Community-Based Adaptation: Strengthening Community Action for Livelihoods and Ecosystems
Scaling up nature-based, community-centered, gender-sensitive and inclusive adaptation in Southern Africa and beyond
Project description
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, around 40% of the global population is currently “highly vulnerable” to the harsh realities of climate change. Southern Africa’s ecosystems, communities and infrastructure face significant risks from climate change, and the region has already suffered widespread loss and damage. People have always lived with a certain degree of climate-related risk; however, these risks are changing and increasing, and the growing uncertainty is having a significant impact on the livelihoods of people in Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Several projects have promoted Community-Based Adaptation (CBA) throughout southern Africa, with the aim of reducing local vulnerability to the impacts of climate change. However, there has been limited institutionalization of these approaches and the potential of CBA has been limited by a lack of resources for its implementation.
CBA SCALE+ works with local authorities, communities and policy-makers in the three countries to fill these gaps.
Project overview
Project Implementers: CARE Germany, CARE Mozambique, CARE Zambia, CARE Zimbabwe, Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN), International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Regional Partners: Association of Youth and Friends of Govuro (AJOAGO), Association for the Promotion of Women’s Development (MAHLAHLE), Peace Parks Foundation (PPF), Alliance for Nutrition and Reconstruction (ANR), Nutri Aid Trust (NAT), Cooperazione e Sviluppo (CESVI), International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Southern Alliance for Indigenous Resources (SAFIRE).
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