Adaptation in retrospect: perspectives from successful community-based adaptation interventions

This issue explores the theme of community-based adaptation. It entails an overview of the successful community based adaptation interventions from the developing world. It aims to provide useful information for all interested in understanding the direction in which the global effort for adaptation to climate change is headed at the community level.

The content includes: (i) New CDKN Guide; (ii) Women, Rural Livelihoods, Risks in India: Landesa Promotes Community Based Adaptation; (iii) What Makes CDKN Unique; (iv) Reducing Disaster Risks: Creating Community Risk Mitigation Champions; (v) Action Aid Kenya: Ways in Engaging Communities in Humanitarian Crisis; (vi) Resilience to Climate Change and Disasters in Odisha; (vii) CARE International’s Framework for Community-Based Adaptation; (viii) Risk Transfer as a Community Based Adaptation Mechanism; (ix) Community-Based Adaptation Dimensions of "Safer Schools Campaign"; (x) Survey about Southasiadisasters.net.