Conference buzzes with stories of communities adapting to climate change
Last week more than 300 climate change specialists from 60 countries gathered in Hanoi, Vietnam for the 6th Conference on Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change.
The meeting, organised by IIED and partners, included three days of visits to communities across Vietnam that are already adapting to climatic changes. The main conference that followed included sessions on agriculture, water, economics, disasters, and adaptation in urban communities.
The conference theme was communication, and the meeting included ‘out-of-the-box’ sessions on subjects such as blogging, working with the media, and using games to communicate risk. In keeping with the theme, the conference broadcast live interviews online each day and uploaded 50 more interviews to YouTube. Delegates also wrote nearly 30 blog posts and produced nearly two thousand tweets, using the Twitter hashtag #CBA6. For details of these outputs, see the links below.
The international delegates evaluated the different adaptation projects they visited and awarded a special “Solidarity Prize” of US$5000 to the best one. This was a Save the Children project in the North of Vietnam in which children play a key role in disaster preparedness.
The 7th International Conference on Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change will take place in April 2013, in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Videos from the conference
Watch a playlist of interviews by ACCRA.
IIED blog posts from the conference
A tale of typhoons, trees and tiny creatures that stood between a community and climate resilience
Mangroves break waves and help the people of Dai Hop Commune break even
Vietnam: Building one village’s resilience to climate change all starts with a cave
Top tips for pitching climate change adaptation stories to the media
Where honey means money and climate means change
Knowledge is power in this game of chance (called life)
CBA6: tweet by tweet and blog by blog
Selected media coverage of the conference
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Helping Pacific island women speak up on climate change
Water source for poorest Bangladeshis under threat
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Vietnamese businesses ill-prepared for climate-linked disasters - study
Palau islanders band together to protect threatened water supply
Climate policy needs local voice
Why Motorbikes Can Be Worse for the Planet Than Cars
Vietnam Dispatch: Adapting to Climate Change, One Melon at a Time
Vietnam Dispatch: The Salt Problem
Rio+20 must tackle leaders' economic concerns - climate expert
