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Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) is a nature-based solution that has gained importance
in the context of international climate policy, such as in the EU Adaptation Strategy (2013), which
explicitly encourages its adoption and which should continue in The European Green Deal. This
study aims to analyze how the EbA concept has been adopted in strategic adaptation planning at the
municipal and intermunicipal levels in Portugal after the publication of the European adaptation
strategy in 2013. Thus, a quantitative content analysis was carried out, based on EbA keywords, of
municipal strategies and intermunicipal plans in Portugal. The term “ecosystem-based” has not been
transposed as an explicit objective at the municipal and intermunicipal levels. All strategies and
plans have included indirect references to the underlying elements of the EbA concept. This study
highlights that although the EU Adaptation Strategy explicitly encourages EbA, this does not mean
that it is adopted as a preferred adaptation approach at the local level in Portugal. The EbA seems to
be more widely understood by the research community than by municipal technicians or private
companies. It is necessary to explore how the EbA concept can be more widely accepted through the
generation of co-benefits and by synergies between topics.
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ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) strategic planning of adaptation climate change biodiversity ecosystem service nature-based solution
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Cousiño, A.; Penha-Lopes, G. Ecosystem Based Adaptation: Concept and Terminology in Strategic Adaptation Planning (Municipal and Inter-Municipal) in Portugal. Sustainability 2021, 13, 6145. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13116145
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MDPI