Changing Minds NOT the Climate
The UNESCO Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme, together with its World Network on Biosphere Reserves (WNBR), the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme functions as a Global Observatory for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation. As such, it adds value to the fight against climate change by promoting integrated monitoring, multidisciplinary approaches and participatory activities supporting climate change management and for field learning on climate change impacts and related solutions.
Its work engages with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and addresses challenges linked to scientific, environmental, societal and development issues in diverse ecosystems, ranging from mountain regions to tropical forests, drylands, urban environments and marine, coastal and island areas.
MAB combines the natural and social sciences, economics and education with a view to improving human livelihoods and safeguarding natural and managed ecosystems. MAB contributes to the fight against climate change and its negative impacts by promoting integrated, multidisciplinary, participatory approaches and networking within and among biosphere reserves on climate change mitigation and adaptation.