Past events

When: 18th August 2021 at 9am-10:30am (CET) / 4pm-5:30pm (Tokyo) / 2:00pm-3:30pm (Bangkok)
Where: Register here

When: 7th July 2021 at 10am (Panama time) 

Where: Find the recording of the webinar here.

Addressing the key barriers to the uptake and scaling up of Ecosystem-Based Adaptation (EbA) and building resilience within communities will require innovative and catalytic approaches and solutions. The IKI Global EbA Fund, co-implemented by IUCN and UNEP, aims to provide rapid and targeted support through seed capital for innovative approaches to scale up EbA.

When: 6th July 2021 at Noon-1pm (CET) / 7pm-8pm (Tokyo)
Where: Register here

On 16 June 2021 from 4pm - 5:45pm (EAT), the Joint GRP-UNEP-IUCN CBA15 Session: Challenges of Scaling Up and Financing Ecosystem-Based Adaptation (EbA) in Africa - The Role of Innovation is taking place. 

This peer-to-peer session will focus on elucidating the main challenges to EbA implementation, scale-up and financing in Africa, and further discuss catalytic approaches and methods to overcome them.  

The CBA15 Conference brings together practitioners, grassroots representatives, local and national government planners, policymakers, and donors working at all levels and scales to discuss how we can drive ambition for a climate-resilient future. It is a space to explore the importance and urgency of locally-led adaptation and address this pivotal moment in climate action. 

The global CBA conference is held each year to:

The 7th EbA Knowledge Day – organized by GIZ and IUCN under the Friends of EbA (FEBA) network – took place on May 26th and was themed “Overcoming Barriers to Adaptation: Employing Innovative EbA Approaches to Upscale Nature-based Solutions (NbS)”. It is a yearly meeting for EbA policymakers, practitioners, donors and researchers. 

The challenges of scaling up and financing EbA session, hosted by IUCN and UNEP, was held at 18:20- 18:50 CEST / 12:20- 12:50 EDT (Round 2, Session 1) on Wednesday, 26 May 2021 at the 7th EbA Knowledge Day.

Using the EPIC Model in Asian Cities

The EPIC (Educational Partnerships for Innovation in Communities) network model has a proven track record of identifying win-win community-university partnerships –– by first asking communities what they need and want and then matching those needs to existing faculty courses and programs of study.

EPIC-N, in partnership with UNEP’s Global Adaptation Network and START, is pleased to offer a virtual learning workshop on the EPIC model for Asian countries.

15 July 2020 – New dates have been announced for three key UN meetings, including the UN Biodiversity Conference, crucial to the development of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. 
 
As approved by the Bureau, the fifteenth meeting of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP-15), originally scheduled for October 2020, will now be held 17-30 May 2021, in Kunming, China. 
 
Dates and venue have also been announced for the meetings of the Convention’s two subsidiary bodies.  
 

The Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) is organizing three webinars to share early lessons from the first call for submission of applications to the Adaptation Fund Climate Innovation Accelerator (AFCIA) programme. The launch of this new USD 10 million pilot small grants programme was announced at COP25 in Madrid. UNEP, CTCN and UNDP are administrating the AFICA, offering technical assistance (UNEP/CTCN) and grant funding (UNDP) to developing countries.