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Community Based Adaptation

CBA-X is a shared online resource designed to bring together and grow the Community Based Adaptation community. It provides a site for the exchange of up-to-date information about community-based adaptation, including news, events, case-studies, tools, policy resources, and videos.

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Tool for analysing vulnerability: ( CARE International , 2009); Effective adaptation is based on a solid understanding of vulnerability to climate change. The impacts of climate change affect people differently based on their capacity to respond. What this means i...
Will climate justice be achieved at Copenhagen?: ( Christian Aid , 2009); This paper gives suggestions of how a successful deal can be made at the Copenhagen Conference in December 2009. It argues that during the conference world leaders must agree on a global response to c...
Case studies on community participation in building climate change resilience: ( S. Moss / ProVention Consortium , 2009); Local Voices Global Choices is an interagency initiative supported by Action aid, British Red Cross, Christian Aid, Global Network of CSOs for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), International federation o...
Report on the 3rd international workshop on community-based adaptation: ( International Institute for Sustainable Development , 2009); The Third International Workshop on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, from 18-24 February 2009. The event was organised jointly by the Bangladesh Centre for A...
Farmer perceptions to climate change adaptation: ( C. Nhemachena;R. Hassan / International Food Policy Research Institute , 2007); Adaptation to climate change involves changes in agricultural management practices in response to changes in climate conditions. It often involves a combination of various individual responses at the ...
Grassroots action-research project: reducing farmers' vulnerability and improve food security: ( International Development Research Centre , 2008); In rural Benin, adapting to climate change will depend on improving farmers' access to information and actively involving them in decision-making. How can farmers access information that would enable ...
Impact of climate change in South Africa: farmers' perceptions: ( G. Gbetibouo (ed) / , 2009); This report outlines how climate change is expected to have serious environmental, economic, and social impacts in South Africa. It states that rural farmers, whose livelihoods depend on the use of na...
Adapting to the impact of climate change on African food security: ( id21 Development Research Reporting Service , 2009); Sub-Saharan Africa is currently the most food-insecure region in the world. Climate change could aggravate the situation further unless adequate measures are put in place. Dealing with these impact...
What can be taken forward from the National Adaptation Programmes of Action experiences?: ( B. Osman-Elasha;T., E. Downing / , 2007); Following the Marrakech accords in 2001 where National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs) were mandated to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), this report documents lessons le...
Community-based climate adaptation: ( S. Huq (ed) / Tiempo Climate Cyberlibrary , 2008); Climate change impacts disproportionately affect the poor. Impacts will intensify yet poor communities already struggle to cope with current climate shocks. Adaptation is therefore fundamental, yet da...