NAbSA: 鈥淣Ature-based Solutions for climate Adaptation: Monitoring & Impact Evaluation鈥
NAbSA works to improve climate resilience and reduce poverty for vulnerable communities in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) by enhancing the rigorous application of gender-responsive NbS for climate change adaptation.
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Nature-based Solutions (NbS) 鈥 actions that address key societal challenges through the protection, sustainable management and restoration of both natural and modified ecosystems 鈥 are essential for climate adaptation, decreasing the impact of disasters and increasing the resilience of communities, benefitting both biodiversity and human well-being in a sustainable, socially-inclusive and gender-responsive manner.听
鈥淣Ature-based Solutions for climate Adaptation: monitoring & impact鈥 (NAbSA) is part of Global Affairs Canada鈥檚 (GAC) and initiatives and builds upon the work of 19 projects across SSA to develop a gender responsive NbS framework, that is in line with with biodiversity co-benefits. NAbSA provides technical backstopping and capacity building support to these 19 projects, primarily located in 22 SSA countries, with three key objectives:听
- Enhanced design and implementation of nature-based measures through capacity building & equitable access to knowledge;听
- Increased evidence of biodiversity-climate nexus and societal benefits by documenting results, lessons learned and best practices;听听
- Adoption and scaling-up of nature- positive and gender responsive adaptation actions globally.听
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