Healthy ecosystems provide essential services for human well-being, increase climate resilience of communities, and protect business assets across global supply chains. However, ecosystems are showing rapid decline worldwide.
Ecosystems serve as natural buffers against extreme weather, protecting vital infrastructure and saving lives, while simultaneously providing many other crucial ecosystem benefits such as food and water. The approach known as ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) harnesses nature-based solutions and ecosystem services to help people adapt to climate change. Although EbA is a cost-effective and sustainable way to address climate resilience challenges, one of the main barriers for EbA is the lack of public and private funding for testing and implementation.
