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Meeting Summary: Friends of Ecosystem-based Adaptation (FEBA) Members’ Meeting View the slides from the FEBA Member Updates and FEBA Working Group Updates here

Hosted by IUCN 3 June 2021, Virtual

1. Welcome by FEBA Secretariat

Ali Raza Rizvi, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Global Programme Manager on EbA, welcomed attendees to the 10th FEBA members’ meeting. As the second consecutive virtual FEBA member’s meeting, amid the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, the carbon-neutral and cost-effective event was more broadly approachable and attended. 69 colleagues representing 42 FEBA members and partner institutions attended the virtual meeting; see Annex I for the full list of attendees, affiliations, and email addresses.

FEBA has come a long way since its inception in 2015, when the inaugural meeting was attended by 15 organisations. FEBA is now over 90 members strong and collaborates on mutual agendas, from informing and influencing policy to improving practice. FEBA’s working groups actively work together across organisations and sectors to strengthen our work, voice and meaningful impact. These working groups are often at the forefront of pressing intersectoral challenges. Realising the gaps in the knowledge and policy arena around the intersection of human health and the environment, FEBA and the WHO recently launched the Expert Working Group on One Health, Biodiversity, Climate Change and Nature-based Solutions.

Recognised by and responding to high level policies, FEBA works very closely with the UNFCCC and CBD Secretariats to address identified needs to improve climate adaptation. Working groups respond directly to priorities identified by the Parties through NDCs and NBSAPs. FEBA has also been identified by GEF8 as a network for future engagements for climate adaptation and nature-based solutions.

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The overall objective of FEBA is to supplement each other’s expertise and outreach to achieve more together. Collaboration also furthers innovation and helps avoid duplication of efforts, thus keeping us from “reinventing square wheels.”

2. Opening remarks by German Ministry for the Environment (BMU) International Climate Initiative (IKI)

Birte Derrix, who is responsible for the adaptation portfolio of BMU-IKI, shared opening remarks on behalf of BMU highlighting the important progress and opportunities in ecosystem-based adaptation. Birte noted IKI’s appreciation of FEBA and welcomed the virtual format of this year’s FEBA Members Meeting, congratulating FEBA for expertly taking advantage of the larger outreach enabled while also ensuring the unique value of a meeting that brings together the growing FEBA network.

With over 12 years of experience and political support in discussions around EbA and NbS, BMU-IKI continues its commitment to EbA in the context of our “new normal” and hopes that the shifting of resources and attention can open up more reflection on the status quo of EbA. BMU-IKI emphasises the need to overcome siloed thinking and employ integrated approaches. Going forward, bridging gaps, utilising existing momentum, and building synergies are integral to identifying and overcoming barriers to EbA. Simultaneously, we also need to distinguish where to continue, consolidate and scale up EbA and where we might pursue innovative approaches. Birte recognised that achievements in the field are thanks to the tireless efforts of the broader EbA network.

Birte reiterated that EbA is synonymous with Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for adaptation, with the evidence generated from more than a decade of implementation of EbA having underpinned the development of the concept of NbS. Nature is a part of the solution, including and beyond adaptation - an approach that is increasingly recognised at high levels. EbA as a concept has gained importance in global policy, showing that scaling up is happening. At the same time, we must recognise that the benefits of EbA can only be maximised if they are integral to planning and investment at a national level.

IKI supports new and varied funding instruments for nature-based adaptation initiatives, including through its small, medium, country-specific and thematic grants programmes as well as the recently launched Global EbA Fund, implemented by IUCN and UNEP, which received an overwhelming response in the first round of applications. Birte also noted the need to explore new actors for financing EbA, including non-traditional alliances with the private sector.

Recent FEBA publications supported by BMU-IKI include the Practical Guide to Implementing Green-Gray Infrastructure and the FEBA-PEDRR policy brief Promoting Nature-based Solutions in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.

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3. FEBA Year in Review – Emily Goodwin

Emily Goodwin, IUCN Programme Officer on EbA, gave an overview of the past year of FEBA’s activities. Given the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, all travel, meetings and plans for the 2020 “Super Year for Biodiversity” were put on hold and everyone had to learn to step into a new normal of what collaboration looked like – as well as the role of ecosystem-based adaptation in this new global context. As everyone stepped into a new virtual world, it became evident that a number of unanticipated benefits to the FEBA network were born, related to accessibility of our events to the full reach of the network. We held the two largest-ever EbA Knowledge Days in May 2020 and 2021 at more than 300 participants each. Our many knowledge sharing sessions and webinars throughout the year increased to a similar reach. Collaboration throughout the year also accelerated as we launched a number of new working groups, laying the groundwork for the EbA community to speak in a collective voice around different thematic topics for a stronger and more strategic learning and policy influence on EbA. And to support these working groups we also launched a programme of FEBA fellowships to provide a platform for young professionals to support these thematic groups. And despite the ongoing pandemic, the FEBA member’s list continued to grow. With more than 10 new member organisations joining since the last annual Members’ Meeting, the network now comprises more than 90 organizations.

FEBA also evolved in the virtual world of 2020 to launch a new FEBA website at www.FriendsofEbA.com – as well as expand our Twitter presence, with more than 5000 profile visits and 145,000 impressions in the final quarter of 2020.

More than a decade now of evidence and mainstreaming has elevated EbA as a bridge between climate adaptation, biodiversity conservation, and human well-being – and despite a strange year of COVID-19, the significance of these links was stronger than ever across conventions and policy frameworks in 2020. IUCN launched the Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions – building, in part, from the FEBA EbA Qualification Criteria and Quality Standards (EN | ES | FR) launched by this network in 2017.

As the negotiations around the CBD Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework continued in 2020, the FEBA and PEDRR networks came together to produce a brief to bring clarity to the interconnected concepts of NbS, EbA, and Eco-DRR. As a community, we continue to work to clarify that when we say “NbS for Adaptation” or “Ecosystem-based Adaptation”, these are one and the same – and that rather than a new concept, we have now over a decade of evidence and understanding for these approaches, showing how EbA forms a key pillar of the umbrella concept of NbS as a whole. We worked to mainstream these messages for countries this year by collaborating with UNEP and the NAP Global Support Programme on producing Guidelines for incorporating EbA into National Adaptation Plans – which will be launched later this year in advance of COP.

In 2020, we also stepped into new thematic areas as a network, pushing the boundaries of what we mean when we talk about EbA and how we plan to mainstream it.

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In collaboration with Conservation International, we launched into a new focus area on green-grey infrastructure and the role that hybrid and traditional grey infrastructure can play in EbA initiatives – as well as opening our minds to what it could look like if EbA meaningfully underpinned traditional infrastructure investments. Together we launched the Practical Guide to Implementing Green Grey Infrastructure. We also initiated a new area of work with the UNFCCC Technology Executive Committee and Nairobi Work Programme to begin mainstreaming these hybrid green-grey adaptation approaches into UNFCCC processes.

We also began to look in a more dedicated way at the differences between implementing EbA in rural versus urban contexts together with PlanAdapt- and taking a deep dive into the climate and social justice elements of implementing EBA in urban systems.

FEBA also joined hands with both the Environment and Humanitarian Action Network and PEDRR network, to create a cross-network partnership to address how EbA and environmental safeguarding can underpin humanitarian aid and development to contribute to both immediate relief and long-term resilience and risk reduction outcomes for communities.

And of course, 2020 cast a global spotlight on the interconnections between climate, biodiversity, resilience, and human health – and caused us to meaningfully consider how climate change, habitat degradation and land use change is contributing to poor health outcomes, new disease outbreaks as well as undermining our global ability to respond and recover. Late last year we launched the multimedia story “EbA and Green Recovery: Building back better from COVID-19” which showcased examples from your projects of how EbA initiatives already ongoing before the pandemic had built community resilience in the face of COVID-19.

Now we have the mission to take that further. EbA provides a framework for green recovery – to provide green work and economic recovery to communities in the short term, as well as reduce the vulnerabilities of ecosystems and communities in the long-term. Recognizing that both climate and public health outcomes depend on strengthening social and ecological resilience, we launched a new expert working group, chaired by the WHO. This working group will tackle these challenges and develop practical and policy guidance moving forward to (1) explore how the frameworks of EbA and One Health can work together to address the underlying environmental and climatic drivers of health outcomes and (2) to explore and mainstream how we can more systematically integrate health in the development, design and implementation of EbA initiatives.

It’s been an incredibly busy year for all of us- but despite the challenges in the world this year, thanks to its members, FEBA has shown incredible resilience and adaptability as a network. We have doubled down on our commitment to work together to move the bar on EbA – to further mainstream these core interconnections between climate, biodiversity, and human well-being – as well as the commitment to break down siloes and add on innovative layers of health, humanitarian contexts, traditional infrastructure development, pandemics, new technology, and more. The Secretariat looks forward to seeing what we do next and how FEBA can change the world!

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4. Introduction of Interactive activities – Amber Bjerre

Amber Bjerre, IUCN EbA team member, introduced the interactive tools to be used in this virtual FEBA meeting on Miro. This collaborative tool enabled the FEBA secretariat to gather inputs from all attendees, serving as a sounding board to see what FEBA as a whole should stop, start and continue. This tool also served as a resource to share upcoming events and publications, new projects and initiatives, and much more. From the Miro board, FEBA members want to start thematic network meetings (such as WG seminars) and continue having longer, virtual Members’ Meetings. Thematic priorities identified include ecosystem restoration, EbA monitoring standards (including hydrologic monitoring) and more – all ahead of upcoming negotiations at the UNFCCC COP26, CBD COP15 and further international events.

5. Member Updates – View the slides from the FEBA Member Updates here.

Marcia Toledo from The Nature Conservancy (TNC) shared progress on TNC’s EbA portfolio being implemented across the world spanning humanitarian contexts, green-gray infrastructure, climate and biodiversity, and other sectors. TNC has worked on a number of reports and publications, tools and guides and processes and partnerships including on EbA in Humanitarian Contexts (The Blue Guide To Coastal Resilience; Cost-Effective Mangrove Restoration & Insurance; How can nature-based solutions alleviate the risks posed by both water shortages and excess water? (forthcoming, June 2021); Addressing food system transformation under a changing climate; upcoming food systems assessment with CCAFS (forthcoming, Sept. 2021); UN FAO & TNC outline policy & finance pathways for healthier food systems), Green-Gray Infrastructure (Ecosystems Resilience and Climate Adaptation Report on Freshwater (June 2021); Nature based solutions and Water Security (forthcoming book, July 2021); and an assessment tool for nature-based solutions potential in watersheds and testing with IWA’s Climate Smart Water Utilities Community of Practice), among others. TNC also provided a sample of updates from project implementation, including the LAR EbA approach and measures across Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Dominican Republic and Mexico and The Resilient Islands project.

Dr. Giacomo Fedele shared updates on Conservation International’s recent publication, Guidelines for Designing, Implementing and Monitoring Nature-based Solutions for Adaptation. The Guidelines showcase key activities needed for: Assessing climate impacts; Identifying adaptation options; Addressing transformative potential of adaptation options; Designing nature-based actions; and Evaluating nature-based action in achieving climate adaptation. The Guidelines on best practices for the identification, implementation and monitoring of NbS for climate change adaptation can improve consistency and the ability to compare and aggregate adaptation results achieved through NbS initiatives implemented by organizations and governmental bodies.

Fernando Camacho Rico provided updates on the National Commission on Natural Protected Areas in Mexico (CONANP), which includes 182 protected areas, including 145 terrestrial and

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37 marine and coastal. 40 PAs now have Climate Change Adaptation Programs (Guidelines), while EbA strategies are implemented in 22% of the Mexican territory. CONANP has hosted a variety of events and trainings, including Wrapped-up GEF-Resilience UNDP Project Webinars (Protected Areas as Natural-based Solutions and NbS mainstreaming: Mexico proposal); and workshops to plan climate adaptation in MPA in the Gulf of Mexico including trainings in the use of the Rapid Vulnerability Assessment Tool (CEC), focused on designing EbA strategies to reduce the vulnerability of communities and coral reefs, seagrasses, beaches, coastal dunes, and mangroves. Further, CONANP has a variety of publications, blogs and videos about EbA implementation, including: Climate Change Adaptation Programs in Natural Protected Areas; Methodological Guide for Developing Adaptation Programs (PACC); GEF-Resilience Project (UNDP) final products (8-minute video shows outstanding results of 15 EbA strategies implemented in 17 Mexican PA with the support of civil society and local communities, Achievements factsheet and Good practices & lessons learned factsheet); Guide for Climate change adapted investments with IKI-ADAPTUR Project (GIZ); Infographics on disaster risk reduction, coral reef restoration and grassland conservation in PA.

Margot Clarvis highlighted Earth Security’s focus on EbA via working with industry partners in the Philippines to mobilise private finance for EbA. With a focus on mangroves as a Nature-based Solution, this IKI-funded programme in the Philippines will mobilise private financing for EbA. Margot mentioned this being the first stage of an incubator programme for LGUs and corporates to partner on financing local EbA projects, thereby mobilising Philippine insurers and reinsurers to integrate EbA into the underwriting process. Margot also discussed a new report, Financing the Earth’s Assets: The Case for Mangroves, which creates the business case to align finance with the restoration and protection of critical ecosystems in partnership with leading FIs.

Manar Abdelmagied from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) recognized that underrepresented Agri-food sector in global COVID-19 green recovery spending indicates an urgency to: support countries to integrate climate and ecosystem risks into COVID-19 response and recovery; scale-up investment in nature-positive solutions for climate and nature action in agri-food systems; and align national agri-food systems with climate and environmental commitments and policy instruments for greener and bluer recovery. Manar presented the FAO and UNDP programme, Scaling Up Ambition on Land Use and Agriculture through NDCs and NAPs (SCALA), which aims to accelerate innovative approaches and contribute to a paradigm shift through NDCs and NAPs addressing both adaptation and mitigation. The six-year, EUR 20 million project co-led by FAO and UNDP will be implemented in 12 countries across Asia, Africa and Latin America and will build up Integrating Agriculture in National Adaptation Plans (NAP-Ag) Programme. SCALA can contribute to FAO and UNDP’s post-COVID-19 response by supporting greener and resilient pathways in climate, agriculture and land-use. Further, FAO published Addressing Fisheries and Aquaculture in National Adaptation Plans and a briefing note on National Adaptation Plans – An entry point for ecosystem-based adaptation.

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Lis Bernhardt, representing the Global Adaptation Network (GAN), shared the history of GAN’s creation in 2010 to provide a worldwide platform to distribute and exchange climate adaptation knowledge. GAN is composed of regional networks and partners, each providing knowledge services in their regions. Lis’ presentation focused on the Asia-Pacific region, including the recent APAN Forum. Lis highlighted GAN/IISD webinar on Enhancing EbA in NAPs, an upcoming GAN podcast series, the GAN-organized stakeholder dialogues and gathering of evidence for the Global EbA Fund, the new Priority-setting workshop for Pacific SIDS, the second phase of the LAKI MENA, and the upcoming launch of the EPIC Asia network.

Harald Lossack from GIZ provided updates on the Global EbA Mainstreaming project, which strengthens joint approaches to simultaneously tackle climate change adaptation and mitigation, human well-being, and biodiversity conservation. Working together with IUCN and FEBA, GIZ and the Global EbA Mainstreaming project successfully co-organised the 7th EbA Knowledge Day, the largest-ever of its kind. GIZ is hosting many upcoming events, including M&E online seminars for EbA practitioners, hosted with UNEP-WCMC; regular webinars on gender-responsive EbA; events at the 15th Annual Community-based Adaptation Conference (CBA15), IUCN World Conservation Congress, Adaptation Futures; and the EbA Community of Practice Workshop. GIZ is in the process of several EbA publications, including on “Why EbA Matters”, EbA and gender, EbA in buildings, EbA in agriculture: why agroecology is the way forward to tackle climate change, and ecosystem soil: Nature-based Solutions below the surface. The new EbA support facility will facilitate these projects and publications. Further, Harald highlighted that IUCN and GIZ are developing an e-learning course on EbA.

Yuki Ohashi introduced the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) as a new FEBA member, a research entity based in Japan, which connects science to policy. Yuki discussed the start of a research project on EbA and NbS promotion in the context of international development, supported by the Japanese government’s Ministry of Environment (MOE). The project supports traditional knowledge of EbA in Japan, and evaluates the traditional style of managing nature. IGES will launch a website on this research, including NbS elements and good practices, by end 2021.

Anika Terton shared that the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) has launched a recent knowledge product “Building Resilience with Nature: Maximizing EbA through National Adaptation Plan Processes” (including a supplementary case study on scaling up EbA in Fiji). Together with GIZ, IISD is working on Toward Gender-Responsive Ecosystem-based Adaptation: Why it’s needed and how to get there, expected in July 2021 and synergies between CBD and UNFCCC relevant policy framework and their implementation, expected in October 2021. Together with the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the MAVA Foundation, and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), IISD is currently establishing the Nature-based Infrastructure Global Resource Centre. The NBI Global Resource Centre aims to bring together key partners to establish a business case for nature-based infrastructure. We will provide data, training, and sector-specific valuations based on the latest innovations in systems thinking and financial modelling.

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Dr. Margarita Caso, of the National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change, Mexico (INECC), shared an expansion of Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) for adaptation, through criteria for the design of adaptation measures; indicators for M&E of adaptation; and typology of adaptation measures (including 10 categories used in Mexico’s NDC updated to 2020). Dr. Caso further shared about Integrated Watershed Management Action Plans (PAMICs), which are territorial planning instruments for watershed, including climate change scenarios.

Karen Podvin from IUCN provided highlights on EbA in Latin America. Experiences on the ground include many related to agrobiodiversity, connectivity, protected areas, watershed management and restoration, all leading to the development of tools. IUCN is engaged with policy advocacy, especially surrounding the Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions, launched in 2020, which builds on the work of the FEBA Qualification Standards and Quality Criteria for EbA, and sets criteria and indicators of NbS. Further, EbA projects throughout Latin America are focused on capacities and knowledge, as continuing spaces for sharing EbA experiences and lessons learned, including through formal knowledge products. In Peru, IUCN is implementing Ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation: strengthening the evidence and informing policy (funded by BMU-IKI); in Guatemala, Protecting ecosystems and livelihoods in the highlands of Guatemala through better watershed management (funded by GCF); in Costa Rica, LandScale (funded by BMU-IKI); and in Mexico Functional landscape restoration options in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. IUCN has an upcoming project to be carried out in Costa Rica, Guatemala and Ecuador, on Scaling-up Ecosystem-based Adaptaiton (EbA) measures in rural Latin America (funded by BMU-IKI).

Jusper Maranga Omwenga introduced the National Environment Management Authority of Kenya (NEMA) as a new FEBA member, which is involved with various activities related to EbA, especially on issues of governance, thereby ensuring environmental sustainability. NEMA coordinates and supervises EbA activities being carried out by individuals, organisations and other bodies around Kenya. NEMA helps to ensure that EbA approaches are integrated into other sectors.

Sarah Henley-Shephard shared that Mercy Corps is responsible for integrating climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction into humanitarian and early-recovery development contexts in many countries globally. EbA is a core component of transforming humanitarian response and early-recovery development. MercyCorps is primarily involved in FEBA via the humanitarian working group, with is advancing the evidence base and expanding learning and influence platforms for refugees and Internally Displaced People (IDP) – all the while trying to incorporate EbA.

Jesse DeMaria-Kinney showcased that PlanAdapt is an independent global network-based organisation that provides knowledge services in support of effective, economically just and socially inclusive climate change adaptation and climate risk management around the world, with particular focus on the Global South. PlanAdapt is primarily involved in action-oriented research, training and capacity development, and support – all in the context of climate change adaptation. As climate change adaptation has moved up the global agenda, including with many

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global events, NbS has jumped from the local onto the global scene, including with the nascent Global EbA Fund. Climate justice activities have continued to vocalize the need for climate justice, and PlanAdapt has continued to support these areas. PlanAdapt is primarily involved in FEBA via the Urban EbA working group, which increases the linkages between adaptation, nature and justice.

Angel Uson updated participants on Rare’s recent achievements, including the launch of Coastal 500, a global network for local leaders of coastal communities. Rare’s flagship EbA project, Fishing for Coastal Resilience, jointly implemented with FAO, Micronesia Conservation Trust (MCT), and the Global Island Partnership (GLISPA), aims to mainstream EbA into the Small-Scale Fisheries productive sector to support partner countries in implementing NAPs & NDCs, across Indonesia, Philippines, Federated State of Micronesia, Palau and Marshall Islands (funded by BMU-IKI). Rare has recently achieved climate-smart managed access fishing grounds and reserve areas in Indonesia and the Philippines; national policy outcomes and global networks of EbA champions; and has many green recovery initiatives in progress. Angel shared some Rare resources, including: Impact of COVID 19 on the small-scale fisheries sector (Global surveys, country-wide studies, visual stories); policy papers on EbA in small-scale fisheries and climate/ocean policies (Strengthening NDCs: Ocean Climate Opportunities, Ocean Panel report on a Blue Recovery to COVID-19, policy paper on ocean & UNFCCC Global Stocktake); and Climate change and coastal fisheries (instructional video and videos).

Tristan Tyrrell shared a multitude of collaborations from SwedBio, with partners ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB), Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), Interchurch Organisation for Development Cooperation (ICCO), Third World Network (TWN) and Alliance for International Reforestation. Publications include: Understanding the implementation gap: policy makers’ perceptions of ecosystem-based adaptation in Central Vietnam; Supporting Bottom-Up Human Agency for Adapting to Climate Change; Social determinants of adaptive and transformative responses to climate change; and Knowledge co-production for Indigenous adaptation pathways: Transform post-colonial articulation complexes to empower local decision-making.

Larissa Stiem-Bhatia provided updates on behalf of TMG Research gGmbH. The project Climate-SDG integration Project: Supporting the implementation of Paris Agreement and 2030 Agenda through Ecosystem-based Adaptation, implemented with WWF Guatemala, Asociación de Desarrollo Integral Mitij Ixoq (ADIMI) and Watershed Organisation Trust and funded by BMU-IKI, aims to develop a better understanding of this interaction, and of the role Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) could play in strengthening synergies across the two frameworks. This project entails a series of inclusive and participatory multi-stakeholder dialogues at both the local and national/ state levels in Guatemala and India, through which TMG Research and its partners seek to identify promising EbA initiatives. An important aspect of these processes is to identify the enabling environment within each country that contributed to such success. TMG Research has developed several recent publications and other products, including a series of Info Briefs on EbA and From Watershed Development to Ecosystem-based Adaptation: A journey to systemic resilience.

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Florencia Zapata from The Mountain Institute - Peru (Instituto de Montaña) shared recent publications, including Knowledge dialogues and climate change: integrating participatory approaches in the design of ecosystem-based adaptation measures in the Peruvian Andes and Diálogos de saberes y cambio climático: Relevancia de los enfoques participativos para la Adaptación basada en Ecosistemas. TMI is a finalist in the Solution Search international contest on Water Pollution & Behaviour Change with our EbA measure on bio-remediation in the Peruvian Andes. TMI is also the home of the Nature based Solution Initiative in Peru, in alliance with NbSI lead by Oxford University, which serves as an opportunity for EbA upscaling. TMI will be engaged in many upcoming events, including at CBA15.

Johannes Förster from the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung UFZ) discussed the project Biodiver_CITY, being carried San José, Costa Rica jointly by GIZ, CATIE, Ministry of Environment and more, and funded by BMU-IKI. As a part of Biodiver_CITY, partners are developing an Ecosystem Service Atlas. UFZ is acting on ecosystem service opportunities to develop a tool for identifying policy instruments & activities for ecosystem services; this tool will be combined with the Ecosystem Service Atlas intime. UFZ is also focused on Nature-based solutions in Europe, namely through a recent publication with the European Environment Agency EEA: Nature-based Solutions in Europe: Policy, knowledge and practice for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction.

Norah Ngeny highlighted UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) current portfolio which includes over 50 Ecosystem-based Adaptation projects and 17 National Adaptation Plan projects, aiming to restore around 113,000 hectares while benefiting 2.5 million people around the world. UNEP’s communication products include a video on What is EbA?; updating EbA briefing notes; articles on EbA projects/initiatives/information; and EbA Sessions at Gobeshona Conference, UNFCCC events, Making Cities Resilient Conference, the 6th EbA Knowledge Day, ICLEI’s Daring Cities, and etc. UNEP is organising the Virtual NAP-GSP South South Knowledge Exchange Forum, which will include 46 Least Developed Countries, to facilitate an exchange of the learnings, lessons learnt, existing and untapped opportunities, by the LDCs in addressing their medium- and long-term adaptation needs through the process to formulate and implement NAP. The Exchange Forum will present experiences with the existing tools that policymakers, technical experts and government officials have been using. In collaboration with FEBA, UNEP is preparing to launch the Guidelines for integrating EbA into NAPs part of UNEP’s implementation of the NAP GSP. UNEP and IUCN recently launched the Global EbA Fund, which aims to fast-track technical support to help countries to implement NDC commitments and access public funding for catalytic adaptation interventions. In this regard, UNEP will hold Regional Stakeholder Dialogues in the Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin America regions; host a CBA15 session with IUCN and GRP, on the Challenges of Scaling Up and Financing EbA in Africa - The Role of Innovation; conduct a survey on Gathering of Evidence on Overcoming EbA Barriers; and produce an analytical paper on Barriers to Scale Up EbA.

Sylvia Wicander presented updates on EbA from the UN Environment Programme World

Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC). To begin, regarding building resilience

through EbA in South Africa, UNEP-WCMC developed training modules on EbA (Unpacking

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Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) at Sub-national Level in South Africa and Guide for Trainers

and Facilitators) and provided guidance on linking EbA intervention level M&E with higher-level

adaptation reporting (Guide to Monitoring and Evaluating Ecosystem-based Adaptation in

South Africa: Strengthening Contributions to the Climate Adaptation Reporting System). UNEP-

WCMC provided technical support on M&E EbA in the Thai water sector, through backstopping

development of M&E methodologies for EbA measures in floodplains (including living weirs)

and bespoke capacity building sessions (including participatory M&E approaches, indicator

development). To inform future outputs, colleagues conducted an internal literature review on

economic relevance of NbS co-benefits. UNEP-WCMC also held a seminar on M&E for EbA,

spotlighting indicator development, and is kicking off an EU-funded project at the Nexus of

Water, Energy, Food and Climate – which includes the role of EbA.

Dr. Yvonne Walz from the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) highlighted several EbA highlights. UNU-EHS is involved in implementing climate-sensitive adaptation strategies to reduce flood risk in transboundary catchment in Benin and Togo, via Implementation of Climate-sensitive Adaptation Strategies to Reduce the Flood Risk in the Catchment Area of the Cross-border Lower Mono River (CLIMAFRI), funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The project aims to establish River Basin Information System and flood risk management plan, and UNU-EHS aims to identify, prioritize and evaluate EbA measures. UNU-EHS also seeks to align EbA, Eco-DRR, NbS, and SLM, under a request from UNCCD COP 14: to coordinate with other Rio conventions and relevant partners to ensure coherence and alignment in categorizing these approaches. UNU-EHS will do so via Align-SLM, a project funded by UNCCD.

Cristina Romanelli introduced the World Health Organization (WHO) as a new FEBA member. Cristina presented work on climate change and health from the WHO, including Quality Criteria for Health in National Adaptation Plans, WHO Guidance to protect health from climate change through health adaptation planning, Operational Framework for building climate resilient health systems, and the Climate Change & Health Toolkit. Cristina also highlighted that the WHO, through its Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health (ECH), IUCN, and FEBA are establishing a new expert working group (EWG) on Biodiversity, Climate, One Health and Nature-based Solutions.

Emmie Oliver of the World Resources Institute (WRI) showcased Cities4Forests, an initiative led by Pilot Projects, REVOLVE and WRI, that helps cities around the world to connect with and invest in inner forests (such as city trees and urban parks), nearby forests (such as green corridors and watersheds), and faraway forests (such as tropical and boreal forests). Cities4Forests encourages cities to better conserve, manage, and restore these forests, as well as provide technical assistance to align local policy, share knowledge, and access peer-to-peer learning and communication activities to take climate action together. The initiative revolves around four main themes: health, biodiversity, water and climate. Emmie expanded that through this initiative, WRI is increasing investment in well-designed NbS, DRR, climate change adaptation, and community resilience – through guidance on best practices and enabling

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conditions. Further, Emmie mentioned that WRI is developing a green bond infrastructure, including the first green bond for forest-based water infrastructure. WRI is working with national governments to develop a project on hydropower and EbA.

Harisoa Rakotondrazafy provided updates on global efforts from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). First, Harisoa highlighted the Mangroves for Community and Climate Project, which aims to protect and restore 7% of the world’s most endangered mangroves, benefiting 300,000 people annually. This project has a budget of $22.6 million over 5 years, supported by Bezos Earth Fund, and is carried out in Colombia, Fiji, Madagascar and Mexico. The initiative includes both nature-based climate mitigation and adaptation goals, and will complement EbA activities from mangrove restoration and protection with other activities. Second, Harisoa highlighted the inaugural Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC), which will be convened by the Government of Rwanda, IUCN and AWF in collaboration with partners in the Region, from 7th to 12th March 2022 in Kigali, Rwanda. There will be three streams and six cross-cutting themes, including a climate change (CC) theme, focused on securing a climate resilient future for Nature and People in and around Protected and Conserved Areas in Africa. This theme will focus on both supporting nature-based climate mitigation and adaptation agenda from P&CAs.

Rachel Nisbet discussed how International Rain Harvesting Alliance (IRHA) has championed EbA in our pilot EbA projects in Nepal and Senegal, which use passive rainwater harvesting. We are also revitalising the international rainwater harvesting alliance to facilitate knowledge sharing of EbA principles and practices between national rainwater harvesting organisations. These are often ‘grey’ infrastructure focused; thus, we are working to ‘green the grey’. In this task we are guided by the stormwater code for green infrastructure construction, created by our American partners, ARCSA and endorsed by the American Green Buildings Council of America. IRHA is pleased to participate in the Urban EbA and Humanitarian Working Groups.

Additional Updates from Members:

Veronica Lo shared work on the ENVISION project. ENVISION seeks to improve biodiversity and well-being through inclusive conservation by developing novel participatory scenario planning tools and processes; identifying, comparing and balancing multiple visions for conservation planning; understanding the social and ecological consequences of these visions; and making evidence-based recommendations to inform post-2020 biodiversity policy.

Dr. Sam Kanyamibwa shared Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS) focal areas, including biodiversity conservation and ecosystem restoration, climate change, sustainable agriculture, green and circular economy, social capital and sustainable livelihoods and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). Dr. Kanyamibwa also shared EbA related work that ARCOS is involved in, including the Pan-African Agenda on Ecosystem Restoration, Adaptation at Altitude in East African Mountains, and Building Resilience and Sustainable Community Livelihoods in Rwanda Agro-ecosystems.

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6. Update by Chairs of FEBA working groups on activities and outputs – View the slides from the FEBA Working Group Updates here.

Emily Goodwin, IUCN, representing the FEBA Secretariat, shared that since the last members’ meeting, new members joining the FEBA network include the World Health Organisation (WHO), EcoHealth Alliance, the Ohio State University, WWF Malaysia, and the UK Department for Environment, Food, & Rural Affairs (DEFRA). FEBA now numbers 90 organisations representing over 250 individuals. As the cornerstone of FEBA collaboration on different topics, many Working Groups have been established for in-depth discussions on knowledge gaps, policy advocacy, and ongoing thematic collaboration on specific areas. All members are encouraged to join the working groups they are interested in to continue FEBA collaboration year-round. Chairs of the working groups each gave a brief update on their work and upcoming opportunities for collaboration. EbA in Humanitarian & Post-Disaster Contexts – Sarah Henly-Shepard, Mercy Corps The EbA-Humanitarian working group, as a joint initiative of FEBA, PEDRR, and EHAN and chaired by Sarah Henly-Shepard of Mercy Corps, is focusing on environmental safeguarding and NbS for both climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction in Humanitarian Contexts. Sarah shared that the group has continued to expand a learning and influence agenda organized around working group themes that is explored across institutions and networks to advance and influence the programmatic evidence base, best practices and policy/advocacy on this topic. New members are always welcome and can reach out to the chairs to become engaged in this process. Sarah concluded by discussing the recent event at Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks (HNPW) 2021, on Nature-based Solutions for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in Humanitarian Contexts. The working group is developing guidance that will:

1. Include an academic literature review of the state of the work in this field; 2. Provide a synthesis of best practices for implementation of EbA and other environmental approaches in

humanitarian contexts, drawing on the working group’s resource repository; 3. Address themes including the relationship between COVID-19, health, nature, and resilience and the

implementation of EbA in local humanitarian contexts such as refugee settlements; 4. Complement other guidance in the field, such as the Sphere standards; 5. Inform the co-development of policy recommendations and advocacy messaging.

Urban EbA – Jesse DeMaria-Kinney, PlanAdapt Jesse DeMaria-Kinney, co-chair of the Urban EbA working group, showcased that this working group is specifically well-placed to provide a climate justice lens to Ecosystem-based Adaptation and Nature-based Solutions in an urban context. Jesse explained the scope of the group to identify, collect and analyse examples of Urban EbA in the Global South, given the lack of available examples and evidence for the implementation of EbA in urban ecosystems. The working group brings together researchers and practitioners from fields of urban development, EbA, and green-gray infrastructure to address this knowledge gap, with a survey completed that gathered case studies on diverse adaptation strategies. The survey results will inform a joint

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FEBA technical paper on Urban EbA, currently in process with plans to launch in summer 2021, with the following emergent thinking and recommendations:

1. Recognising the principles for just urban EbA interventions is crucial. Including climate justice principle sin urban EbA interventions produces short-term benefits for people and nature, as well as ensures long-term sustainability.

2. Translating climate justice elements into concrete project guidelines can be challenging due to a lack of information, particularly in the Global South. We advise practitioners to use this paper as a starting point to advance a common understanding of just urban EbA interventions in the Global South.

3. When designing and implementing urban EbA interventions, special attention should be dedicated to making sure that livelihoods are improved, capacity-building processes are delivered and gender equity is considered.

4. We advise practitioners and policymakers to foster stakeholder participation, in particular, the more vulnerable groups, during the planning and implementation phases. Where applicable, EbA interventions should focus on addressing the root causes of vulnerability.

5. Including different scales of action and promoting equitable access to benefits from urban EbA interventions were principles reported of frequent consideration among case studies.

6. Financing mechanisms exist, such as low-interest loans, conservation-oriented microfinance, special funds, tax incentives, payments for ecosystem services, among others.

Global Green-Gray Community of Practice – Emily Corwin, CI Emily Corwin, chair of the Global Green-Gray Community of Practice (GGG CoP), introduced the concept of green-gray infrastructure: A hybrid green-gray approach to infrastructure — one that combines “green” ecosystem conservation and restoration with “gray” conventional engineering — can generate more benefits and climate resilience for people and nature than either strategy applied alone. The GGG CoP is committed to innovating and piloting green-gray projects, advancing the science and engineering needed to scale up green-gray approaches, increasing global awareness, and acceptance and use of green-gray approaches in policy frameworks. Emily highlighted the recently launched Practical Guide to Implementing Green-Gray Infrastructure, a tool for identifying, funding, planning, designing, constructing, and monitoring green-gray infrastructure projects, to increase the resilience of vulnerable cities, communities, and assets around the world. The Guide includes 35 case studies from around the world, identifies key challenges a practitioner may seek to resolve, and where green-gray solutions can meet project goals and integrate into different land use types. The GGG CoP will focus on four further areas:

1. Innovate & Pilot: Form diverse, multi-disciplinary green-gray sub-communities to develop and advise on projects in topical areas (including Coastal Resilience; Finance and Funding) and regional areas (including Asia Pacific)

2. Science & Engineering: Develop concise, scientific green-gray engineering guidance for mangroves + seawalls (including Guyana specific-advice, a general version, and a chapter to Global Mangrove Alliance Mangrove Restoration Manual)

3. Create Awareness: Organize workshops bringing together professionals , project developers, and funders 4. Acceptance & Use: Identify green-gray funding / financing project mechanism priorities AND develop a

tool for economic evaluations of green-gray projects One Health and EbA – Cristina Romanelli, WHO Cristina Romanelli introduced the new expert working group (EWG) on Biodiversity, Climate, One Health and Nature-based Solutions, established through WHO, through its Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health (ECH), IUCN, and FEBA. This initiative builds upon and

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expands the scope of work carried out by the Inter-agency Liaison Group on biodiversity and health, co-chaired by WHO and the Convention on Biological Diversity between 2015 and 2020. The EWG will develop guidance and tools to support the operationalization of One Health approaches and Nature-based Solutions by: (1) identifying co-benefits and trade-offs for human and ecosystem health, (2) strengthening social and ecological resilience and (3) supporting a healthy, green and just recovery from COVID-19. The work of the EWG will:

1. Examine the relationships between biodiversity, ecosystem degradation, climate and (infectious and noncommunicable) disease emergence, with a view to maximizing health co-benefits of sustainable ecosystem management and restoration.

2. Assess the role of environmental, social and economic determinants of health and develop tools to strengthen cross-sectoral collaboration, policy coherence and the operationalization of the One Health Approach;

3. Mainstream health and biodiversity to support a transition toward sustainable and healthy food systems in ways that also support: dietary diversity; the sustainable management and use of biodiversity in agriculture, fisheries and forestry ecosystems; regenerative agriculture practices; crop diversity and sustainable harvesting practices; sustainable fisheries; sustainable management of livestock, wildlife, terrestrial, coastal and marine ecosystems; climate change adaptation and mitigation; and the interactions between these drivers, responses, and outcomes;

4. Examine the contribution of biodiversity and green and blue infrastructure to support the creation of health-promoting environments and improve mental and physical health outcomes in both rural and urban areas, including the development and implementation of Nature-based climate Solutions focused on health co-benefits;

5. Evaluate climate change as a cross-cutting driver and amplifier of ecosystem degradation, biodiversity loss and ill health, and developing policy guidance to maximize the health co-benefits of ecosystem-based adaptation and mitigation efforts.

EbA & NAP Guidelines – Lis Bernhardt, UNEP/GAN and Alejandro Jimenez, Consultant Lis Bernhardt introduced the EbA & NAP Guidelines Working Group, which aims to produce Guidelines, to be a useful resource for national teams in charge of the formulation, implementation and review of the NAPs, who may be interested in considering ecosystem-based approach to climate change adaptation. The objective of the Guidelines is to support LDCs programme/design NAPs linked to EbA and in so doing support the work of the LEG. The Guidelines are to be launched at the NAP-GSP South-South Knowledge Exchange Forum on 1st July 2021, with the following key messages:

1. Formulation Stage: Conduct a climate risk assessment and stock-take; Identify available information and gaps; Identify entry points for EbA; Conduct stakeholder mapping; Capacity assessment; Identify adaptation options, including “grey” and “green” options; Compare EbA options with infrastructure options where appropriate (and with grey-green hybrids); Conduct cost and benefit assessments; Prioritize adaptation options for the most vulnerable communities; and Solicit feedback on the prioritization and proposed implementation arrangements.

2. Implementation Stage: Where climate funding is directly available, implement EbA priorities (especially low-hanging fruit) identified in the NAP; Identify entry points for EbA measures prioritized in the NAP to be implemented through other plans and programmes; Conduct additional capacity needs assessment of those officials and contractors responsible for implementation, followed by appropriate training; Mobilize additional domestic and international funding, and promote private sector investments in EbA; and Progressively implement all the EbA measures included in the NAP, as funding allows.

3. Review Stage: Establish clear responsibilities in monitoring EbA approaches and facilitating the effective coordination among actors; Devise a comprehensive set of indicators and metrics for documenting progress in EbA and assessing the effectiveness of EbA options; Assess the extent to which EbA options have been effectively integrated and implemented as part of the NAP implementation plan and other

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relevant national, sectoral and subnational adaptation and development plans; Strengthen capacities in topics such as formulating monitoring systems, methods, and techniques for collecting, storing, analysing and interpreting data; Progressively update NAPs and integrate new information; and Learn from experience in implementing EbA and report the results, while updating and revising the NAP so that it becomes a living document.

FEBA-UNFCCC Climate & Biodiversity Working Group – Veronica Lo (on UNFCCC NWP’s behalf) Veronica Lo, on behalf of the UNFCCC Nairobi Work Programme (NWP), introduced the “knowledge to action” process of the biodiversity thematic work under the NWP, which details the scoping paper methodology. Veronica mentioned the Scoping Paper on Knowledge Gaps for Integrating Forest and Grasslands Biodiversity and Ecosystems into Adaptation Strategies and the Coastal adaptation and Nature-based Solutions for the Implementation of NAPs: Considerations for GCF Proposal Development, the latter being an action of the Ocean Expert Group. There are many collaborative actions occurring across the NWP, many of which include FEBA, including:

1. Long term M&E: Guidance and best practices for long-term monitoring & evaluation, building on EbA Knowledge Day – with partners University of Glasgow, GIZ, SLYCAN Trust +

2. Institutional synergies: Policy Brief to align national biodiversity climate change plans and reports – with partners GIZ, IISD, CBD +

3. Threatened ecosystems: Understanding vulnerabilities of communities dependent on threatened/ red-listed grasslands and forest ecosystems – with partners IUCN, ICIMOD +

4. Gender & biodiversity: Strengthening gender-responsive adaptation planning forests/ grasslands ecosystem – with partners CIFOR, CBD, UNFCCC +

5. Young professionals: Research opportunities through the UN Climate Change and Universities Partnership Programme – NWP, ICIMOD +

and encapsulate the following potential cross-thematic actions: 1. Technology: Continuing TEC/FEBA collaboration on integrating innovative technologies to build resilience. 2. Transboundary planning: Transboundary adaptation examples across different ecosystems, linkages to

work supported by UNDP/GEF, WASP/SEI, etc. 3. Mangroves: Mangroves for adaptation, resilience and livelihoods, linkages with Global Mangrove Watch

and Global Mangrove Alliance. 4. Safeguards: Best practices for integration of social and environmental safeguards and diverse knowledge

systems into adaptation planning.

For more information on how to join any of the FEBA working groups, please contact the chairs of the groups. If there is interest in starting a new working group on a thematic topic or as a platform for consultation with the FEBA network on specific knowledge products, members can always be in touch with Emily Goodwin to discuss further for FEBA’s facilitation.

6. Closing Remarks – Ali Raza Rizvi

The FEBA Secretariat thanked all participants of this second virtual meeting, closing by reflecting on the purpose of these Members’ Meetings: the opportunity for Members to get to know each other’s work on EbA and connect Members to establish linkages shared across relevant partners and projects. A core value of the FEBA network is that our EbA work should not be done in a vacuum: we have a stronger and more strategic field and policy influence together by linking our work to showcase EbA as a key approach to climate adaptation. Members were encouraged to be in touch with one another on projects and initiatives that aligned with their own work.

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We look forward to future FEBA engagements in 2021 and beyond!

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Annex I: List of Participants

Last Name First Name Affiliation Email

Abdelmagied Manar Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) Manar.Abdelmagied@fao.org

Akpan Anthony Pan African Vision for the Environment ajakpan@yahoo.com

Atieno Wendy IUCN Global Ecosystem Management Programme (GEMP) wendy.atieno@iucn.org

Badisungu Trésor Climate Change Africa Opportunities (CCAO) tresorbadisungu@gmail.com

Bernhardt Lis UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and Global Adaptation Network (GAN) Secretariat

lis.bernhardt@un.org

Bjerre Amber IUCN GEMP and FEBA Secretariat amber.bjerre@iucn.org

Bray Bryce GAN Secretariat bryce.bray@un.org

Brown Alexa GIZ alexa.brown@giz.de

Camacho Fernando National Commission for Protected Areas, Mexico (CONANP) fernando.camacho@conanp.gob.mx

Cardenas Aldo The Nature Conservancy (TNC) aldo_cardenas@TNC.ORG

Carvajal Michaela TNC m.w.carvajal@tnc.org

Caso Margarita National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change, Mexico (INECC) margarita.caso@inecc.gob.mx

Chabaneix Nicole Oxford NbS Initiative nicolechabaneix@gmail.com

Chaudhury Moushumi TNC m.chaudhury@tnc.org

Chiang Kai Kim Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) kaiKim.chiang@gmail.com

Clarvis Margot Earth Security margot@earthsecurity.org

Corwin Emily Conservation International (CI) ecorwin@conservation.org

DeMaria-Kinney Jesse PlanAdapt J.DeMaria-Kinney@plan-adapt.org

Derriz Birte German Federal Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety – International Climate Initiative (BMU-IKI)

birte.derrix.extern@bmu.bund.de

Diong Kelvin World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Myanmar kdiong@wwf.org.my

Donatti Camila CI cdonatti@conservation.org

Drechsler Mareile Zukunft – Umwelt – Gesellschaft (ZUG) gGmbH mareile.drechsler@z-u-g.org

Fedele Giacomo CI Gfedele@conservation.org

Fineran Stacey Ohio State University fineran.2@osu.edu

Forster Johannes Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) johannes.foerster@ufz.de

Garfield Britta Smithsonian GarfieldB@si.edu

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Last Name First Name Affiliation Email

Goodwin Emily IUCN GEMP and FEBA Secretariat emily.goodwin@iucn.org

Henly-Shepard Sarah MercyCorps shenlyshepard@mercycorps.org

Hertz Ashanapuri SwedBio ashanapuri.hertz@su.se

Hitimana Janvier ARCOS jhitimana@arcosnetwork.org

Ivanova Oscar UNEP and GAN Secretariat oscar.ivanova@un.org

Jacobo Pilar CONANP pilar.jacobo@conanp.gob.mx

Jiminez Alejandro UNEP Consultant ale.jimenezz@gmail.com

Kang Yi hyun PlanAdapt sealovei@gmail.com

Kanyamibwa Sam Abertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS) skanyamibwa@arcosnetwork.org

Kilponen Anna UNEP and GAN Secretariat anna.kilponen@un.org

Konstantinidis Thea ZUG dorothea.konstantinidis@z-u-g.org

Lossack Harold GIZ harald.lossack@giz.de

Ludeking Annika ZUG annika.luedeking@z-u-g.org

Maranga Omwenga

Jusper Kenya National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) jomwenga75@gmail.com

Mendieta Siordia Verónica CONANP veronica.mendieta@sinergiaplus.org

Menzel-Hausher Carola Frankfurt School c.menzel@fs.de

Min Annika IUCN GEMP and FEBA Secretariat annika.min@iucn.org

Nchare Alice WWF Cameroon anchare@wwfcam.org

Ngeny Norah UNEP and GAN Secretariat norah.ngeny@un.org

Nieland Petra ZUG Petra.Nieland@z-u-g.org

Nisbet Rachel International Rainwater Harvesting Alliance (IRHA) Rachel.nisbet@irha-h2o.org

Odin Gabriel WWF Germany gabriel.odin@wwf.de

Ohashi Yuki Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) y-ohashi@iges.or.jp

Oliver Emmie World Resources Institute (WRI) emmie.oliver@wri.org

Palaka Kelli IUCN GEMP kelli.palaka@iucn.org

Philipp Eric ZUG eric.philipp@z-u-g.org

Podvin Karen IUCN SUR karen.podvin@iucn.org

Rakotondrazafy Harisoa WWF Madagascar hrakotondrazafy@wwf.mg

Raza Rizvi Ali IUCN GEMP and FEBA Secretariat ali.raza@iucn.org

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Last Name First Name Affiliation Email

Romanelli Cristina World Health Organisation (WHO) romanellic@who.int

Schindler Murray Lisa Rare lschindlermurray@rare.org

Stiem-Bhatia Larissa TMG Thinktank larissa.stiem-bhatia@tmg-thinktank.com

Terton Anika (Ani) International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) aterton@iisd.ca

Toledo Marcia TNC mtoledo@tnc.org

Tyrrell Tristan SwedBio tristan.tyrrell@su.se

Uson Maria Angelina (Angel)

Rare auson@rare.org

Venton Paul Consultant paul.venton@highestwater.com

Venton Carola ZUG carola.wehr@z-u-g.org

Walz Yvonne United Nations University, Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS)

walz@ehs.unu.edu

Wicander Sylvia UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)

sylvia.wicander@unep-wcmc.org

Yang Suyeon (Sue)

UNEP and GAN Secretariat suyeon.yang@un.org

Zapata Florencia The Mountain Institute (TMI) florenciaz@mountain.org

Zug Nikola ZUG nikola.zug@z-u-g.org