Percy: Community based adaptation for local empowerment and global influence: methods and practice from the Adaptation Learning Programme for Africa

The Adaptation Learning Programme in Africa (ALP)

Community Based Adaptation for local empowerment and global influence

To effectively help Sub Saharan Africa’s most vulnerable people adapt to the impacts of climate

change, and contribute to global learning and policy processes

about adaptation especially with regards to

empowering poor women.

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The Goal

Adaptation Learning Programme - Africa• Developing & applying innovative approaches to Community-Based Adaptation (CBA)• Strengthening the voice of local communities and civil society organisations in decision-making on adaptation;• Promoting good practice models for CBA among adaptation practitioners and networks locally and globally• Influencing adaptation policies and plans at national, regional and international levels.Four-country, four donor programme in Ghana, Niger, Kenya and Mozambique over 5 years, 2010-2014

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Community Based Adaptation Framework

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www.careclimatechange.org/files/adaptation/Adaptation_Framework_Diagram.pdf

Methods: CARE’s CBA Toolkit and CVCA • Practical step-by-

step guidance and tools to facilitate analysis, design, planning, implementation and monitoring for CBA projects.

• CBA Project Standards to help ensure high qualitywww.careclimatechange.org/toolkits

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Climate communication systems• Climate analysis and

participatory scenario development to combine

• Local knowledge and innovation with climate science and seasonal forecasts

• Strengthens adaptive capacity including management of risk and uncertainty

• Dissemination eg. Rural radio• Challenge of ‘translation’ to

practical adaptation messages: research relations

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Community ownership• Participatory analysis, design and feasibility assessment

responding to community priorities over time +• Climate communication and services + • Adapted diversified livelihoods and early success

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• Confidence in CBA • Strengthen adaptive

capacity • Risk reduction • Analyse & address

root causes WWW.CARECLIMATECHANGE.ORG

Zouley Ibrahim tends early maturing cowpea varieties in Dakoro, Niger: 450% increase in yields in one season

Successful Adaptation

and ongoing

Adaptive capacity

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Integrate Gender equality and women’s empowerment

• Gender-inequities can make women more vulnerable to climate change

• Women have solutions & knowledge for adaptation, but may lack the resources or power to use them

What do we do?

• Participatory, gendered analysis of vulnerability and throughout CBA process

• Design gender-equitable adaptation strategies with participation of women and men

• Promote rights and voice of women in adaptation decision making and action

• Challenge inequitable control over assets and power relations

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Linking local evidence to national strategies and global policy

• Create space for exchange and learning between adaptation actors

• Participation in policy processes strengthens relations and influence

• Global policy dialogue and local evidence from CBA informs national and local adaptation strategies and plans

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ALP, CARE & climate change: For more info

[email protected]/adaptation-initiatives/alp

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