News & Events
The Friends of Ecosystem-based Adaptation (FEBA) engages in diverse forums on nature and climate adaptation. We participate in international conferences, regional workshops, and webinars, collaborating with experts to foster dialogue and innovation. This page provides a comprehensive listing of both upcoming and archived events, offering insights into past discussions and future opportunities to engage with our global community focused on enhancing climate resilience through nature-based approaches.
Latest from FEBA
The FEBA Quarterly Newsletter, February 2025
Dear Friends of EbA Community, Welcome to the inaugural edition of our FEBA Quarterly Newsletter, where we delve into the significant strides being made in the realm of EbA —
UNFCCC COP30: A Watershed Moment for Climate & Biodiversity?
The upcoming UNFCCC COP30 in Belém, Brazil, could mark a watershed moment for integrating action on climate change and biodiversity loss via Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) — a widely recognised approach
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), hosted by Azerbaijan, will take place from 11-22 November 2024
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 (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). In January
Read FEBA's Annual Newsletters
FEBA produces an annual newsletter to showcase the incredible breadth of EbA activities of FEBA and its members during the previous year, connect members of the community around shared topics and interests, as well as proide a summary of key planned events, publications, and projects in the coming year.
These newsletters serve as a valuable reference document and summary of the work of this community, available to use when looking for resources, designing new projects, and connecting with other FEBA colleagues on areas of possible collaboration.
Events
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Latest Past Events
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 updates, and strategize for 2025. The meeting highlighted FEBA’s growing […]
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), hosted by Azerbaijan, will take place from 11-22 November 2024 […]
NAbSA Dialogues Series
As part of the “NAture-based Solutions for climate Adaptation: monitoring & impact evaluation (NAbSA)” – Canada Partnering for Climate (P4C) portfolio – project we invite you to join us every last Tuesday of the […]
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 (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). In January […]
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 (COP16), hosted by Colombia, will take place from 21 October […]
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 the intensity of climate hazards by 26 percent, representing protection […]
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 Nature-based Solutions and ecosystem-based approaches – across geographies, ecosystems, and […]
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 COP27 Presidency to celebrate success stories of nature-based solutions for […]
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, Egypt. Several significant developments on adaptation, resilience, loss & damage […]
8th EbA Knowledge Day
The EbA Knowledge Day is a yearly meeting for EbA policy makers, practitioners, donors and researchers, organized by GIZ and IUCN under the Friends of EbA Network. 2022’s theme was The […]
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 for Disaster Risk Reduction (GP2022). The booth will share the […]
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 connections on upcoming opportunities for collaboration, to discuss gaps and […]
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 Partnerships Week, centred on the working group’s efforts to transform […]
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 Partnerships Week, focused on the implementation of nature-based solutions in […]
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 “Climate Justice for People and Nature through Urban EbA: A […]
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 boundaries on EbA. During this yearly workshop, a combination of […]
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 the importance of integrating resilience in the Global Biodiversity Framework […]
Session at COP26
Organised by the Green-Gray Community of Practice, Conservation International, IUCN and FEBA, this event focused on harnessing the promise of nature-based solutions with conventional engineering approaches. Speakers highlighted growing commitment […]
Session at COP26
Organised by the Green-Gray Community of Practice, Conservation International, IUCN and FEBA, this event focused on harnessing the promise of nature-based solutions with conventional engineering approaches. Speakers highlighted growing commitment […]
Session at COP26
Upscaling adaptation approaches that integrate both technology and nature-based solutions is imperative to enhancing the climate resilience of coastal and ocean communities around the world. As the culmination of a […]
Session at COP26
Over the last decade, EbA has become a uniting force for the common objectives among the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Convention on Biological Diversity, and the Sustainable […]
Session at COP26
Over the last decade, EbA has become a uniting force for the common objectives among the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Convention on Biological Diversity, and the Sustainable […]
Session at COP26
One Health, among other holistic approaches, serves as “a cross-cutting and systemic approach to health based on the fact that human health and animal health are interdependent and linked to […]
Session at COP26
One Health, among other holistic approaches, serves as “a cross-cutting and systemic approach to health based on the fact that human health and animal health are interdependent and linked to […]
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 will explore different financing opportunities for NbS for climate […]
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 will explore different financing opportunities for NbS for climate […]
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 resilience under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). […]
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 November 2021 in Glasgow, UK. The FEBA Journey at COP26 […]
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 the joint technical paper ‘Climate Justice for people and nature […]
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 approaches to deploy, disseminate and scale up adaptation technologies in […]
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) will drive action on nature-based recovery, climate change and biodiversity […]
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, held from 15-16 September 2021. The poster set the scene […]
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 change impacts and provide significant co-benefits for biodiversity and people. […]
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 what extent governments have incorporated these within their global climate […]
Session at WCC
IUCN, the Friends of Ecosystem-based Adaptation (FEBA) network, and UNFCCCTechnology Executive Committee (TEC), in collaboration with the UNFCCC Nairobi Work Programme (NWP) Expert Group on Oceans, are co-hosting a virtual […]
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 and evaluation (M&E) for ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) interventions. It introduces […]
Session at WCC
This training session provided an overview of the process needed for designing and implementing effective monitoring and evaluation (M&E) for ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) interventions. It introduces participants to the intricacies […]
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 and national government planners, policymakers, and donors working at all […]
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 project highlights from the past year, and to discuss priority […]
7th EbA Knowledge Day
The 7th EbA Knowledge Day, entitled Overcoming Barriers to Adaptation: Employing Innovative EbA Approaches to Upscale NbS, took place on Wednesday, 26 May 2021 from 15:00-19:00 CEST / 09:00-13:00 EDT. […]
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 for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction (PEDRR), Environment and Humanitarian […]
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 in making NbS a central component for national Post-COVID-19 recovery […]
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 at 09:00 EST / 15:00 CET.Registration: https://t.co/Evfz0YkxMR pic.twitter.com/7cHYTb8dL1
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 EbA in Humanitarian & Post-Disaster contexts, this webinar introduced the […]
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 the Global South by highlighting three case studies from India, Colombia, and […]
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 Updates here.
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 examples of linking climate change and biodiversity conservation efforts through […]
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 by the working group on M&E. Download the event report.
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 UNFCCC SB 50. During the day, UN negotiators, policy makers, […]
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 in Poznan, Poland. On December 13th, 2018 a high-level session […]
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, BSR, ICF and the UN Climate Resilience Initiative (A2R) and […]
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 policy change at the local level, as the SDGs will […]
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 revealed that successful EbA at scale is limited and therefore […]
3rd EbA Knowledge Day
Moving from pilots to mainstreaming – opportunities and challenges of scaling up Ecosystem-based Adaptation: As a UNFCCC SB48 side event, the 3rd EbA Knowledge Day brought together UN negotiators, policy makers, practicioners, […]
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 championing EbA and NbS, including: Ms. Lina Pohl, Minister of […]
Friends of EbA Members’ Meeting
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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 a talk on establishing standards and criteria for ecosystem-based adaptation […]
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 (The Mountain Institute), Luna Bharati (IWMI), Xiaoting Jones (IIED) and […]
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 of degradation and migration in the region has led to […]
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 presentation with a description of the IBPES and its current […]
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. The panel consisting of two men and four women included […]
2nd EbA Knowledge Day
GIZ, IUCN, IIED and FEBA invited around 55 delegates and representatives from governments, international organizations, NGOs and research to share knowledge and practical experiences for strengthening EbA into policy frameworks […]
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, the new members are Ecologic Institute, German Aerospace Center, Stockholm […]