Informed Community, Community Adapted

Submitted by Malin Lindgren 13th May 2015 17:06

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The 9th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA9) took place in Nairobi, Kenya, from April 24-30 2015. The CBA series of conferences focus on the latest developments in community-based adaptation to climate change. The theme of this year's event was "Measuring and enhancing effective adaptation", and all the posters presented at the conference were summaries of projects related to the conference theme. This poster is one of the posters featured at the conference. For more information about CBA9, visit: www.cba9.org. If you want to learn more about community based adaptation, please visit the GICBA platform on weADAPT.

Introduction:

The issue of climate change has a low presence in the media agenda. The communication aspect of climate change has been less considered by the global media.

The human side of the story is an important factor since it can be common to anyone. However, it is not enough to tell the story. It is necessary and important to promoting understanding of the facts of change climate and motivational attitudes conducive to adaptation.