December 2015: Launched on the sidelines of the Paris Climate Change Conference, a publication by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and partners showcases lessons learned from Nepal, Peru and Uganda in integrating ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) into broader adaptation strategies, and in making the required policy and finance shifts.

Titled ‘Making the Case for Ecosystem-based Adaptation: The Mountain EbA Programme in Nepal, Peru and Uganda,’ the report captures lessons learned in the framework of the Global Mountain Ecosystem-Based Adaptation Programme, which is delivered through a partnership between Germany, UNDP, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), together with Nepal, Peru and Uganda. The objective of the programme was to strengthen the capacities of these countries to build ecosystem resilience by promoting EbA options and to reduce the vulnerability of communities, with particular emphasis on mountain ecosystems.

The report makes the case for EbA to governments and other stakeholders, encouraging them to include EbA approaches in broader adaptation strategies and to bring about the required shifts in policy and finance. In chapter 1, it defines the concept of EbA and its relevance for mountain ecosystems; it then presents the planning and implementation stage of the pilot projects in Nepal, Peru and Uganda. Chapter 3 discusses how to make the economic case for EbA and presents the cost-benefit analysis work carried out through the programme. Chapter 4 presents how the programme has engaged in policy change at global, national, regional, local and community levels. Chapter 5 shows how the programme makes the case for increased financing for EbA; and Chapter 6 summarizes lessons learned, in addition to assessing how these could be replicated to support EbA by other projects, programmes, sites and countries. [Publication: Making the Case for Ecosystem-based Adaptation: The Global Mountain EbA Programme in Nepal, Peru and Uganda]