Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change
Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change As the world faces the reality of climate change, the urgent needs of communities vulnerable to the changing climate must be addressed. Community-based…
Specifikacia Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change
Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change
As the world faces the reality of climate change, the urgent needs of communities vulnerable to the changing climate must be addressed. Community-based adaptation (CBA), a concept developed in the late 1990s by academics, was taken on board by development NGOs. Communities need support in how to adapt; and this adaptation must be rooted in local realities, though supported at district, regional, national and international levels by policy frameworks, and technical and financial resources.
This book is written largely by practitioners and researchers from Asia, sub Saharan Africa and Mexico. As an emerging field of work, one for which the scientific knowledge base is fast increasing, it is vital that development practice, and the understanding and capacity of those affected, develops in tandem. It derives emerging lessons which will assist in advancing academic work, as well as policy