Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA)
Ecosystems-based Adaptation Series
A nature-based approach to help people adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change.
USAID Ecosystem-based Adaptation Series Synthesis
This synthesis document draws on a series of evidence summaries and case studies generated by USAID that highlight the potential role of ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) to address climate vulnerabilities and contribute to development results.
Evidence Summary: Ecosystem-based Adaptation and Extreme Events
This evidence summary highlights specific ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) approaches that can help communities adapt to extreme weather and other climate events such as floods, storm surges, landslides, fires, droughts and heat waves.
Case Study: Improving Ecosystem Management to Strengthen Resilience to Extreme Weather in the Philippines
This ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) case study highlights the USAID/Philippines mission’s Emerging Champions for Biodiversity Conservation and Improved Ecosystems Services (ECBCIES) project, which focused on conserving biodiversity and strengthening ecosystems in six key biodiversity areas to help communities adapt to climate change.
Evidence Summary: Ecosystem-based Adaptation and Food Security
This evidence summary highlights specific ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) approaches that can address food security by strengthening and maintaining natural systems and the goods and services they provide.
Case Study: Conserving Ecosystems to Support Climate Resilience in Bangladesh
This ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) case study highlights the USAID/Bangladesh mission’s Climate-Resilient Ecosystems and Livelihoods (CREL) project, which focused on conserving biodiversity and strengthening ecosystems in four rural, biologically significant regions to help communities adapt to climate change.
Evidence Summary: Ecosystem-based Adaptation and Water Security
This evidence summary highlights ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) approaches that can help people and communities address water insecurity by increasing water quantity, enhancing water quality and minimizing impacts from extreme weather events.
Case Study: Maintaining Water Security in Critical Water Catchments in Mongolia
This ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) case study highlights the key EbA activities under the Ecosystem-based Adaptation Approach to Maintaining Water Security in Critical Water Catchments in Mongolia project and how the project helped vulnerable communities in two areas of rural Mongolia adapt to climate change.
Case Study: Maintaining Water Security in Peru Through Green Infrastructure
This ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) case study highlights the USAID/Peru mission’s three sub-national projects, which focused on building local community and government capacity for improved environmental governance and implementing green infrastructure approaches to strengthen ecosystems and stabilize the provision of water.
Evidence Summary: Ecosystem-based Adaptation and Coastal Populations
This evidence summary highlights ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) approaches that can help coastal populations build resilience to climate change, including the establishment and management of protected areas, effective coastal land use planning, ecosystem restoration, sustainable fisheries management and the use of green infrastructure, among others.
Case Study: Restoring Coral Reefs in the Face of Climate Change in the Seychelles
This ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) case study highlights the USAID/Southern Africa Regional Mission’s Reef Rescuers project, which is restoring damaged coral reefs to increase their resilience and reduce the vulnerability of coastal communities to sea level rise and extreme weather events.
Evidence Summary: The Economics of Ecosystem-based Adaptation
This evidence summary highlights the economics of ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) approaches, which can offer cost savings compared with other approaches, as well as additional benefits, such as the provision of wild foods, carbon sequestration and biodiversity conservation.
