Compendium on Ecosystem-based Adaptation Practices

Climate change poses growing risks through extreme weather, water scarcity, biodiversity loss, and climate-related disasters, particularly in developing countries like India. Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) offers a nature-driven, cost-effective approach to building climate resilience by conserving, restoring, and sustainably managing ecosystems while delivering co-benefits such as improved livelihoods, water security, and biodiversity conservation.

This Compendium on Ecosystem-based Adaptation Practices presents a curated selection of global and regional case studies across diverse landscapes, showcasing practical EbA interventions and their impacts. Developed under the “Proliferating Ecosystem-based Adaptation Practices in Indian cities” (EPIC) project supported by the Global EbA Fund, the compendium serves as a resource for policymakers, planners, and practitioners seeking scalable and actionable pathways to integrate EbA into climate and development planning.