ADAPT: Nature-based solutions for resilient societies in the Western Balkans

Resource type: 
Project
EU project stamp: 
No
Main entity: 
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Type of entity: 
IGO
Funding: 
SIDA
Key themes: 
Climate change
Disaster risk reduction
Societal challenges: 
Climate Resilience
Scope: 
Europe
Description: 

With the financial support of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), ADAPT aims to increase ecosystem and community resilience to climate change and environmental degradation by applying Nature-based solutions for disaster risk reduction. This regional umbrella initiative works with participating economies, regional and local partners across the Western Balkans to: Increase knowledge and awareness of nature-based disaster risk reduction solutions among decision makers, natural resource managers and local communities; Integrate Nature-based solutions and equitable climate-smart planning into adaptation and disaster reduction policy; and Implement Nature-based solutions for disaster risk reduction and their scale-up.

Language: 
EN