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Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) is a strategy for adapting to climate change that harnesses nature-based solutions and ecosystem services. Over the past decade, the UN Environment Programme has embraced the practice as a cost-effective and holistic adaptation approach, now supporting more than 50 EbA projects across the world.

Keep up to date on the latest adaptation news through the GAN Newsletter! In this edition we cover a range of themes, including the culmination of Cop28 and the launch of Nepal's new $47 billion National Adaptation Plan! Stay tuned for our wrap up of adaptation news from Cop28! 

The National Adaptation Plan of Nepal was prepared by the Government of Nepal through the Project ‘Building Capacity to Advance National Adaptation Plan Process in Nepal’. The Project has been supported by Green Climate Fund (GCF) and executed by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The NAP aims to:

With climate adaptation set to be a major topic at Cop28, UNEP has published a new policy brief to better inform climate adaptation planning and implementation.

This Brief is a consolidated documentation of knowledge shared during the Global Goal on Adaptation Discussion Track at the 9th EbA Knowledge Day (KD). It serves as a knowledge product for practitioners and policymakers engaged in this topic at the global, national, and local levels.

This Brief is a consolidated documentation of knowledge shared during the Loss and Damage Discussion Track at the 9th EbA Knowledge Day (KD). It serves as a knowledge product for practitioners and policymakers engaged in this topic at the global, national, and local levels.

This Brief is a consolidated documentation of knowledge shared during the Global Stocktake Discussion Track at the 9th EbA Knowledge Day (KD). It serves as a knowledge product for practitioners and policymakers engaged in this topic at the global, national, and local levels.

The United Republic of Tanzania, located in Eastern Africa, sits between 6 landlocked countries that rely on Tanzania as the most efficient point for the passage of goods and trade. Despite the country’s rich natural resources and strategic geographic position, Tanzania is one of the world’s Least Developed Countries (LDCs).

Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa with a population of around 48 million that is currently expanding at around 3.2% per year. Natural ecosystems, such as forests and wetlands contribute considerably to livelihoods and the economy in Uganda. Forests contribute ~6% of the country’s GDP, while natural resources from wetlands provide $432 per year on average to each Ugandan household.

There are now more than 100 million people overall displaced, around 75% of whom are hosted by low or middle-income countries and living in protracted circumstances. Host countries are struggling to meet the needs of internally displaced people and refugees, despite the efforts and support of UN agencies and humanitarian actors. 

Keep up to date on the latest adaptation news through the GAN Newsletter! In this edition we cover a range of themes, including Google's AI-enabled flood forecasts, and new agreement between UNEP and WFP to increase collaboration on climate change adaptation. 

In recent years, there has been an increase in attention towards the interlinkages between the climate and biodiversity crises. One sign of this change is the recent focus on nature-based solutions for climate change and other challenges, as exemplified in the 2022 United Nations Environment Assembly Resolution on nature-based solutions.

Ecosystem-based adaptation is an approach that uses biodiversity and ecosystem services to help communities adapt to the impacts of climate change.

Keep up to date on the latest adaptation news through the GAN Newsletter! In this edition we cover a range of themes, including attempts to adapt to Sudan’s growing water crisis, and Cambodia’s first national strategic plan on sustainable cooling.

Of Zambia’s population of 14 million, 60% reside in rural areas and are largely dependent on ecosystems for livelihoods. Wetland and forest ecosystems in particular provide a wide variety of products for rural communities, including fuelwood, timber, fruits and nuts.

Benin is a West African country with a rapidly growing population of over 12 million people, the vast majority of whom live in rural areas. It is one of the poorest countries in the world, ranking 150th out of 175 countries in terms of GDP per capita.

UNEP sees great value in the Santiago Network, and is therefore welcoming the opportunity to respond to the invitation to provide further views in relation to the operationalisation of the Santiago network, for consideration at the technical workshop ahead of and at SB 56.

On 6 August 2021, the UNEP had submitted its first report to the Executive Committee of the Warsaw International Mechanism (WIM Excom) for Loss and Damage on technical assistance to developing countries in addressing losses and damages arising from adverse climate change impacts by taking various approaches.

In response to the requests by the Chairs of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation a call for the inputs referred to in paragraphs 36 and 37 for consideration in the technical assessment, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is pleased to share its contribution.

Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is the second most urbanized region in the world, with more than 8 out of 10 inhabitants living in urban areas, many of which face immense risks due to climate change.

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) – appreciates the opportunity to contribute to the views on the workshops of the series of Glasgow–Sharm el-Sheikh Work Programme on the Global Goal on Adaptation to be held in 2023, including questions related to the themes of those workshops, (decision -/CMA.4) .

In 2022, the devastating impacts of the triple planetary crisis were compounded by widening inequality, conflict and rising food and energy prices. Yet, it was also a year of renewed vigour on environmental action. 

Keep up to date on the latest adaptation news through the GAN Newsletter! In this edition we cover a range of themes, including the announcement of a new sustainable cooling pledge, and the ‘life and death’ issue of climate-induced migration! 

Human rights-based approaches (HRBAs) seek to analyse inequalities that lie at the heart of development problems, and redress discriminatory practices and unjust distributions of power that impede development progress. Many developing countries and marginalized populations are experiencing disproportionately severe effects from climate change on their economies, livelihoods, and cultures. 

The Republic of Mozambique is located in South-eastern Africa, with over 2,500 kilometres of coastline. The Greater Maputo Area (GMA), which includes the nation’s capital, is home to over 3 million people. Mozambique is rich in natural resources, including mangroves, wetlands, forests and mineral resources.