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Nature-based Solutions for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in Humanitarian Contexts

Organizer(s) Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction Leading Edge Programme Environment and Humanitarian Action Connect
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Abstract

Ecosystem services, environmental health and safeguarding, and natural hazards are often overlooked within humanitarian crises. Degradation of ecosystems and their services exacerbates peoples’ risk from the hazards and impacts of climate change, reducing access to safe, sufficient natural resources needed for livelihoods and undermining long-term development gains. Meanwhile, environmental and climactic factors play a critical role in the development and trajectory of complex crises. The cross-network working group on ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) in Humanitarian & Post-Disaster Contexts, chaired by Mercy Corps and IUCN, convenes stakeholders across the global networks of Friends of EbA (FEBA), Environment and Humanitarian Action Network (EHAN), and the Partnership for Disaster Risk Reduction (PEDRR), to collaboratively address how nature-based solutions and environmental safeguarding can be a core component of, and a strategy in, humanitarian aid and development. In this session, a panel discussion of participants across sectors in nature-based solutions for disaster risk reduction will explore the contribution of EbA to developing cost-effective, novel and durable solutions within crisis-hit areas and building immediate and long-term resilience. Interactive small group discussions will follow, exploring different themes and deliverables (e.g. policy briefs, a toolkit and guidance) of the working group's learning agenda and promoting collective problem-solving and partnership.

To learn more about how nature-based solutions can help build resilience to disasters and climate change impacts, we invite you to explore PEDRR's free online course on Nature-based Solutions for Disaster and Climate Resilience at http://www.pedrr.org/mooc.

Speakers

  • Dr. Sarah Henly-Shepard, Mercy Corps
  • Dr. Catherine Machalaba, EcoHealth Alliance
  • Mr. Raquibul Amin, IUCN Bangladesh Country Representative
  • Dr. Nathalie Doswald, UNEP
  • Ms. Charlotte Hicks, UNEP-WCMC
  • Ms. Ninni Ikkala Nyman, IFRC
  • Ms. Emily Goodwin, IUCN
  • Ms. Annika Min, IUCN

Time

13:00-14:00 UTC

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