Bringing Restoration and Climate Change Adaptation Together

By Dr. Nathaniel Seavy and Tom Gardali, PRBO Conservation Science

© WWF-Canon / Simon Rawles

PRBO Conservation Science is a non-profit organization with a mission to conserve birds, other wildlife, and ecosystems through innovative scientific research and outreach.  PRBO’s highest priority is to develop and promote conservation practices that address the challenges of rapid [...]

Thoughts on Managing Change, from Jared Diamond

By Eliot Levine, WWF-US

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jared Diamond  is a world-renowned expert on ancient societies. His now  famous book, Collapse, is a study of the choices societies have made throughout history in the face of change – climate change,  as well as others — and the consequences of such choices.

In early 2011, my [...]

Ecosystem-based Adaptation: What Does It Really Mean?

Children in Nepal ©Shaun Martin, WWF-US

By Shaun Martin, WWF-US

Children in Nepal ©Shaun Martin

Ecosystem-based Adaptation. If you understand what adaptation is, then the term “ecosystem-based adaptation,” or EbA, should be self-explanatory. But it’s not. There is perhaps no concept more confusing or misunderstood than this one. So what does Ecosystem-based Adaptation really mean and why are we [...]

How is Climate Change Adaptation Different from Business as Usual?

By Eliot Levine, WWF-US

©Martin Harvey, WWF

“How is climate adaptation work different than what I have been doing?” This is the number one question I hear as a member of the adaptation team here at WWF-US. From San Francisco to Nairobi to Hanoi, it’s everyone’s first question at the beginning of a meeting or [...]