Community Based Adaptation Network (CBA Network)
The Community Based Adaptation Conference on Climate Change (CBA) online community space. Visit here for the latest updates on CBA and access to CBA resources.
Community Based Adaptation
This theme aims to support and connect people working to empower communities to adapt to climate change and features monthly collaborative learning CBA forums.
CBA9 Conference Proceedings
The 9th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA9) took place in Nairobi, Kenya, from April 24-30 2015. These are the conference proceedings.
Child-Centred Climate Resilience
This report outlines the practical lessons learned by Plan International and Save the Children about child-centred community-based adaptation (CC-CBA) to climate change.
Our Valuable Voices
Read about the storytelling project with the Cham fisherwomen and men in Vietnam which was the first time CARE Vietnam had used Community Digital Storytelling.
Seeing climate adaptation through the eyes of a child
Recent research published in the Climate and Development journal suggests using a child-centered approach to community-based adaptation (CBA) for policy planning.
Planning for the future and adapting to climate change in Ethiopia - Lessons from ACCRA
ACCRA helps decision makers and planners to better prepare themselves for the future using the Flexible and Forward-Looking Decision Making (FFDM) approach in Ethiopia.
Planning for the future and adapting to climate change in Mozambique - Lessons from ACCRA
ACCRA helps decision makers and planning better prepared for the future using the Flexible and Forward-Looking Decision Making (FFDM) approach in Mozambique.
ACCRA game video
In this video stakeholders explain how a game has raised their awareness of the importance of developing cross sectoral projects, keeping options for the unexpected and finding long term solutions.
How to scale out community-based adaptation to climate change
The impacts of climate change are context specific and the resources and capacity available for adaptation are locally defined. As a result, adaptation activities must be localised...
The Kathmandu Declaration
The Kathmandu Declaration on Financing Local Adaptation calls on developed countries to urgently increase funding for community-based adaptation and ensure that it reaches local communities.
Coastal Resilience in S. Sulawesi
Botto village with its 2,144 inhabitants is located at the Gulf of Bone in Wajo district in South Sulawesi. The villagers face severe enviromental degradation in form of mangrove...
Integrating Community and Ecosystem-Based Approaches in Climate Change Adaptation Responses
Two emerging approaches to adaptation have gained currency over the past few years, namely Community-based Adaptation (CBA) and Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EBA). Each has its specific...
Photovoice
This article is in Spanish, but if you would like to view it in a different language please use the drop down list of languages at the top right of the page. You may have to update your...
Securing Livelihoods in Rangpur
VSO Bangladesh: Securing livelihood with GBK Rangpur from Carolien Pronk on Vimeo.
VSO Bangladesh works with PJKUS, a local partner organisation in Rangpur. With the help of...
Improving Pasture Management and Livestock Rearing
Livestock rearing is the major component of arid agriculture. It plays an integral role in Rajasthan, where the people and their land are closely bound up with livestock rearing and...
Climate-Proofing Fish Farming
Small farmers in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district traditionally depend on rain-fed agriculture for their livelihood. Some areas are irrigated with ground water. However, groundwater...
Eco-restoration and Institution Strengthening
The livelihoods of indigenous communities in Mandla district in Madhya Pradesh depend upon small-scale farming, fishing and forest produce. Diversity of species and ecosystem services...
Mainstreaming Climate Resilience in Urban Areas
The Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN) has helped 10 cities in Asia to assess their risks from climate change impacts and build their resilience strategy to...
Integrated Mangrove Fishery Farming Systems
Coastal zones in Tamil Nadu are important habitats for biodiversity and provide a livelihood for thousands of artisanal fishermen and -women. Communities here are feeling the effects of...
Adaptation, development and the community
Attempts to operationalise the principles of integration between adaptation, development and the community in practice, reveal the inherent challenges in aligning these...
Livelihood Diversification Through Integrated Production Systems
The districts of Maldah and Murshidabad in West Bengal belong to the most severely flood affected areas in India. Local livelihoods in these distrits are strongly dependent on rainfed agricultural production.
How are Mayan farmers are dealing with climate change?
Climate knowledge has been developed to reduce incertitude to environmental risks in many cultures; some societies may use magical and/or religious practices, others may use scientific...
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