Co-producing climate knowledge
'Co-production’ of climate knowledge is far from easy to achieve in practice. This article looks at what we mean by 'co-production', the challenges involved, and how we can move forward.
AdaptaClima: CCA Knowledge for Brazil
The AdaptaClima platform makes available various materials on adaptation to climate change, including studies, tools and methods, that are specific to Brazil.
Ecosystem-based Adaptation, Women and Flood Resilience in Central Vietnam
ResilNam aims at strengthening the role of women in DRM and CCA through ecosystem-based adaptation, namely the restoration and sustainable management of mangroves and urban water bodies.
Designing Knowledge Coproduction for Climate and Development
This paper explores the ways climate and development researchers are using knowledge co-production approaches and the extent to which the approaches are reaching their potential.
Using foresight to reduce climate vulnerability
Foresight can be a valuable tool in both climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction, as well a useful method to integrate the two approaches.
Decentralized Governance and Climate Change Adaptation: A Case Study on Mali
This study explored ways in which Mali’s 25-year old decentralized governance system empowers local government to help communities adapt to the changing climate.
Youth Association for Development (YAD)
The Youth Association for Development (YAD) is a civil society initiative based in Loralai, Baluchistan and whose roots lie with a core of volunteers in different districts of Baluchistan.
Adaptation Learning Programme
The Adaptation Learning Programme for Africa increases the capacity of vulnerable households in sub-Saharan Africa to adapt to increasing and uncertain climate change and climate variability.
Barriers in municipal climate change adaptation
This study aimed to investigate barriers to successful local climate change adaptation due to lack of support from decision makers in organisations other than the municipality in question.
Agua Sustentable
Agua Sustentable ("Sustainable Water") is a non-profit NGO that aims to contribute to sustainable water and environmental management at the national and international levels. Agua Sustentable focus
Key insights from ecosystem- and community-based adaptation practice
Climate adaptation planning requires an integrated approach that can address different local needs, priorities and knowledges while being contextualised to wider landscapes or ecosystems and scales.
Conservation Organizations Need to Consider Adaptive Capacity
This article discusses why adaptive capacity assessment represents a critical tool supporting conservation planning and management. It also evaluates key factors guiding conservation NGOs.
Utilising Crowdsourced Knowledge to Enhance Resilience
WeFarm's free SMS service enables farmers to receive locally relevant, crowdsourced information from other farmers without having to leave their farm or invest any money.
Adaptation Planning with Communities
This brief describes ALP’s community adaptation action planning (CAAP) process, which has proven to be a key approach for building motivation and capacity for action on CBA among communities
Participatory 3-Dimensional Modelling
Participatory 3D modelling (P3DM) is a participatory mapping method integrating indigenous spatial knowledge with elevation data to produce stand-alone, scaled, and geo-referenced 3D models.
Community-based adaptation to climate change
This participatory learning-tools handbook provides a comprehensive overview of community-based adaptation to climate change, and what is meant by 'good' participation.
Community Digital Storytelling for Good Programming and Policy Engagement
This publication highlights the experience and lessons learned from a Community Digital Storytelling activity within the Integrated Community-based Adaptation in the Mekong (ICAM) Project.
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.
Assessing current social vulnerability to climate change
This paper describes a participatory methodology used to assess the current vulnerability of local communities in the Congo Basin. Vulnerability has been studied...
SEI Methods of Engagement
This project, funded by SIDA Programme Support, sought to better understand the various ways in which SEI staff engage 'the public' (or various publics) with their research, as well as...
FCFA Pilot: Ghana
As a precursor to the Future Climate for Africa (FCFA) research activities, CDKN, on behalf of DFID commissioned a series of case study activities with the purposes of...
CBA and disaster risk reduction in Bangladesh
Fishing along the Northern char lands, Bangladesh. © Agnes Otzelberger / CARE
Through its Strengthening Household Ability to Respond to Development Opportunities (...
Protecting coastal livelihoods in Thailand
School children learning about mangrove planting techniques. © Raks Thai Foundation / CARE
Protecting coastal livelihoods in ThailandIn heavily populated coastal...
Planning for the future and adapting to climate change in Mozambique - Lessons from ACCRA
Government and civil society members playing the ACCRA game in Maputo, Mozambique
Adaptation contextMozambique is highly vulnerable to climate hazards, variability...
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