Global EbA Fund: Catalytic Small Grants Advancing Innovation for Climate Resilience

Speakers: Chief of the Adaptation and Resilience Branch within UNEP's Climate Change Division Mirey Atallah, Jessica Troni , Global Head Climate Change & Energy Transition, IUCN Ali Raza Rizvi , Head of Division III 2, European and International Adaptation to Climate Change, BMUV, Germany Ulf D. Jaeckel

November 18, 2024 12:00 - 13:00

The Global Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) Fund is an innovative financing mechanism that provides catalytic small grants to support pioneering initiatives aimed at enhancing climate resilience. These grants are designed to implement nature-based solutions for adaptation that protect ecosystems while simultaneously addressing the impacts of climate change. The fund emphasizes projects that incorporate innovative approaches and have the potential for scaling up and replication to foster long-term ecosystem and community resilience.

The Fund supports projects worldwide, with a focus on vulnerable regions that are most affected by climate change, and ecosystems critical to biodiversity and human livelihoods. Key regions include Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Asia-Pacific, where ecosystems such as mangroves, forests, wetlands, and coral reefs face increasing threats from climate change-induced challenges like sea-level rise, droughts, floods, and extreme weather events.

Mirey Atallah

Chief of the Adaptation and Resilience Branch within UNEP's Climate Change Division
Jessica Troni
Ali Raza Rizvi

Global Head Climate Change & Energy Transition, IUCN
Ulf D. Jaeckel

Head of Division III 2, European and International Adaptation to Climate Change, BMUV, Germany