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This technical summary document reports on the findings from the first phase of ESRAM activity that was conducted in Greater Port Vila between January and June 2016. Whilst it was understood at the outset that both climate and non-climate drivers would be important influences on ecosystem quality (and the services they provide), local engagement – through household surveys and community workshops –also uncovered substantial detail on the range of contemporary issues facing these communities: urban development, pollution, access to water, overharvesting and poor management of resources, sand mining, and climate impacts (including ongoing recovery from Tropical Cyclone Pam, March 2015). It is clear that the ecosystem and socio-economic resilience challenges for these urban and peri-urban communities are already considerable but will be further amplified by continued urbanisation and future climate change in the years to come.

… steps involved to identify, prioritise, and implement ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) project in Port Vila, Vanuatu, and is based … online … eba-port-vila-vanuatu.pdf … file … Planning for ecosystem-based adaptation in Port Vila, Vanuatu.Synthesis …

… the Global Programme on Risk Assessment and Management for Adaptation to Climate Change Published by: In cooperation … Disaster Risk Management DRR Disaster Risk Reduction EbA Ecosystem-based Adaptation EU European Union EUR Euro FRDP … the Pacific Islands Region: Implementing Ecosystem-based Adaption (PEBACC, 2015 – 2019), implemented by the …

… Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Climate Change Adaptation and Wellbeing: Evidence and Opportunities From … increasingly implementing NbS and linked approaches like ecosystem-based adaptation in response. This paper utilises …

… 20 6.3.6 Vanuatu National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy (NCCAS) … National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy for Land Based Resources 2012-2022 ..... 35 Republic of Vanuatu … insurance and rehabilitation. The Policy takes an ecosystem-based approach, prioritising “soft” ecosystem-based …