New factsheet series on EbA

On March 1st and 2nd 2023  the 10th Sankalp Africa Summit took place in Nairobi, Kenya. “The Secret to adaptation investment” was a session curated by GIZ and DFC at the Sankalp Africa Summit. The panel session brought together stakeholders including investors, adaptation & resilience businesses, and intermediary institutions to discuss the experience in promoting the adaptation ecosystem in different capacities.

On February 7th and 8th 2023 a workshop on adaptation and disaster risk financing took place in Lusaka as part of the AGRICA risk financing component. The climate risk analyses for adaptation planning in sub-Saharan Africa (AGRICA) project aims at providing scientific evidence on climate risks in the agricultural and water sector and suggesting suitable adaptation measures.

The GIZ-implemented and IKI-funded Global Project on Mainstreaming Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) is coming to a close by the end of February 2023. Functioning as a knowledge hub on the topic of EbA, the project has facilitated various spaces for peer-to-peer exchange and learning such as the international EbA Community of Practice Workshops, the EbA Knowledge Days or many webinars, which are now available online.

This video provides an overview of the work and the people behind the Global Project Mainstreaming Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) and its international EbA Community of Practice. With the project drawing to a close in February 2023, the movie contains important information on key achievements of the Global Project, the functioning of the international EbA Community of Practice as well as where to find information on EbA in the future.