rural communities
The high Andean basins face climate change: Results from seven case studies on vulnerability
Explore an analysis of available information on the vulnerability of hydrographic basins to climate change at the Andean continental level. The study analyzes seven basins, one for each Andean country, an includes a situational diagnosis and recommendations for reducing climate vulnerability in the Andes, as well as the identification of knowledge gaps and priority work issues for adaptation in the region.
Pamoja Voices climate-resilience planning toolkit for rural communities
This toolkit, developed by IIED, Bawakimo, Hakikazi Catalyst and the Pastoralist Women’s Council in Northern Tanzania supports inclusive climate-resilient planning for rural communities.
Surviving Climate Change: an Approach to Planning and Implementation of Climate Change Adaptation in Rural Areas of India
Climate change adaptation project implementation covering lessons on capacity building, demonstration, mainstreaming, and policy formulation for adaptation in India.
Shaping the water–energy–food nexus for resilient mountain livelihoods
This brief presents a participatory process for assessing the status of water–energy–food systems in mountains, identifying governance and technical options and exploring alternative scenarios.
Mainstreaming Gender in Climate Change in India
This report describes how gender has been mainstreamed in the CCA-RAI project through a gender analysis and the implementation of a gender strategy.
Asking the right questions in adaptation research and practice: Seeing beyond climate impacts in rural Nepal
This paper considers a reframing of adaptation research towards the dynamics of household reproduction and changing rural political economies in order to reveal the challenges rural populations face.
Health vulnerability to heat stress in rural communities of the semi-arid regions of Maharashtra, India.
This policy brief examines the vulnerability of communities living in semi-arid Maharashtra to be negatively affected by heat-related stress and the increasing health implications thereof.
Gendered Experiences of Adaptation to Drought: Patterns of Change in El Sauce, Nicaragua
A gendered culture in Nicaragua has led to a differentiated capacity to respond to drought, men being able to adapt and women experiencing a downward spiral in capacity and increasing vulnerability.
Financial services for resilience: Implementing innovative methodologies to measure resilience in Niger
This report explores the implementation of innovative methodologies to measure the effect of financial services on people's resilience in Niger.
TransRe – Building resilience through translocality. Climate change, migration and social resilience of rural communities in Thailand
The TransRe project seeks to decipher the relations between migration, translocality and social resilience to climate change based on case studies carried out in Thailand and migration destinations.