Publication

Southasiadisasters.net issue no. 110, April 2014:

So what do community based adaptation look like? And how do we think about them? This issue offers exactly this from global to local and East to West directions.

The 110^th issue of Southasiadisasters.net is titled ‘Adaptation in Retrospect: Perspectives from Successful Community-Based Adaptation Interventions’. This issue focuses on the theme of community-based adaptation. It entails an overview of the successful community based adaptation interventions from the developing world. A must read 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.      ActionAid 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

The contributions from Mihir R. Bhatt with AIDMI Team; Basundhara Tripathy; Elizabeth Righa Wakilo; Shantanu Gaikwad; Simon Maxwell; and Surekha Ghogale