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Community-Based Adaptation (CBA)

Projects, publications, news, events, insights and articles about work sharing evidence, best practices and tools to improve the implementation of locally-led action that addresses climate change, poverty and biodiversity loss, and to ensure that climate finance reaches the local level. This includes the annual community-based adaptation conference.

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Community-based adaptation

A programme of work showing how IIED is supporting a community of practice and advancing knowledge on community-based adaptation to climate change, and promoting South-South collaboration

146 entries

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A shared vision, clear actions and a growing community: the next 20 years of locally led adaptation starts now

Insight, 21 May 2026

A group of standing and seated people gather outside around a table, on which is laid out paper featuring maps and other items, with trees in the background.

Registration opens for landmark CBA20 in Manila

News, 26 February 2026

Informal settlement in Manila, Philippines on the water.

CBA20: Local solutions inspiring global action

Event on 11 May 2026

Man bending down to look at a mangrove in a forest area.

From CBA19 to the global climate negotiations: nature must take centre stage

Insight, 12 August 2025

Group of CBA19 participants sitting around a table, talking and gesticulating.

Resilient cities, resilient futures: taking urban lessons from CBA19 to COP30

Insight, 21 July 2025

People sitting around a stable, discussing and listening.

CBA19: Move from words to equitable action on locally led adaptation

Insight, 25 June 2025

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Recife Statement from the 19th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation

Publication, 23 June 2025

Waterfront with boats and people walking in Recife, Brazil.

CBA19: daily updates

Article

Aerial view of neighborhood in Recife, Brazil.

Interview: Why the community-based adaptation conference is more important than ever

Article, 09 April 2025

View of colorful houses in Recife, Brazil.

CBA19 agenda

Article

Person holding gup and reading a colorful flag. Words read 'Celebrar as culturas, preservar or territorios!'.

‘Dia Alternativo’ at CBA19: don’t miss all the locally-led action

News, 26 March 2025

Colourful murals adorn similarly bright-coloured buildings alongside a street, under a blue sky,

CBA19: Local solutions inspiring global action

Event on 12 May 2025

Landscape photo of river going through Recife, Brazil.

CBA bound for Brazil in May 2025

News, 17 December 2024

Participants discussing how to develop a successful climate adaptation enterprise.

The locally led adaptation learning journey

Article

Houses submerged by rising water in one of Bangladesh's coastal areas.

Interview: Why trust, not cash, is key to locally led adaptation

Article, 08 August 2024

Pablo Suarez celebrating with colleagues by high fiving at a conference

Always thinking outside the box: Pablo Suarez remembered

Article, 30 July 2024

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Putting locally-led climate adaptation principles into practice: insights from CBA18

Insight, 02 July 2024

A large group of people sanding in front of a sign.

CBA18: daily updates

Article

Man with cattle.

CBA18 agenda

Article, 03 April 2024

People seated in a circle on the floor, having a discussion

Interview: Why the 18th community-based adaptation event is not to be missed!

Article, 02 April 2024

Two women walk along a road beside green undergrowth and fields, with a mountain in the background entering the clouds.

CBA18 scheduled for May 2024 in Arusha, Tanzania

News, 13 February 2024

A man herds a herd of goats on a grassland.

CBA18: local solutions inspiring global action

Event on 06 May 2024

A seated panel of four people listen to a speech given by a remote colleague on a television screen positioned to their left.

Europe needs transformational adaptation: lessons from the frontline

Insight, 16 August 2023

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Getting local adaptation expertise into global spaces: five key messages we’re taking forward from CBA17

Insight, 20 June 2023

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