Developing the Economic Case for EbA - Briefing Note

United Nations Environment Programme; World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Developing the Economic Case for EbA - Briefing Note

dc.contributor.author	United Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.author	World Conservation Monitoring Centre
dc.contributor.organization	Ecosystems Division
dc.date.accessioned	2019-05-08T12:06:26Z
dc.date.available	2019-05-08T12:06:26Z
dc.date.issued	2020
dc.description	This briefing note explains how to build a stronger economic case for ecosystem-based adaptation by assessing its costs, benefits, and wider impacts alongside alternative adaptation measures. It highlights the importance of evaluating adaptation outcomes, co-benefits, implementation and opportunity costs, and institutional factors using comprehensive economic analysis. The document also discusses evidence gaps, cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis, and the role of improved economic evidence in supporting adaptation planning, policy integration, and investment decisions.	en
dc.description.uri	https://www.unenvironment.org/explore-topics/climate-change/what-we-do/climate-adaptation/ecosystem-based-adaptation
dc.format	pdf
dc.identifier.uri	https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/28178
dc.language	English
dc.language	French
dc.language	Spanish
dc.page.number	4 p.
dc.relation	World Conservation Monitoring Centre
dc.relation.TableOfContents	The Challenge Developing More Holistic Cost-Benefit Evidence Benefits, Costs and Impacts Framework Assessing Costs and Benefits Cost-Benefit Analysis and Cost Effectiveness Box 1. Adaptation Cost-Benefit Analysis in Lami Town, Fiji Economic Analysis in a Broader Context Five Case Model Key Action Points References
dc.rights.accessLevel	Public
dc.subject	climate change
dc.subject	ecosystem
dc.subject.sdg	SDG 13 - Climate Action
dc.title	Developing the Economic Case for EbA - Briefing Note	en
dc.title.alternative	Desarrollo de los argumentos económicos a favor de la AbE - Nota informativa	es
dc.title.alternative	Mise en évidence de l’intérêt économique de l’adaptation fondée sur les écosystèmes (AfE) - Note de synthèse	fr
dc.type	Policy brief