Ecosystem-based Adaptation: Opportunities for Public Policies in Climate Change
Protected natural ecosystems are fundamental for increasing biodiversity’s – and society’s – resilience to the impacts caused by climate change. Such ecosystems have greater capacity for resistance and recovery when affected by extreme climate events, as well as providing a broad range of benefits upon which humanity depends – known as environmental services. In spite of this predominant role, studies reporting climate change and alternatives for ecosystem- based adaptation on natural ecosystems remain scarce. The document raises the concept of Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA), as well as presenting EbA practices which are ongoing in Brazil and elsewhere in the world. In some cases, a comparative analysis was made between the cost-benefit of implanting EbA projects or green infrastructure with conventional engineering solutions (“gray infrastructure”). Based on the survey undertaken, objective recommendations were indicated for including EbA strategies in public policies for adaptation to climate change, focusing on the Brazilian National Adaptation Plan – run by the MMA’s Department of Climate Change and Environmental Quality, launched in May 2016. The Boticário Group Foundation’s expectation is that this study will contribute to the construction of the Brazilian national strategy for adaptation to climate change, taking into account the conservation of biodiversity – a cause for which the institution has worked since its creation in 1990.
- Autor
- Fundação Grupo Boticário, ICLEI
- Organização(ões) Responsável(is)
- Fundação Grupo Boticário
- Link do conteúdo
- http://goo.gl/umgZhl
- Tipo do conteúdo
- Estudo
- Público-alvo
- Todos
- Idioma
- Inglês
- Colaboradores
- Observatório do Clima
- Tema
- Biodiversidade e Ecossistemas
- Palavras-chave
- ecosystem, adaptation, biodiversity, environment, Adaptação Baseada em Ecossistemas
- Escopo Geográfico
- Sem escopo específico
- Fase 1: Preparação e engajamento
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- Aborda engajamento de parceiros, colaboradores e comunidades na agenda de clima
- Aborda análise institucional e organizacional na agenda de clima
- Fase 3: Elaboração do plano de ação
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- Apresenta ferramentas e métodos para planejamento em adaptação
- Expõe casos e experiências de planejamento na agenda de clima
- Fase 4: Implementação e monitoramento
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- Apresenta ferramentas e métodos para implementação e monitoramento em adaptação
- Expõe casos e experiências em implementação e monitoramento de políticas, planos e medidas de adaptação