A systematic review of 132 academic papers and 32 articles from non- peer-reviewed literature  provided a comprehensive global overview of EbA, which showed that EbA interventions were used in various ecosystems, including inland wetlands . An investigation of EbA effectiveness by Reid et al. , where nine case studies covering South Asia, Africa and South America were associated with freshwater systems, concluded that EbA enabled the enhancement of the adaptive capacity or resilience to climate change, particularly for the more vulnerable groups in the community. An assessment of the potential for EbA in three sub- basins of the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia, concluded that EbA can augment catchment management practices but that there were also institutional challenges . In urban settings, EbA has been associated with ecological structures for reducing risks, including the use of urban wetlands . EbA is a subset of NbS that is rooted in climate change adaptation and covers both mitigation and adaptation  . Although adaptation measures for freshwater ecosystems have been implemented in many places , the evidence base for the effectiveness of these measures to cope with changes in freshwater ecosystems needs improvement. These measures also require further financial support, mainstreaming across sectors and the scaling up of individual measures .
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