Ten Years of Ecosystem-based Adaptation: Recognising Champion Governments and Effective Approaches
Organiser
- BMU IKI
Event Overview
- 5:45 Objectives of the event, by Chair (3 minutes)
- 5: 48 Welcome by Honourable Yoshiaki Harada, Minister of Environment, Japan (5 minutes)
- 5: 53 Opening remarks by Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Safety, Germany (5 minutes)
- 5:58 High-level panel discussion (60-70 minutes)
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3-min opening input on your country’s achievements in employing ecosystems based approaches to adaptation to enhance human climate resilience.
Any follow up question/clarification by moderator after each intervention. -
2-min reflection on the challenges of mainstreaming ecosystems based approaches to adaptation into country’s policy and planning processes such as NDCs, NAPs etc. If already done, how are these aspects being integrated into various sectors for implementation? (no slides, please!)
Any follow up question/clarification by moderator after each intervention. - Questions & Answers involving audience
- 1- min take home message, by each panellist.
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3-min opening input on your country’s achievements in employing ecosystems based approaches to adaptation to enhance human climate resilience.
- 7:00 Refreshments
Speaker
- Yoshiaki Harada, Minister of Environment, Ministry of Environment, Japan
- Ruth Ihren, Nature Conservation and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources, BMU IKI
- Honourable Malik Amin Aslam, Advisor to the Prime Minister on Climate Change, Ministry of Climate Change, Pakistan
- Honourable Lina Pohl, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, El Salvador
- Honourable Ronald Jumeau, Permanent Ambassador to the UN, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Seychelles
- Silvia Zuñiga, Climate Change Direction, Ministry of Environment and natural Resources, Guatemala
Event Summary
IUCN and CEM convened a high-level panel to mark the tenth anniversary of the concept and definition of EbA. The Minister of Environment Japan, Yoshiaki Harada, opened the event, followed by statements from BMU IKI. IUCN Vice President and Adviser to the Prime Minister on Climate Change from Pakistan, Malik Amin Aslam, chaired the panel session, comprised of Lina Pohl, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, El Salvador; Ronald Jumeau, Permanent Ambassador to the UN, Ministry of Foreing Affairs, Seychelles; Silvia Zuñiga, Climate Change Direction, Ministry of Environment and natural Resources, Guatemala; and Ruth Ihren, Nature Conservation and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Germany. The speakers shared how in each of their countries, EbA is being mainstreamed through partnerships and initiatives such as El Salvador’s advocacy for the International Decade for Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030, El Salvador’s National Council for its Restoration Program, Pakistan’s Billion Tree Tsunami initiative, and Seychelles’ successes in private sector uptake of EbA, etc.
Message
“Ecosystem-based Adaptation is a tool of development, not a barrier to development.” – Ronald Jumeau
“It is important that we adopt the framework of Ecosystem-based Adaptation together as a world.” – Lina Pohl
“Adaptación basada en ecosistemas no es una opción; es una estrategia de sobrevivencia.” / “Ecosystem-based Adaptation is not an option; it is a strategy for survival.” – Silvia Zuñiga
