Ecosystem Based Adaptation: Linking Upstream and Downstream Catchments in Sri Lanka

Nov 6, 2021 | 9:00 AM GMT - 10:30 AM GMT
Hybrid: Bute Hall

Description

Climate change poses systemic challenges to food systems which require systemic responses. Blending agroecological approaches and ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) can increase the capacity that is needed to translate national commitments on climate, biodiversity and sustainable development into action on the ground.This interactive session presents the climate rationale for the Green Climate Fund (GCF) EbA project in Sri Lanka. The project blends agroecological approaches and EbA as it interconnects the upstream Knuckles catchment and downstream areas in a landscapes approach, involving a broad array of adaptation measures ranging from governance and financing to support agroecological intensification.

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Relevant Resource(s):

Speakers

Leimona Beria

Landscape Governance and Investment, World Agroforestry (ICRAF)

Senior Expert

Sebastien Delahaye

Anura Dissanayake

Ministry of Irrigation, Sri Lanka

Secretary

Roeland Kindt

World Agroforestry (ICRAF)

Senior Ecologist

Fergus Sinclair

CIFOR-ICRAF

Principal Scientist

@fergus_sinclair

Tor-Gunnar Vågen

CIFOR-ICRAF Spatial Data Science and Applied Learning Lab (SPACIAL), World Agroforestry (ICRAF)

Principal Scientist, Head

Jerry Velasquez

Division of Mitigation and Adaptation, Green Climate Fund (GCF)

Director

Host

GLF GLOBAL LANDSCAPES FORUM

The Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) is the world’s largest knowledge-led platform on integrated land use, dedicated to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Climate Agreement. The Forum takes a holistic approach to create sustainable landscapes that are productive, prosperous, equitable and resilient and considers five cohesive themes of food and livelihoods, landscape restoration, rights, finance and measuring progress. It is led by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), in collaboration with its co-founders UNEP and the World Bank and Charter Members. Charter members:CIAT, CIFOR-ICRAF, CIRAD, Climate Focus, Conservation International, Crop Trust, Ecoagriculture Partners, The European Forest Institute, Evergreen Agriculture, FSC, GEF, GIZ, ICIMOD, IFOAM - Organics International, The International Livestock Research Institute, INBAR, IPMG, IUFRO, Rainforest Alliance, Rare, Rights and Resources Initiative, SAN, TMG-Think Tank for Sustainability, UNEP, Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation part of Wageningen Research, World Farmer Organization, World Agroforestry, World Bank Group, World Resources Institute, WWF International, Youth in Landscapes Initiative (YIL)