Community Action to Address Water Scarcity in Barangay San Julian, Janiuay, Iloilo, Philippines
This case study describes how community members of Barangay San Julian have taken collective action to address water scarcity through the establishment of a community-managed water system and rainwater harvesting facility.
Village Development Plan Helps People in Sumberagung to Fight Landslides and Drought
This case study describes how mainstreaming climate resilience in village planning and budgeting has increased the resilience of the people in Sumberagung to landslides and drought.
Enhancing Climate Change Resilience of Rural Communities Living in Protected Areas of Cambodia
This project is building climate adaptation near five community protected forests across Cambodia.
Comoros - Ecosystem-based Adaptation
This project is helping the government to build climate resilience in 15 locations across three Comorian islands.
Tanzania: Ecosystem-based Adaptation
Two projects were implemented to address adaptation needs in Dar-es-Salaam and the following coastal districts: Pangani, Rufiji, Bagamoyo, and Zanzibar.
Large Scale Ecosystem-based Adaptation in The Gambia
UN Environment and the government of Gambia have launched the country’s largest adaptation project, which aims to develop a sustainable natural resource-based economy.
Rainwater harvesting system for small-scale irrigation
This case study discusses the use of an innovative and cost-efficient roof catchment rainwater harvesting system for off-season small-scale irrigation developed by IDE Honduras and Ennos AG.
Building a Climate-Resilient City: Water supply and sanitation systems
This policy brief looks at measures that cities can take to improve water supply and sanitation systems in order to build their resilience to climate change impacts.
Adaptation to Climate Change in Mahbubnagar district, Telangana
This project aims to develop strategies for reducing negative impacts on rain-fed agriculture production systems, and bridging adaptation activity at the national level with that at the local level.
PHD Rural Development Foundation
The Progress Harmony Development Chamber of Commerce and Industry, established in 1905, is a proactive and dynamic multi-State apex organisation working at the grass-root level and with strong na
Yachaykusun: Lessons on climate change from the Andes
Restoring reservoirs in rural Moldova
Moldova is heavily agriculture-dependent, yet current water reserves are already classified as “insufficient”. This study documents the impact of two grant-supported pilot reservoir projects.
The Experience of Nomads in Blue Nile Area
This case study describes how Nomads in Sudan have adapted to climate change and regional insecurity by forming collaborative agreements with farmers that benefit both parties.
RainGrid
RainGrid is a lot-level stormwater utility that offers a smarter, more cost-effective alternative to conventional stormwater infrastructure.
Helping Communities Cope with Climate Change in the Bay of Bengal
Paribartan works with communities to create plans to address climate impacts, improve ability to cope with these impacts, test innovative practices and share lessons for advocacy and replication.
A holistic approach to community-based adaptation in Namibia
Namibia is plagued with a dry climate and poor soils and the country’s small-scale farmers produce the lowest agricultural yields in the world. Climate change exacerbates these realities.
Communities in Jamaica adopt rainwater harvesting to cope with water scarcity
Jamaica's Pleasant Valley and White Chapel towns are nationally-recognized hotspots. Irregular rainfall and rising temperatures lead to water scarcity and crop failure.
Scalable Resilience
Scalable Resilience builds the adaptive capacity of small island communities while innovating and sharing scalable solutions to climate change.
ASSESSING ADAPTATION THROUGH A GENDER LENS
This poster is one of the posters featured at the 9th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA9) which took place in Nairobi, Kenya, from April 24-30 2015.
Construction of rainwater harvesting and waste water recycling facility at the Coconut Bay Beach Resort and Spa, Vieux Fort, St. Lucia
View of a section of the CBBRAS water park. Photograph courtesy of Winston Bennett
BackgroundThe Special Program for Adaptation to Climate Change (SPACC) pilot...
Harvesting rainwater through irrigation pond and channels
Motumala's water channel
The village of Motumala, which with its approx. 4,200 inhabitants lies 2 km from the coast of the Bay of Bengal in...
Pond renovation, bund and shutter construction
Kadapakkam's renovated pond and bund construction
The village of Kadapakkam with its 600 inhabitants is located around 4 km from the coastline of the Bay of Bengal in...
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