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FEBA Journey at UNFCCC COP 29
The twenty-ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP29),
11 November 2024
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FEBA 2024 Members Meeting
The 2024 Friends of Ecosystem-based Adaptation (FEBA) Annual Members Meeting was held virtually on December 11 to review progress, share […]
FEBA Journey at UNFCCC COP 29
The twenty-ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP29), […]
NAbSA Dialogues Series
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As part of the “NAture-based Solutions for climate Adaptation: monitoring & impact evaluation (NAbSA)” – Canada Partnering for Climate (P4C) portfolio – project we […]
FEBA Launches Publication on Ecosystem-Based Adaptation in the KMGBF at COP 16 in Colombia
Friends of Ecosystem-based Adaptation (FEBA) has launched a pivotal report at the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties […]
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FEBA Journey at CBD COP16
FEBA Journey at CBD COP16 The Sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity […]
COP27 Side Event: Doing It Better: Unpacking Evidence from the Field and Lessons Learned from NbS for Adaptation
Nature-based solutions for climate adaptation have the potential to provide vulnerable countries with valuable protection against climate change hazards, reducing […]
Oceans & Land Day at the 4th Annual Paris Committee on Capacity-building Hub
Oceans & Land Day, hosted by the Paris Committee on Capacity-building, explored the capacities needed to mainstream and scale up […]
COP27 Side Event: The Future of Nature-based Solutions for Adaptation & Resilience: Driving Ambition and Action
This COP27 side event convened experts from the Friends of EbA Network, the Global EbA Fund, IUCN, UNEP, and the […]
FEBA at UNFCCC COP27
The COP 27 UN Climate Change Conference, hosted by Egypt, took place from 6 to 18 November 2021 in Sharm el Sheikh, […]
8th EbA Knowledge Day
The EbA Knowledge Day is a yearly meeting for EbA policy makers, practitioners, donors and researchers, organized by GIZ and […]
GP2022 Innovation Platform: Nature-based Solutions in Humanitarian Contexts
The FEBA-PEDRR-EHAN Working Group on NbS in Humanitarian Contexts will host a virtual Innovation Platform booth during the Global Platform […]
Friends of EbA 2022 Members’ Meeting
Members’ Meetings are an opportunity for our network to come together to share updates on their EbA work, to make […]
Nature-based Solutions in Humanitarian Contexts: Objectives and Guidance for Transformative Integration
The FEBA-PEDRR-EHAN cross-network working group on NbS in Humanitarian Contexts hosted a side-event as part of 2022 Humanitarian Networks and […]
Voices from the Field: Nature-based Solutions in Humanitarian Contexts
The FEBA-PEDRR-EHAN cross-network working group on NbS in Humanitarian Contexts hosted a virtual side-event as part of Humanitarian Networks and […]
Climate Justice for People and Nature through Urban Ecosystem-based Adaptation
Hosted by the FEBA Urban EbA Working Group at The Nature of Cities festival, this session built on the publication […]
6th International EbA Community of Practice Workshop
The International EbA Community of Practice aims at knowledge and experience sharing and mutual learning beyond projects, institutions and regional […]
How to Ensure a Resilient Global Biodiversity Framework to Disaster and Climate Risks?
This event, co-convened by FEBA with the Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction (PEDRR) and the Geneva Environment Network, focused on […]
Session at COP26
Organised by the Green-Gray Community of Practice, Conservation International, IUCN and FEBA, this event focused on harnessing the promise of […]
Session at COP26
Organised by the Green-Gray Community of Practice, Conservation International, IUCN and FEBA, this event focused on harnessing the promise of […]
Session at COP26
Upscaling adaptation approaches that integrate both technology and nature-based solutions is imperative to enhancing the climate resilience of coastal and […]
Session at COP26
Over the last decade, EbA has become a uniting force for the common objectives among the UN Framework Convention on […]
Session at COP26
Over the last decade, EbA has become a uniting force for the common objectives among the UN Framework Convention on […]
Session at COP26
One Health, among other holistic approaches, serves as “a cross-cutting and systemic approach to health based on the fact that […]
Session at COP26
One Health, among other holistic approaches, serves as “a cross-cutting and systemic approach to health based on the fact that […]
Session at COP26
This session offered interactive and high-level account of how Nature-based Solutions (NbS) can combat climate change and biodiversity loss. The […]
Session at COP26
This session offered interactive and high-level account of how Nature-based Solutions (NbS) can combat climate change and biodiversity loss. The […]
Session at COP26
The Nairobi work programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change (NWP) is a knowledge-to-action hub on adaptation and […]
FEBA Engagements at COP26
The COP 26 UN Climate Change Conference, hosted by the UK in partnership with Italy, took place from 31 October to 12 […]
Climate Justice for People and Nature through Urban Ecosystem-based Adaptation: A focus on the Global South
Ecosystems can greatly improve the liveability of our increasingly urbanised world. In August 2021, FEBA’s Urban EbA Working Group published […]
National Policy, Local Action: Scaling integrated approaches to strengthening coastal and ocean adaptation
“Technology Day” (TD) is a series of events taking place in 2020 and 2021 whose objective is to promote innovative […]
IUCN World Conservation Congress (WCC)
As the first hybrid in-person and virtual environmental event since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the IUCN World Conservation Congress (WCC) […]
Winning Poster at the PEDRR Cross-Regional Symposium
The cross-network FEBA-PEDRR-EHAN Working Group recently presented a poster to the Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction (PEDRR) Cross-Regional Symposium, […]
Session at WCC
Nature-based Solutions for adaptation are receiving growing attention for their potential to reduce people’s vulnerability to a range of climate […]
Session at WCC
The session offered a state-of-the-art account of (i) how nature-based solutions can combat climate change and biodiversity loss, (ii) to […]
Session at WCC
IUCN, the Friends of Ecosystem-based Adaptation (FEBA) network, and UNFCCCTechnology Executive Committee (TEC), in collaboration with the UNFCCC Nairobi Work […]
Session at WCC
This training session provided an overview of the process needed for designing and implementing effective monitoring and evaluation (M&E) for […]
Doing it better: monitoring and evaluation for ecosystem-based adaptation
IUCN World Conservation Congress This training session provided an overview of the process needed for designing and implementing effective monitoring […]
Session at CBA15: Challenges of Scaling Up and Financing Ecosystem-Based Adaptation in Africa: The Role of Innovation
The 15th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change (CBA15), held virtually from June 14-18 2021, brought together practitioners, grassroots representatives, local […]
Friends of EbA 2021 Members’ Meeting
The Friends of Ecosystem-based Adaptation (FEBA) Members’ Meeting is an opportunity for FEBA members to share events, knowledge product and […]
7th EbA Knowledge Day
The 7th EbA Knowledge Day, entitled Overcoming Barriers to Adaptation: Employing Innovative EbA Approaches to Upscale NbS, took place on […]
Nature-based Solutions for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in Humanitarian Contexts
The Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks (HNPW) 2021 took place from 19 April to 7 May 2021. The FEBA, Partnership […]
Nature-based Solutions for Recovery: Ministerial Panel
As the leading organisation on NbS for Societal Challenges, IUCN is working with its members and partners across the world […]
The Blue Guide to Coastal Resilience Launch
Join the @PEDRRnetwork @UNUINWEH #FEBA launch event of the @nature_org #BlueGuide to #Coastal #Resilience, held this #WorldWetlandsDay, 2 Feb 2021 […]
Beyond ‘do no harm’: Nexus approaches for doing better with nature
As part of the cross-network FEBA, Environment and Humanitarian Action Network (EHAN), and Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction (PEDRR) working group on […]
Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Cities: People, Nature & Justice
To mark World Cities Day, the FEBA Urban EbA Working Group, PlanAdapt, and the Green-Gray Community of Practice co-hosted the webinar to showcase urban EbA in […]
Friends of EbA 2020 Members’ Meeting
Download the meeting documentation from the virtual FEBA members’ meeting. View the slides from the FEBA Member Updates and FEBA Working Group […]
6th EbA Knowledge Day
The 6th EbA Knowledge Day, hosted by FEBA and GIZ in a first-ever virtual format, focused on the opportunities, challenges and […]
Friends of EbA Members’ Meeting at UNFCCC COP25
Download the meeting documentation from the FEBA members’ meeting.
Biodiversity, Climate Change and People: How to monitor and evaluate efforts to increase resilience
At CBD SBSTTA 23, FEBA convened a session to launch the Guidebook for Monitoring and Evaluating Ecosystem-based Adaptation Interventions, produced […]
Friends of EbA 2019 Members’ Meeting
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5th EbA Knowledge Day
The 5th EbA Knowledge Day was jointly organized by GIZ, IUCN and IIED under FEBA network in the framework of […]
Ten Years of Ecosystem-based Adaptation: Recognising Champion Governments and Effective Approaches
2018 marked ten years since the term “Ecosystem-based Adaptation” was coined by IUCN, its Members and partners at UNFCCC COP14 […]
Friends of EbA 2018 Members’ Meeting
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4th EbA Knowledge Day
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Building Resilience Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow
FEBA members hosted the session “Working with Nature to Build Resilience” at this GCAS affiliated event, organized by the Stockholm Resilience Centre, […]
Landscape Restoration for Food Security & Climate Adaptation
An event on the sidelines of the 2018 High Level Political Forum emphasized that global agreements must be translated for […]
Friends of EbA 2018 Members’ Meeting
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Better Tools and Standards: Enhancing Effectiveness and Mainstreaming of EbA
For the 10th anniversary of EbA (EbA+10), this event reflected on the progress and possibilities of EbA. Project implementation has […]
3rd EbA Knowledge Day
Moving from pilots to mainstreaming – opportunities and challenges of scaling up Ecosystem-based Adaptation: As a UNFCCC SB48 side event, […]
Tenth Anniversary Celebration of IKI
Read more: Germany confirms commitment to climate and biodiversity finance.
Friends of EbA Members’ Meeting
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FEBA Reception
IUCN’s Director General Inger Andersen and Norbert Gorißen, Head of IKI, BMUB made welcoming remarks, followed by remarks from country representatives […]
ZEF-EHS-IUCN Seminar Series: EbA Standards, Criteria, and Linkages
To conclude the first week of lecture seminars at Bonn University IUCN’s Ali Raza Rizvi featured as keynote speaker at […]
Friends of EbA Members’ Meeting
Download the FEBA members’ meeting report.
ZEF-EHS-IUCN Seminar Series: EbA Planning and Implementation
On Thursday Arno Sckeyde from GIZ presented on ecosystem-based planning and implementation, followed by a panel discussion with Florencia Zapata […]
ZEF-EHS-IUCN Seminar Series: Land Degradation and Climate Change
Vice-chair of the IPCC Youba Sokona was featured among a panel on land degradation focusing on sub-Saharan Africa. The cycle […]
ZEF-EHS-IUCN Seminar Series: Ecosystem Services and Climate Change
The second of five lectures at Bonn University, ZEF focused on ecosystem services and climate change. Thomas Koetz opened the […]
2nd EbA Knowledge Day
GIZ, IUCN, IIED and FEBA invited around 55 delegates and representatives from governments, international organizations, NGOs and research to share […]
ZEF-EHS-IUCN Seminar Series: Biodiversity and Protected Areas Under Climate Change
The lecture series at Bonn University began on Monday with a talk on biodiversity and protected areas in climate change. […]
Friends of EbA Members’ Meeting
IUCN reported that FEBA now numbers over 40 institutional members. Since the last FEBA members’ meeting at COP22 in Marrakech, […]