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What does a “landscapes approach” mean to the private sector? For Bernard Giraud, Senior Sustainability Adviser at Danone, it is not merely an additional aspect of doing business, but “part of the business model” itself. “Danone bottles its water from natural water sources,” Giraud said. “So the quality of water depends on the watershed management. […]

See more session details This presentation by Hanta Rabetaliana from the World Mountain People Association shows the main issues in mountain development, different projects taking place there and recommendations based on the experiences with those projects.

See more session details This presentation by Keith Alverson from UNEP shows how ecosystem based approaches (EBAs) can help with adaption, how mountains are related to SGDs, what the UNEP does in the mountains, how ecosystem based adaptation in mountain ecosystems works and what some take-home messages are.

See more session details This presentation focuses on several elements of NAPs like climate adaptation in agriculture, inter-sectoral analysis under climate change scenarios and much more.

See more session details Ruth de Fries from Columbia University gives several interesting information related to climate change like the social, cultural, political, economical context, weather information or where most climate adaptation research is conducted.

See more session details This presentation by Shahid Naeem from Columbia University focuses on the three central biodiversity issues: 1. Ecosystem services and biodiversity 2. Functional biodiversity and climate change 3. Bio-ecological adaptation