ESSA International is an innovative environmental and social consulting company headquartered in Ottawa, Canada. For over 30 years, ESSA has been committed to resolving complex natural resource and environmental management problems around the world. ESSA has been working collaboratively with international financial institutions, UN and donor agencies, governments, communities and private sector clients around the world to combine technical expertise and advanced decision support tools, with participatory methods, training and capacity building approaches to sustain healthy ecosystems and human communities in over 40 countries.
ESSA’s work with partners at the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) on the World Bank-funded Participatory Scenario Development for Climate Change Adaptation project was recently published as part of the World Bank’s Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change (EACC) Social Component – Synthesis Report . It is also published as a stand alone World Bank Discussion Paper and Capacity Development Manual.
- To download a copy of the World Bank Discussion Paper featuring this project, click here.
- To download a copy of the accompanying Capacity Development Manual, click here.
ESSA is currently developing a Good Practice Note on Cumulative Effects Assessment and Management for the Private Sector in Emerging Markets for the International Finance Corporation (IFC). This work is to support the current integrated policy review and update of the IFC Performance Standards.