Community Based Adaptation

Global Initiative on Community Based Adaptation formally launched in Tanzania

Submitted by Mike on Mon, 01/03/2010 - 09:50

An international conference in Tanzania ended on Saturday with participants announcing a range of initiatives aimed at boosting poor people’s resilience to climate change impacts.

Conference to show how communities can reduce risk from climate change

Submitted by Mike on Tue, 02/02/2010 - 15:37

Climate-change experts from around the world meet this month to share the latest knowledge about how communities can reduce their vulnerability, and how government policies can help make this happen.

CBA Conference 2010

The fourth CBA conference will gather various representatives from the developing world to share the latest knowledge and developments in community-based adaptation projects, priorities and solutions.

Community Based Adaptation Conference

Date
Sunday, 21 February, 2010 - Saturday, 27 February, 2010
Location
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

The Fourth International Conference on CBA will bring different stakeholders and practitioners to share and discuss knowledge of Community Based Adaptation (CBA) planning and practices from differe

Afloat: Bangladesh adapts to climate change

’In the nighttime we are sleeping, but we are all afraid of big storms, because then we might all die. There is water everywhere. We are in the middle.’

Costs of adapting to climate change significantly under-estimated

Submitted by Mike on Wed, 26/08/2009 - 15:31

UN climate negotiations should aim for substantially more funding, concludes report by senior climate scientists.

Costs of adapting to climate change significantly under-estimated - UN climate negotiations should aim for substantially more funding

Climate refugees of the future

Bangladesh is calling for the rights of environmental refugees to be recognised as the country battles rising sea levels and chronic poverty.

Community Based Adaptation Exchange (CBA-X)

The Community-Based Adaptation Exchange Network (CBA-X) is an online resource set up by IIED, and hosted by IDS, to share resources supporting the exchange of up-to-date information about community-based adaptation to climate change.

Moveable feast: the floating gardens of Bangladesh

The farmers of southern Bangladesh have seen it all: cyclones, catastrophic flooding, silted-up rivers and creeping salination. Their South Asian homeland — a wedge of the tropics regularly exposed to searing heat and heavy monsoons — is one of the most climate-vulnerable countries on Earth.

Community Based Adaptation - Key components for success

Saleemul Huq

Climate change impacts disproportionately affect the poor. Impacts will intensify yet poor communities already struggle to cope with current climate shocks. Helping them adapt to climate change is vital but daunting.

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