Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction and Biodiversity Conservation

Nature-based solutions for Climate and Disaster Risk Management

As climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction, and biodiversity conservation are interconnected, IGES has worked on the integration of them through research and capacity building. Climate change poses compound risks with other hazards including natural and non-natural disasters (e.g. pandemic) and also lead to transboundary risks. We are working on analysis and capacity building to tackle these complex climate risks in collaboration with the Asian countries. We also promote the integrated approaches to climate change and biodiversity such as Nature-based solutions (NbS) that can address societal challenges effectively, providing human well-being and biodiversity benefits.

Intergrating the Biodiverity Perspective in Policy Making

IGES Adaptation team has been working in Bangladesh and Nepal on capacity building for government officials on compound and cascading disasters, in collaboration with the Ministry of the Environment Japan. We have also developed some useful tools for national, sub-nation and local governments and communities to integrate the biodiversity perspective into their policy-making processes.