Ilulissat, Greenland (Nunataryuk project)

Most infrastructure in the Arctic is built in the coastal zone, an extremely fragile environment. Climate change is triggering coastal instability and increasing hazard…

Ilulissat, Greenland (Nunataryuk project)

The town of Ilulissat on the west coast of Greenland. Most Arctic communities are located in coastal areas, where climate change is triggering instability…

HICAP’s contribution to Sustainable Development Goals and Targets

The knowledge generated from HICAP science, action research and piloting has contributed to the understanding of how 15 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals…

Replication of HICAP approaches in the region

One of the main successes of HICAP has been as a source of learning. While there have been many notable results from the pilots,…

Six years of HICAP – Activity & Impact

The Himalayan Climate Change Adaptation Programme (HICAP), supported jointly by the governments of Norway and Sweden, has been implemented by three leading organizations in…

Incentives for Ecosystem Services (IES) in the Himalayas

The figure shows locations of case studies of IES in the Himalayas. The case studies cover water management, forest management, and tourism, recreation and…

Stakeholders and their roles and interests in an IES system

Identifying key stakeholders for an Ecosystem Services (IES) system (adopted from the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework, IFAD). Beyond general scoping, in any IES system, it…

Mountain Ecosystem Goods and Services

Mountains provide a number of ecosystem goods and services for both upstream communities and downstream users. In mountain ecosystems, the need for water is…

Ten steps to building an IES system

The 10 basic steps of designing and implementing an IES process. The figure provides a basic look at a ‘10 step process’ to help…

How IES works in watersheds

How IES works in watersheds (adapted from Smith et al., 2013). IES incentives are intended to support the livelihoods of those who manage or…