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Nature-based Solutions Portfolio review of WCS Climate NbS Projects Caleb McClennen, Ph.D. Wildlife Conservation Society May 19, 2020 WCS Field Conservation in > 60 Countries 14 Global Priority Regions 400+ peer-reviewed

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Nature-based Solutions

Portfolio review of WCS Climate NbS Projects Caleb McClennen, Ph.D. Wildlife Conservation Society

May 19, 2020

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WCS

Field Conservation in > 60 Countries
14 Global Priority Regions
400+ peer-reviewed publications per

annum.

Ongoing partnerships with more than

300 IPLCs

> 50 Publicly Funded Climate NbS

projects 2015-2019

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Protect Intact Forests Reduce Deforestation Frontiers Ecosystem Based Adaptation

WCS Climate NbS Strategy

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WCS Analysis of 50 Publicly Funded Nature-based projects 2015-2019

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Reviewed portfolio of 600 publicly funded projects 2015-2020 to select

subset of 50 with NbS climate focus.

Utilized subset of the STAP/ U of Michigan analytical framework
Categorized projects by: geography, partnership with IPLCs, policy
bjectives and NbS type.

Methods

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NbS Climate Portfolio 2015-2019

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Riparian Montane Rural/Agricultural Coastal/Marine Forest

5 10 15 20 25 30 35

32 projects, 60.4% 16 projects, 30.2% 3 projects, 5.6% 2 projects, 3.7% 6 projects, 11.3%

Focal Ecosystems: Forests and Marine

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Restoration Infrastructure Management Adaptation Protection

5 10 15 20 25

20 projects, 37% 13 projects, 24% 0 projects, 0% 1 project, 2% 16 projects, 31%

NbS Focus: Protection, Adaption & Management

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Policy Change Capacity Building/Training Research and Analysis

5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45

= 35 projects, 66% = 42 projects, 79.2% = 26 projects, 49.1%

Key NbS Project Elements

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Indigenous communities Local governments Local communities 5 10 15 20 25 30 35

30 projects, 56.6% 17 projects, 32.1% 10 projects, 18.9%

Partnerships

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Case Study 1: Enhance Stakeholder Engagement for Uganda’s National REDD+ Programme in the Albertine Region

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Case Study 2: Scaling up marine protected areas in Melanesia for biodiversity conservation, food security and livelihoods

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$19.6 million invested in 104 adaptation projects from 40 U.S. states and territories

WCS Climate Adaptation Fund (CAF)

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1. Use of Information: Adaptive Management, Knowledge, M&E
2. Project Management: Achievement of Objectives, Engagement,

Finances, Sustainability, Partnerships and Capacity

3. Social and Ecological Effects: Ecosystem Function, Social, Wildlife
4. Advancing the Field: Capacity Building, Innovation, Mainstreaming,

Policy

CAF Criteria for success

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Preventing species transition by eliminating non-native species Protecting important ecosystems (creation, expansion of PAs in climate refugia) Re-introduce ecosystem engineers (e.g., beavers); restore corridors to allow for species movements; restore with native species Create new climate-informed connectivity; living shorelines; climate- informed forestry without directing spp. composition Assisted migration w/in a population or spp current range; climate-informed forestry that directs future spp composition Assisted migration outside spp current range

Resistance – Resilience – Transformation

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CAF: From Resistance to Transformation

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1. Mainstreaming Climate NbS in Policy still work in progress.
2. The portfolio addresses multiple societal challenges beyond climate,

specifically food security and economic development.

3. Notable lack of Climate NbS projects linked to health.
4. Review demonstrates critical role of engaging IPLC for success.
5. More comprehensive review and post-project interrogation needed.
6. Many projects initially conservation focused. Development of best

practices for NbS would help improve impact on societal benefits.

Discussion Topics

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