Community-Based Adaptation (CBA)

CBA7: 7th conference on community-based adaptation to climate change

CBA7: 7th conference on community-based adaptation to climate change
Over 250 participants attended IIED’s 7th community-based adaptation to climate change conference (CBA7) in Dhaka, Bangladesh in April 2013, with many more taking part virtually through a live blog which featured live web streamed video, comments and social media. The conference shared the latest thinking on approaches for mainstreaming community-based adaptation into international, national and local planning and processes.

Virtual conferences: not in the future, but now

Picture of a man looking at a computer screen in the news studio of Joy FM studios in Accra.
3 May 2013
Blog entry
Climate change
Communication
In this digitally connected world, could virtual participants meaningfully follow and take part in an IIED conference, cutting carbon footprints and expense?

CBA7: Day 3 highlights

Highlights from day three
24 April 2013
Blog entry
Climate change
Missed our live blog and web cast? Here are some highlights from the third day of the 7th Community-based adaptation conference. We look forward to hearing from you tomorrow on the live blog of the fourth day of the conference.

CBA7: highlights from day two

Simulating community based resource mapping using Google Earth and indigenous knowledge for disaster management. Photo: ACCCRN
23 April 2013
Blog entry
Climate change
Highlights from the second day of the conference on community-based adaptation to climate change (CBA7) in Bangladesh.

Vulnerable communities tackling climate change are our best teachers

A woman fishing off the island of Padma Pakur.
19 April 2013
Blog entry
Climate change
The poorest communities (and poorest countries) are leading the world in learning about and practising adaptation to climate change. The rich would do well to learn from them.

CBA7: Live debate on climate change adaptation tweet-by-tweet

Considering the road ahead, now impassable for vehicles other than four wheel drives.
9 April 2013
Blog entry
Climate change
Communication
Read highlights from a fast-moving live online chat on how the poorest and most vulnerable can act to adapt to climate change.

Climate crisis: How can the poorest and most vulnerable act to adapt?

A man sits in a small boat floating in water in Bangladesh.
2 April 2013
Media release
Climate change
Participate in our online debate on 9 April 2013 at 12.30-13.30 London time

Learning how to adapt to climate change: advocacy, training and capacity building

Participants in an ICCCAD course in Bangladesh. Photo: ICCCAD
17 December 2012
Article
Climate change
Participation
IIED works to help support southern countries as they adapt to climate change and the extreme weather events it brings. We do this by supporting partner organisations and experts that offer climate change adaptation training, advocacy and capacity building.

Empowering communities to adapt to climate change

Group meeting on climate change on boat run by Shidhulai. Natore, Bangladesh. Photo: G.M.B. Akash/PANOS
17 December 2012
Article
Climate change
Participation
Many communities that are vulnerable to climate change impacts have been dealing with climate variability for decades and have a wealth of knowledge about how to adapt. Community-based adaptation to climate change focuses on empowering communities to use their own knowledge and decision-making processes to take action.

Community-based adaptation to climate change

Men form a human chain to carry mud up to the embarkment. They are trying to build a new and stronger flood barrier after Cyclone Aila destroyed the old one.
17 December 2012
Article
Climate change
Poor and vulnerable people are particularly affected by climate change impacts, such as floods, droughts and other extreme weather events. For decades, IIED has worked to help share knowledge developed by local communities, academics and project managers so that communities can better cope with climate change.

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