On the occasion of International Women’s Day, the Global EbA Fund released a blog post highlighting projects from around the world that are advancing gender-responsive EbA, strengthening women’s leadership in climate resilience while supporting healthier ecosystems and communities.

During International Development Week in Canada last February, the NAbSA initiative released the first batch of its new NbS Brief Series — a collection of gender-inclusive, practical, evidence-based publications designed to help governments, investors and communities scale climate adaptation that benefits both nature and people. The Global EbA Fund contributed several case studies to them.

The Global EbA Fund is also supporting efforts to advance gender-transformative climate policy through the project EbA Policy Mechanisms for Gender Transformative Action: Fostering Women’s Capacities in Dryland Regions, implemented by the Centre for Development and Environment (University of Bern), the Kaschak Institute, and the FAO WeCaN network. The initiative strengthens women’s leadership, negotiation, and advocacy skills so they can meaningfully participate in global environmental governance processes under the UNFCCC, CBD, and UNCCD.

In 2025, a six-module virtual training programme on EbA, gender-responsive policy frameworks, and UN climate negotiations engaged 40–50 WeCaN members per session, followed by mentorship support for three participants who attended COP30 in Belém. Their engagement contributed to a landmark outcome in the gender and climate negotiations, where nature-based solutions and ecosystem-based adaptation were included in the decision text for the first time, alongside recognition of women environmental defenders and care work—demonstrating how building women’s capacities can translate into tangible policy influence at the global level.

The FEBA NbS in Humanitarian Contexts Working Group is organising a hybrid session on March 12 at Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Week 2026, bringing together humanitarian, environmental, and policy actors to reflect, reimagine, and operationalise greener, justice-based humanitarian action. Learn more and register now.

IUCN, together with Norway, is launching the latest cohort of RISE grantees working to address gender-based violence in marine and terrestrial conservation projects in Cambodia, Vietnam, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The webinar, taking place on March 12, will also feature the launch of a new GBV Referral Pathways guidance note for environmental organisations and practitioners. Register now.

As climate change drives loss and damage worldwide — including overlooked impacts on biodiversity, ecosystem services and cultural identity — the FEBA-PEDRR Loss and Damage Working Group are convening a global webinar series to advance more equitable, nature-responsive recovery, with the final three taking place in April, June and August. Sign up to receive updates and session details.

NAbSA will be organising a three-part ‘Wednesdays of Finance: Innovative Finance for Climate, People & Nature’ webinar series this April, to explore emerging mechanisms such as carbon markets and biodiversity credits, strengthen understanding of high-integrity nature-positive finance, and navigate the rapidly evolving climate and biodiversity funding landscape. Keep an eye out for more details here.

This year’s EbA Knowledge Day will take place on June 12 in Bonn. Stay tuned for more details regarding registration, speakers and agenda.

Revisit key insights from last year’s Nature, Climate and Gender Symposium, where leaders and practitioners highlighted how climate solutions must be grounded in justice, Indigenous leadership, gender equality, and locally led action to scale effective Nature-based Solutions.