Ecosystem-based Adaptation and Mitigation

Ecosystem-based Adaptation and Mitigation is managing and rehabilitating ecosystems for adaptation to and mitigation of climate change.

UNDP-GEF promotes pro-poor ecosystem-based adaptation and mitigation approaches that foster inclusive, economic development and socio-ecological resilience in the face of climate change.  Policy, legislative and regulatory reforms that work to provide equitable access to shared natural resources, will work to eradicate extreme poverty through sustainable development.

UNDP-GEF supports countries to integrate climate-related risks and opportunities into national development and poverty reduction strategies and plans to protect the natural resource base and address the needs and livelihoods of the most vulnerable groups, including women and indigenous peoples. UNDP-GEF is committed to:

  • Promoting ecosystem resilience;
  • Fostering ecosystem-based adaptation to and mitigation of climate change; and
  • Strengthen the ability of protected areas to enable climate change adaptation and mitigation.

UNDP-GEF's support for sustainable forest management (SFM) is under way in forest landscapes across the world with a total area of over 1.1 million hectares. UNDP-GEF's USD 700 million Adaptation portfolio helps national governments develop and implement adaptation strategies, including elements that are ecosystem-based. This work is funded through the Adaptation Fund, the Strategic Priority on Adaptation (SPA), the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF), and the Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF).

Projects

Enhancing Climate Resilience of India’s Coastal Communities

Implemented by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India with support UNDP, the 6-year project ‘Enhancing Climate Resilience of India’s Coastal Communities’ (2019-2024) will enhance the climate resilience of the most vulnerable populations, particularly women, in the coastal areas of India. The project will shift the paradigm towards a new approach integrating ecosystem-centred and community-based approaches to adaptation into coastal management and planning by the public sector, the private sector and civil society.
 

Enhancing Sustainability, Agricultural Landscape, Community Livelihoods in Bhutan

The 'Enhancing Sustainability and Climate Resilience of Forest and Agricultural Landscape and Community Livelihoods in Bhutan' ​project (2017-2023) will operationalize an integrated landscape approach in Bhutan by strengthening biological corridors, supporting sustainable forest and agricultural systems, and building the climate resilience of community livelihoods.

Strengthening Land and Ecosystem Management Under Conditions of Climate Change in the Niayes and Casamance Regions in the Republic of Senegal

The"Strengthening Land and Ecosystem Management Under Conditions of Climate Change in the Niayes and Casamance Regions in the Republic of Senegal" project supports ecosystem-based adaptation and builds the enabling environments required for long-term climate resilience. The project is funded by the Global Environment Facility Least Developed Countries Fund. According to Senegal’s NAPA, the country is experiencing repeated droughts that have severely changed the water regime and vegetation cover. In addition, periodic flooding is also experienced.