Key CBA websites

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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The role of community radio in a changing climate: International Journal of Communication, 2011; Community radio is well recognised as a powerful vehicle for advocacy and social change in Africa, but its use in the field of climate change has remained very limited, and then largely for top-down t...
Briefing paper presenting lessons learned from working with women smallholders on food security: R. Tripathi;K. Deering;N. Saracini / 2012; This briefing paper is the result of a collaboration between nine different agencies, sharing lessons learned from working with women smallholders in order to close the gender gap in agriculture. Desp...
Sustainable development through policy integration in Latin America: a comparative approach: L. Rival / United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, 2012; The challenge of Latin American countries today is that they too need to translate socioeconomic development objectives into a model that maintains ecosystem services, biodiversity and low carbon emis...
Achieving food security in the face of climate change: Climate Change Agriculture Food Security, 2012; The Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change has reviewed the scientific evidence to identify a pathway to achieving food security in the context of climate change. Food systems must s...
Managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaptation: S. Allen / Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change , 2012; This Summary for Policymakers presents key findings from the Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX). The SREX approaches the t...
Guidebook for designing and implementing gender-sensitive community-based adaptation projects: K. Vincent;L. Wanjiru;A. Aubry / United Nations Development Programme , 2010; This guidebook for designing and implementing gender-sensitive community-based adaptation (CBA) projects has been produced by the UNDP. It draws on the experiences of the UNDP-Global Environment Facil...
Southern voices on climate policy choices: analysis of and lessons learned from civil society advocacy on climate change: R. Reid / Southern Voices on Climate Change, 2011; This report is the first joint product from the Southern Voices Programme, a programme which aims to support and strengthen the advocacy skills and institutional capacity of Southern climate networks ...
Linking climate change and Africa’s development: proceedings from regional symposium: Institute of Development Studies, Sussex [ES], 2011; This report brings together the proceedings of the 2011 AfricaAdapt Climate Change Symposium, which share the research, experiences, and co-constructed knowledge that emerged from the three-day, bilin...
Exploring the effectiveness of radio listening clubs for climate change communication in Malawi: UEA UEA Student #: 4591275 (ed) / University of East Anglia, 2011; Climate change communication has had a positive impact on people‘s livelihood in Malawi, though it has not been prioritised. Resources for climate change communication are directed towards impro...
Getting the right synergy: Managing climate change and desertification in Malawi: L., C Stringer;D., D Mkwambisi;A., J Dougill / Leeds University, 2010; This paper explores the ways in which the interlinked challenges of climate change and desertification are managed in Malawi. ...