What is EbA?

Ecosystem-based Adaptation (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 encompasses a broad set of approaches that include the management of ecosystems and their services to reduce the vulnerability of communities to the impacts of climate change – such as the conservation, sustainable management and restoration of ecosystems, such as 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.

¿Cómo encaja la AbE en el esquema más amplio de Soluciones Basadas en la Naturaleza (SbN)?

Nature-based Solutions (NbS) – defined as actions to protect, sustainably manage, and restore natural or modified ecosystems to address societal challenges, simultaneously providing human well-being and biodiversity benefit – are crucial for sustainable development (IUCN Global Standard for NbS, 2020). The sustainability, cost-effectiveness, and scalability of NbS make them one of the best tools available to ensure the necessary transformative change to address climate change.

Como término general, las SbN abarcan enfoques de trabajo con la naturaleza para abordar el cambio climático, como la adaptación basada en los ecosistemas (AbE), la reducción del riesgo de desastres basada en los ecosistemas (eco-RRD) y la mitigación basada en los ecosistemas (EbM). Las SbN como concepto general pueden utilizarse para respaldar la comunicación y la integración de estos diferentes subconjuntos en acuerdos internacionales y multilaterales/marcos globales y sus audiencias.

¿Dónde puedo obtener más información sobre EbA?

• Página de recursos del Fondo Global AbE
• Curso de aprendizaje en línea de EbA
• Navegador de herramientas EbA
• PANORAMA.soluciones
• EbA programmes of IUCN and UNEP, and IKI‘s adaptation programmes
• Friends of EbA (FEBA)
• Global Adaptation Network (GAN)