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Using the framework Adapt to Climate Change and Water Resource Management at Community level (ADAPTS), local residents near the coast work together to reduce the effects of climate change. This project is being implemented in six river basins around the world. Projects with a three-year duration are being carried out in Ethiopia, Ghana and Peru; while those with a one-year duration are being carried out in Botswana, Brazil and Vietnam.

In Vietnam, the Centre for Social Research and Development (CSRD) implements the project.

CSRD signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the government’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), assigning the center to draft a part of the provincial action plan on climate change adaptation and take charge in mangrove planting activities. EPA supports the provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment (DONRE) in the implementation of state management such as environmental monitoring and inspection, pollution prevention, improvement of environmental quality, climate change adaptation, conservation of biological diversity, development and application of environmental technology, and raising environmental awareness of the community.

The main objectives of ADAPTS in Vietnam are: 1) to take climate change adaptation into account when working with local communities; 2) to support selected local adaptation measures, and; 3) to play a leading role in facilitating dialogue between communities, researchers, and government authorities.