What do decision-makers and practitioners need to know about EbA ?

1. What do decision-makers and practitioners need to know about EbA? Session 2 – Adaptation Knowledge Day IV Robert Munroe UNEP-WCMC

2. Session format Setting the scene Rojina Manandhar (UNFCCC Secretariat) UNFCCC Technical workshop on ecosystem-based approaches for adaptation under the Nairobi Work Programme Robert Munroe (UNEP-WCMC) EbA knowledge and activity gaps Addressing the gaps Agnes Otzelberger (CARE International) Integrating ecosystem considerations in climate change vulnerability assessments Vera Coelho (Wetlands International) Hybrid/grey-green adaptation approaches Caroline Petersen (UNDP) Business case for EbA Adaptation Knowledge Day IV Session 2

3. Session format • Are these efforts addressing the gaps? • BatuUprety (Nepal and LEG) • Panel discussion with participants • Will these efforts support decision-makers/practitioners? • Are these the correct priorities? • Are there other gaps in knowledge that have not been reflected? Adaptation Knowledge Day IV Session 2

4. EbA knowledge and activity gaps Sources: FCCC/SBSTA/2013/2 Report on the technical workshop on ecosystem-based approaches for adaptation to climate change Munroe et al. (2011) Does EbA Work? A review of the evidence on the effectiveness of ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation; Policy Brief; UNEP-WCMC, BirdLife, IIED, University of Cambridge, ELAN; Cambridge http://pubs.iied.org/G03187.html Doswald et al. (in review) ‘Effectiveness of ecosystem-based approaches for adaptation: review of the evidence-base’, Climate and Development Dialogue with decision-makers and practitioners Adaptation knowledge Day IV Session 2

5. EbA knowledge and activity gaps • How to do climate change vulnerability assessments that incorporate ecosystem considerations? • Short, medium and long-term benefits and costs • Conditions/limits for ecosystems to provide adaptation benefits • M+E for EbA • Cost-benefit analysis methodologies • Business case for EbA • More comparative studies between EbA and alternatives Adaptation Knowledge Day IV Session 2

6. EbA knowledge and activity gaps • How can EbA learn from CbA? • Insight into grey-green/hybrid approaches • Where are country EbA ‘champions’? • Global mapping of EbA activities • What are the barriers to EbA, the divergent interests, and who are the winners and losers? • Guidelines/guidance translated into different languages and for different types of decision makers/sectors  Adaptation Knowledge Day IV Session 2

7. Addressing the gaps Guidance for integrating ecosystem considerations into climate change vulnerability assessments – part of the project ‘EbA – Adapting to climate change in mountain ecosystems’ UNEP, UNDP, IUCN, supported by BMU An economic analysis of ecosystem-based adaptation and engineering options for climate change adaptation in Lami Town, Republic of the Fiji Islands – collaboration of UNEP, SPREP, Conservation International, UN-Habitat, Lami Town Council, and University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. • Ecosystem-based Adaptation Guidance: Moving from Principles to Practice Adaptation Knowledge Day IV Session 2

8. Panel discussion questions • Will these efforts support decision-makers/practitioners? • Are these the correct priorities? • Are there other gaps in knowledge that have not been reflected? Adaptation Knowledge Day IV Session 2