions who are embarking on projects aiming to build or further develop information systems to support the implementation of the enhanced transparency framework.

The present publication is aimed at policy-makers, climate negotiators and Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) practitioners in developing countries. It focuses on the reporting requirements for developing countries and intends to inform these countries on how to prepare for the new reporting requirements set out in Modalities, Procedures and Guidelines (MPGs) for the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF), referred to in Article 13 of the Paris Agreement.

This guide is published as part of U4E and focuses on residential refrigerators. It guides policymakers on how to promote energy-efficient refrigerators in their respective national markets.

Most developed countries are well underway in the transition to energy-efficient motors. However, many developing and emerging economies are just starting to explore and implement such opportunities. A well-designed set of policies can help transform these markets by enabling them to leapfrog past out-dated technologies to superior, costeffective alternatives.

This guide focuses on room air conditioners and is intended to provide policy makers with information and best-practice case studies on how to promote energy-efficient and climatefriendly room air conditioners in their respective national markets. 

The guide is structured around the “U4E Integrated policy approach”. It is a proven, comprehensive policy-driven approach to transform markets, lower energybills, improve environmental quality and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

This report is published as part of U4E and focuses on lighting. The report guides policymakers on how to promote energy efficient lighting in their respective national markets. It is based on the integrated policy approach, which has been used around the world to bring about sustainable and cost-effective market transformation.

Produced at the request of the 6th Basel Convention COP, the roadmap provides a framework for a global transition away from DDT and towards safe, effective, affordable and environmentally sound alternatives.