This month, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released a
brand-new animation to explain the increasingly popular concept of
ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA).
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Restoring
and protecting nature is one of the greatest strategies for tackling
climate change, but not just for the obvious reason that it sucks carbon
out the air. Forests, wetlands, and other ecosystems act as buffers
against extreme weather, protecting houses, crops, water supplies and
vital infrastructure.
The strategy of using nature as a defence against climate impacts is called called ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) – in essence, look after nature and it will look after you.
Here are six ways that nature can defend us from climate change impacts:
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