Building Resilience With Nature: Ecosystem-based Adaptation in National Adaptation Plan Processes

The analysis of 19 National Adaptation Plan (NAP) documents examines the integration of ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) as a tool for climate resilience. It highlights that EbA, as a nature-based solution, provides multiple benefits including biodiversity protection, food security, and improved health, and suggests that NAP processes offer a strategic framework and potential financial resources for scaling these approaches.

• Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) is recognized as a nature-based solution that reduces community vulnerability to climate change by leveraging ecosystem services, offering co-benefits such as food security, biodiversity protection, improved health, and alternative livelihoods.
• National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes serve as a strategic mechanism to increase the visibility of EbA and may provide the necessary framework and financial resources to implement these solutions at scale.

APA

Terton,, A. (2020). Building Resilience With Nature: Ecosystem-based Adaptation in National Adaptation Plan Processes. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/building-resilience-nature-ecosystem-based-adaptation-national-adaptation-plan

Chicago

Terton,, Anika. Building Resilience With Nature: Ecosystem-based Adaptation in National Adaptation Plan Processes. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2020. https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/building-resilience-nature-ecosystem-based-adaptation-national-adaptation-plan.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{terton2020building, author = {Terton,, Anika}, title = {{Building Resilience With Nature: Ecosystem-based Adaptation in National Adaptation Plan Processes}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2020}, month = nov, url = {https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/building-resilience-nature-ecosystem-based-adaptation-national-adaptation-plan}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }