FINCAPES — Flood Impacts, Carbon Pricing & Ecosystem Sustainability
Result to Date
Our Impact
37
High-Impact Research Projects Funded
Selected collaborative study and commissioned paper on Flood Risk Study and Location-Specific Financial Loss Forecasts, Nature-based Solutions on Mangrove and Peatland restoration, as well as climate finance study, covering all over Indonesia. These initiatives unite top universities and NGOs across Indonesia to field-test and scale real-world solutions for community resilience and equitable ecosystem restoration.
2
Policy-supporting Evidence
Studies and lesson-learned materials that inform and drive policy change.
1,023
Direct Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries reached through community activities, trainings, collaborative study, and multi-stakeholder engagement.
17
Women-led Research
Field-based collaborative studies and commissioned papers developing gender-equitable Nature-based Solutions, Flood Risk resilience and Climate Finance studies, led by women researchers.
93
Key Indonesian Stakeholder Capacity Building
Total participants across International Master's degree scholarships, targeted mentorships, and short courses for key Indonesian stakeholders.
16
Fostering Next-Generation Eco-Innovators
Through a cross-border Work Integrated Learning (WIL) program, recruiting university students from Canada and Indonesia for hands-on internships. This program empowers the next generation of environmental leaders by placing them directly into the field to work on cutting-edge nature-based climate solutions.
10
Multistakeholder Dialogues
Dissemination on lessons learned from flood risk studies, climate finance studies, and NbS restoration and conservation field monitoring results, producing recommendations for gender-responsive community resilience and policy change.
2
Establishing a National Center of Excellence
IPB Centre For Applied Research In Nature-Based Solutions (I-CAN) established at IPB University. Research for Climate Change and Knowledge Sharing (RECLICKS) established in collaboration with Purnomo Yusgiantoro Center. A premier national hub dedicated to analyzing and advancing socially just carbon pricing, carbon trading, and greenhouse gas reduction policies.
41
Local Stakeholders Trained
Mangrove or Peatland community group trainings participants.
2
Establishing a National Center of Excellence
IPB Centre For Applied Research In Nature-Based Solutions (I-CAN) established at IPB University. Research for Climate Change and Knowledge Sharing (RECLICKS) established in collaboration with Purnomo Yusgiantoro Center. A premier national hub dedicated to analyzing and advancing socially just carbon pricing, carbon trading, and greenhouse gas reduction policies.
20
Climate Finance Studies
Funding and supporting 21 targeted climate finance research [collaborative] studies to bridge critical knowledge gaps in Indonesia's transition to low-carbon energy, with a firm commitment that at least 8 of these studies will be women-led.
167
Local Stakeholders Trained
Mangrove or Peatland community group trainings participants.
1
Pioneering the Mangrove Health Index Study
A scalable, science-based Mangrove Ecosystem Quality Health Index (MEQHI) combining environmental data with socio-economic and gender-inclusive indicators to help decision-makers assess, monitor, and guide mangrove protection across Indonesia.
2
Establishing a National Center of Excellence
IPB Centre For Applied Research In Nature-Based Solutions (I-CAN) established at IPB University. Research for Climate Change and Knowledge Sharing (RECLICKS) established in collaboration with Purnomo Yusgiantoro Center. A premier national hub dedicated to analyzing and advancing socially just carbon pricing, carbon trading, and greenhouse gas reduction policies.
20
Hectares Mangroves Conserved/Restored
Active participatory ecosystem recovery implemented in Muara Sekampung Mangrove area.
13
NbS Studies
Field-based research [collaborative study] developing impactful, gender-equitable Nature-based Solutions through Collaborative Study and Commission Paper under the I-CAN Sync program.
3
Establishing a National Center of Excellence
IPB Centre For Applied Research In Nature-Based Solutions (I-CAN) established at IPB University. Research for Climate Change and Knowledge Sharing (RECLICKS) established in collaboration with Purnomo Yusgiantoro Center. A premier national hub dedicated to analyzing and advancing socially just carbon pricing, carbon trading, and greenhouse gas reduction policies.
1
Comprehensive Flood Risk Models
Location-specific hazard and vulnerability models generated to help city planners protect urban communities.
1
Location-Specific Financial Loss Forecasts
Calculation of estimated financial (material) and social (non-material) costs of future climate-driven flooding to equip communities to transition from reactive disaster response to proactive economic protection.
33
Direct Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries reached through community activities, trainings, collaborative study, and multi-stakeholder engagement.
3
Multistakeholder Dialogues
Dissemination on lessons learned from flood risk studies, climate finance studies, and NbS restoration and conservation field monitoring results, producing recommendations for gender-responsive community resilience and policy change.
1
Comprehensive Flood Risk Models
Location-specific hazard and vulnerability models generated to help city planners protect urban communities.
10
Women-led Research
Field-based collaborative studies and commissioned papers developing gender-equitable Nature-based Solutions, Flood Risk resilience and Climate Finance studies, led by women researchers.
15
Policy-supporting Evidence
Studies and lesson-learned materials that inform and drive policy change.
8
Policy-supporting Evidence
Studies and lesson-learned materials that inform and drive policy change.
Article
FINCAPES WORK-INTEGRATED LEARNING: Skills for a Shared Future
Across the WIL program, interns are helping FINCAPES turn climate resilience plans into practical results. Since May 2025, 28 interns, 12 from the University of Waterloo and 16 from seven...
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