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Project Idea Note: Pintadas Solar
South South North, 2006The project takes place in the community of Pintadas, in the Bahia state of Brazil, which is suffering increasingly severe drought impacts linked to climate change.DocumentAdaptation to climate change by small-scale Rooibos tea farmers in Wupperthal and the Suid Bokkeveld areas of the Western and Northern Cape
South South North, 2006The project aims to support small-scale farmers in the project area in their efforts to adapt their farming practices to anticipated climate change and to enhance their incomes.DocumentBuilding community capacity to reduce salinity, tidal inundation and cyclone relate vulnerability
South South North, 2006The goal of the project is to build the capacity of the community to reduce salinity, tidal inundation and cyclone relate vulnerability, as well as to facilitate poverty reduction. The specific objectives of the project are:DocumentBridging knowledge gaps between locals and experts through participatory decision making processes to address climate change impacts
South South North, 2006This Pilang project will develop methodologies to facilitate effective communication between local communities and climate, marine and agricultural experts, to generate information regarding climate change vulnerabilities in the coastal area of Pilang. This information will be used to develop adaptation strategies for the target population. The project aims to:DocumentCommunity-based adaptation: An IIED briefing
International Institute for Environment and Development, 2007This briefing paper describes a new approach to addressing the vulnerability of poor communities to climate change: Community-based adaptation (CBA).DocumentCommunity based adaptation to climate change bulletin
International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2007The bulletin describes the second community based adaptation (CBA) workshop held in Dhaka in February 2007. The workshop aimed to share the latest developments in community-based adaptation programmes, priorities and solutions with a view to integrating the lessons into national and international development programmes.DocumentThe South South North Capacity Building Module on Poverty Reduction
South South North, 2006The South South North network adopts a pragmatic approach to tackling climate change and sustainable development. This module incorporates the main approaches and provides a toolkit for practitioners wishing to implement mitigation and/or adaptation in communities in developing countries.DocumentSummary of CRiSTAL: Community-based Risk Screening Tool – Adaptation & Livelihoods
International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2007CRiSTAL (Community-based Risk Screening Tool - Adaptation and Livelihoods) is a tool designed to assist project planner and managers with integrating risk reduction and climate change adaptation into community-level projects.DocumentParticipatory Vulnerability Analysis: a step–by–step guide for field staff
ActionAid International, 2004This guide is developed to assist field workers and communities to analyse people’s vulnerability, draw action plans, mobilise resources and enact appropriate policies, laws and strategies to reduce their vulnerability to disaster. This guide is specifically developed consistent with the PVA approach to:DocumentClimate change impacts on East Africa: a review of scientific literature
WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2006This report highlights some of the major impacts of climate change on conservation for East African countries including Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda. It also illustrates that climate change in Africa is not only a conservation issue but also a socio-economic one that must be dealt with on a global scale.Pages