A Call forSpecial poster session for young change-makers was launch, which will be part of the ICIMOD international conference on ‘Mountain People Adapting to Change’ scheduled to be held in Kathmandu, Nepal from 9 to 12 November 2014. 
 
More information on the conference is av...

A recent article in the Hydrology Research journal, “Evaluating wider benefits of natural flood management strategies: an ecosystem-based adaptation perspective,” concludes that future Natural Flood Management proposals should be framed as ecosystem-based assessments, with trade-offs considered ...

A post by UNEP experts states that “healthy ecosystems can prove to be a win-win for poverty and for climate change resilience, while investing in ecosystems now can mean greater benefits and less spent on aid later”. Read it here:
http://www.field.org.uk/blog/2014/02/18/guest-blog-costs-...

The purpose of “The Social Dimension of Ecosystem-based Adaptation” is to address and raise awareness of the social dimension of ecosystem-based adaptation, focusing on social impacts of EbA and on social considerations in designing and implementing EbA. It can be downloaded from:
 

Climate change is already threatening the well-being of millions of people, and a new academic article discusses the potential of EbA to address these social impacts.
Citation: Richard Munang, Jesica Andrews, Keith Alverson and Desta Mebratu, “Harnessing Ecosystem-based Adaptation To Addres...