local adaptation
Best practice guidelines for mangrove restoration
The guidelines aim to build a shared understanding of best practices around mangrove management, and in doing so, to facilitate scaling up of cost effective, inclusive, and successful restoration.
Adaptation to climate change in the mountains of East Africa
Learn about the challenges of climate change in the mountains of East Africa (the Rwenzori, Virunga, Mount Elgon and Mount Kilimanjaro), and hear examples of adaptation actions in this short video!
Factsheet for young people: Locally Led Adaptation
How can locally led adaptation respond to highly localized risks in contexts marked by deficits in formal governance machinery? Learn more in this factsheet, which is part of a series that presents information from the Global Center on Adaptation’s flagship reports State and Trends in Adaptation in Africa 2021 and 2022.
Getting local adaptation expertise into global spaces: five key messages we’re taking forward from CBA17
CBA17 was a hotspot for sharing the latest in local climate adaptation expertise and ways to put that expertise into practice. Aaron Acuda and Sushila Pandit set out key takeaways from the four-day global event.
Stories of Resilience: Lessons from Local Adaptation Practice
Discover stories of resilience, based on the sessions of the 2022 Gobeshona Conference on Locally Led Adaptation, and explore the difference between local action and locally led action, as well as effective ways of supporting local leadership in this report.
Climate Resilience Planning in Mountainous Regions in Nepal
This policy brief assesses the challenges and opportunities in undertaking local climate mitigation and adaptation actions in Nepal municipalities and makes recommendations for developing and mainstreaming resilience plans.
The State of the World’s Mangroves 2022 – Halt Loss. Restore Half. Double Protection.
The State of the World's Mangroves 2022 highlights Global Mangrove Alliance members work and outlines important new research findings and policy developments. It also shines a spotlight on mangrove restoration, including research, tools, and stories from the field.
Local organization and territorial governance in forest management: Reflections from the Andean Forests Program
Good governance was a key element in generating a social and political context favourable to the sustainable management of Andean forest landscapes. This article explains how the Andean Forests Program supported this.
Topic 2: Supporting and Working with Local Users
This page features the key lessons shared by KE4CAP climate adaption platforms on how to support and work with local users.
BKE EU-Japan #1: Enhancing Connections Across National and Local Platforms to Support Adaptation Action
This KE4CAP event explored the role of CAPs in enhancing collaboration between national, regional and local adaptation action.