Community Based Adaptation In Action

Author : Stephan Baas,Selvaraju Ramasamy,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Environment and Natural Resour
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : MINN:31951D02782477P

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Community Based Adaptation in Action by Stephan Baas,Selvaraju Ramasamy,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

Bangladesh, due to its geo-physical position and socio-economic context, is highly prone to regular natural hazards and the impacts of climate change. In 2005, the FAO initiated a project designed to improve the adaptive capacities of rural populations and their resilience to drought and other climate change impacts. This report provides a summary of the working approach developed and tested to promote community-based adaptation within agriculture. It presents lessons learned from the implementation process as well as the details of good practice options for drought risk management in the context of climate change.

Author : E. Lisa F. Schipper,Jessica Ayers,Hannah Reid,Saleemul Huq,Atiq Rahman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136252365

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Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change by E. Lisa F. Schipper,Jessica Ayers,Hannah Reid,Saleemul Huq,Atiq Rahman Pdf

As climate change adaptation rises up the international policy agenda, matched by increasing funds and frameworks for action, there are mounting questions over how to ensure the needs of vulnerable people on the ground are met. Community-based adaptation (CBA) is one growing proposal that argues for tailored support at the local level to enable vulnerable people to identify and implement appropriate community-based responses to climate change themselves. Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change: Scaling it up explores the challenges for meeting the scale of the adaptation challenge through CBA. It asks the fundamental questions: How can we draw replicable lessons to move from place-based projects towards more programmatic adaptation planning? How does CBA fit with larger scale adaptation policy and programmes? How are CBA interventions situated within the institutions that enable or undermine adaptive capacity? Combining the research and experience of prominent adaptation and development theorists and practitioners, this book presents cutting edge knowledge that moves the debate on CBA forward towards effective, appropriate, and ‘scaled-up’ adaptive action.

Author : Hannah Reid
Publisher : IIED
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN : 9781843697299

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Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change by Hannah Reid Pdf

Focuses on the approaches to climate change adaptation which are community-based and participatory. This title highlights the participatory methods to help communities analyze the causes and effects of climate change, integrate scientific and community knowledge, and plan appropriate adaptation measures.

Author : Abigail Gacusana
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 69 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2009-08
Category : Bangladesh
ISBN : 9783640393770

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Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change by Abigail Gacusana Pdf

Using Bangladesh as a case study, this research examines the impacts of climate change to poor, rural communities and further explores the measures that are carried out to combat its existing and future threats. This research also aims to look into the existing socio-economic vulnerabilities of Bangladesh in order to establish the linkage between climate change and development. Findings of this study show that poor communities are impacted by climate change through the loss of lives, assets and livelihoods. Adaptation to climate change is therefore necessary and should be integrated in development planning and objectives, to ensure that the most vulnerable groups are represented. The overall conclusion presents that coordination, development and implementation of a national adaptation strategy that addresses climate change at all sectors, should help establish the framework in reducing the country’s present and future vulnerabilities, in relation to climate change.

Author : Hannah Reid,Saleemul Huq,Laurel A. Murray
Publisher : IIED
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN : 9781843697992

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Community Champions by Hannah Reid,Saleemul Huq,Laurel A. Murray Pdf

Author : Rajib Shaw,Fuad Mallick,Aminul Islam
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9784431542490

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Climate Change Adaptation Actions in Bangladesh by Rajib Shaw,Fuad Mallick,Aminul Islam Pdf

The book outlines the climate change adaptation (CCA) actions in Bangladesh drawing examples and lessons from different projects and programs in the country. The content is based on a selection of available documents, a consultative workshop with the academicians from different universities undertaking higher education on disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation, and the editors’ own knowledge and experience in the field. The book has four parts. Part I gives the details of climate change impacts, providing the scenarios, negotiations, and specific impacts on sea-level rise and the health sectors. Part II focuses on climate change strategy and action plans. Part III covers socio-economic impacts in terms of economic and environmental costs. Part IV focuses on adaptive actions for agriculture, livelihoods, and integrated approaches in agriculture and fisheries. Part V deals with climate-change governance issues. The primary target groups for this book are students and researchers in the fields of environment, disaster risk reduction, and climate change studies. The book will provide them with a good idea of the current trend of research in the field and will furnish basic knowledge on this important topic in Bangladesh. Another target group comprises practitioners and policy makers, who will be able to apply collective knowledge to policy and decision making.

Author : Global Environment Facility
Publisher : Global Environment Facility
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781939339560

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Financing Adaptation Action by Global Environment Facility Pdf

Author : Hannah Reid
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-02
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781317331933

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Community-based adaptation by Hannah Reid Pdf

Community-based adaptation (CBA) to climate change is based on local priorities, needs, knowledge and capacities. Early CBA initiatives were generally implemented by non-government organisations (NGOs), and operated primarily at the local level. Many used ‘bottom-up’ participatory processes to identify the climate change problem and appropriate responses. Small localised stand-alone initiatives are insufficient to address the scale of challenges climate change will bring, however. The causes of vulnerability - such as market or service access, or good governance - also often operate beyond the project level. Larger organisations and national governments have therefore started to implement broader CBA programmes, which provide opportunities to scale up responses and integrate CBA into higher levels of policy and planning. This book shows that it is possible for CBA to remain centred on local priorities, but not necessarily limited to work implemented at the local level. Some chapters address the issue of mainstreaming CBA into government policy and planning processes or into city or sectoral level plans (e.g. on agriculture). Others look at how gender and children’s issues should be mainstreamed into adaptation planning itself, and others describe how tools can be applied, and finance delivered for effective mainstreaming. This book was published as a special issue of Climate and Development.

Author : Global Environment Facility
Publisher : Global Environment Facility
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2011-05-02
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781939339225

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Global Environment Facility Financing Adaptation Action by Global Environment Facility Pdf

Author : Hannah Reid
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-02
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781317331940

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Community-based adaptation by Hannah Reid Pdf

Community-based adaptation (CBA) to climate change is based on local priorities, needs, knowledge and capacities. Early CBA initiatives were generally implemented by non-government organisations (NGOs), and operated primarily at the local level. Many used ‘bottom-up’ participatory processes to identify the climate change problem and appropriate responses. Small localised stand-alone initiatives are insufficient to address the scale of challenges climate change will bring, however. The causes of vulnerability - such as market or service access, or good governance - also often operate beyond the project level. Larger organisations and national governments have therefore started to implement broader CBA programmes, which provide opportunities to scale up responses and integrate CBA into higher levels of policy and planning. This book shows that it is possible for CBA to remain centred on local priorities, but not necessarily limited to work implemented at the local level. Some chapters address the issue of mainstreaming CBA into government policy and planning processes or into city or sectoral level plans (e.g. on agriculture). Others look at how gender and children’s issues should be mainstreamed into adaptation planning itself, and others describe how tools can be applied, and finance delivered for effective mainstreaming. This book was published as a special issue of Climate and Development.

Author : E. Lisa F. Schipper,Jessica Ayers,Hannah Reid,Saleemul Huq,Atiq Rahman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136252358

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Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change by E. Lisa F. Schipper,Jessica Ayers,Hannah Reid,Saleemul Huq,Atiq Rahman Pdf

As climate change adaptation rises up the international policy agenda, matched by increasing funds and frameworks for action, there are mounting questions over how to ensure the needs of vulnerable people on the ground are met. Community-based adaptation (CBA) is one growing proposal that argues for tailored support at the local level to enable vulnerable people to identify and implement appropriate community-based responses to climate change themselves. Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change: Scaling it up explores the challenges for meeting the scale of the adaptation challenge through CBA. It asks the fundamental questions: How can we draw replicable lessons to move from place-based projects towards more programmatic adaptation planning? How does CBA fit with larger scale adaptation policy and programmes? How are CBA interventions situated within the institutions that enable or undermine adaptive capacity? Combining the research and experience of prominent adaptation and development theorists and practitioners, this book presents cutting edge knowledge that moves the debate on CBA forward towards effective, appropriate, and ‘scaled-up’ adaptive action.

Author : Jonathan Ensor,Saleemul Huq,Rachel Berger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Climate change mitigation
ISBN : 1780447914

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Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change by Jonathan Ensor,Saleemul Huq,Rachel Berger Pdf

As climate becomes less predictable and extreme weather events become more frequent, there is an urgent need for support that will help communities to prepare and adapt to changing conditions. This support is needed at the local level as well as the national, and must be framed by appropriate policy that secures real benefits for those most at risk. 'Community-based adaptation' (CBA) has been extensively piloted by the NGO community to analyse and understand the impacts of climate change. It is vital that development practice on the ground, as well as the knowledge and capacity of those most affected, keeps pace with lessons that have emerged from more than a decade of action and research. This book's findings reflect on experiences of CBA in practice to frame lessons for adaptation planning in developing countries and deepen understanding of CBA among researchers, students and practitioners with an interest in climate change adaptation.

Author : Rajib Shaw,Anshu Sharma
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780857243201

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Climate and Disaster Resilience in Cities by Rajib Shaw,Anshu Sharma Pdf

Whilst it is impossible to make resistant urban growth, resilience is becoming more widely accepted and urban systems must be resilient enough to cope with the climate related hazards. This book highlights the issues of resilience through regional, national, city and community-based studies.

Author : Stephan Baas
Publisher : Fao
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015075645179

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Disaster Risk Management Systems Analysis by Stephan Baas Pdf

Disaster Risk Management (DRM) combines, through a management perspective, the concept of prevention, mitigation and preparedness with response to the rising frequency and severity of natural hazards and disasters. This guide provides a set of tools that have been developed and tested in field projects, with particular reference to disaster-prone areas and vulnerable sectors and population groups.--Publisher's description.

Author : Nyasha Chishakwe,Laurel Murray,Muyeye Chambwera
Publisher : International Inst for Environment
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1843698307

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Building Climate Change Adaptation on Community Experiences by Nyasha Chishakwe,Laurel Murray,Muyeye Chambwera Pdf

This publication, produced in collaboration with WWF Southern Africa, looks at how community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) can inform and contribute to climate change adaptation at the community level, specifically to community-based adaptation (CBA) to climate change. It provides a framework for analysing the two approaches at conceptual and practical levels. Using case studies from southern Africa, the publication demonstrates the synergies between CBA and CBNRM, most important of which are the adaptation co-benefits between the two. While local incentives have driven community action in CBNRM, it is the evolution of an enabling environment in the region, in the form of institutions, policies, capacity and collaboration which characterises the scaling up of CBNRM to national and regional levels.