The Economics of Ecosystem-based Adaptation

Organisation:
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
The Economics of Ecosystem-based Adaptation

The evidence summary "The Economics of Ecosystem-based Adaptation" highlights the economics of ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) approaches, which can offer cost savings compared with other approaches, as well as additional benefits. 

Benefits include the provision of wild foods, carbon sequestration and biodiversity conservation.

It also discusses the cost of EbA versus hard infrastructure, how to use economic data to evaluate EbA approaches and the economic case for EbA.