Project Information
The Scaling Up Ecosystem-based Adaptation Measures (EbA) in rural Latin America seeks to increase climate change resilience capacity in vulnerable communities and ecosystems in rural areas of Ecuador, Guatemala and Costa Rica.
Learn the details at: pdf EbALAC factsheet (376 KB)
Proven approaches
To this end, proven, innovative and cost-effective EbA approaches will be developed, up-scaled and applied at the landscape level, linking them with governance platforms and mechanisms, including municipal governments, producers; basin and biological corridors committees.
Program support
The program will be implemented for a period of 5 years and is financed by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV) of the Federal Republic of Germany, through its International Climate Initiative (IKI).
The program Scaling-up Ecosystem based Adaptation Measures in rural Latin America – EbA LAC is funded by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV) through its International Climate Initiative (IKI) and is implemented by the German Development Cooperation – GIZ – as lead agency, in partnership with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE) in three countries: Ecuador, Guatemala and Costa Rica.
The program seeks to strengthen the capacity of multiple agents, so it works in a coordinated manner with the national and local government, international cooperation, academia, civil society organizations, indigenous peoples´ organisations, the private sector, service providers, and vulnerable rural communities.
In the countries, we work with implementation partners through the governing bodies. In Ecuador, the political partner is the Ministry of the Environment, Water and Ecological Transition (MAATE), which will cooperate with the program through the National Adaptation Department at the political and technical level. In Guatemala, the political partner is the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN). Contact between the program and MARN will be made mainly through the International Cooperation Coordination and the Climate Change Directorate. In Costa Rica, the political partner will be the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE). The program will cooperate with MINAE through the Vice Ministry of the Environment, the Vice Ministry of Waters and Oceans, and the Climate Change Directorate
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