Community-Based Adaptation (CBA)

Bright spots of success: local adaptation brings answers to the global climate crisis

From a smallholder farming community in south-central Ethiopia come inspiring stories of adaptation and resilience in the face of climate change

Climate adaptation: its time is now

As adaptation shares more of the limelight, champions of community-based adaption have messages on three key areas that international policymakers must hear

Building a vision of climate resilience: questions to the adaptation community

Guest blogger Gebru Jember Endalew sets out key questions for the adaptation community to be tackled at this year’s community-based adaptation event (CBA13) taking place in Addis Ababa

CBA13 FAQ: how you can participate

Help to design CBA13! We want the programme for CBA13 to reflect the experiences and work of our participants. This ‘frequently asked questions’ (FAQ) page sets out how you can contribute to this event

CBA13: Adaptation finance – show us the money

Nisha Krishnan and Stephen Porter will lead the ‘climate finance’ theme at this year’s community-based adaptation event. In this Q&A they discuss what’s in store

CBA13: galvanising locally-based adaptation in a crunch year for climate action

The pressure is on: this year’s flagship event in Ethiopia is a crucial opportunity for getting local adaptation solutions firmly on the global climate policy radar

EbA Evidence and Policy: Peru

In Peru IIED, IUCN and ANDES are using practical experiences of ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) in mountain ecosystems, learning and reflecting on their effectiveness, and contributing to the ongoing country efforts to position and mainstream EbA into national climate change and development policies. 

The International Centre for Climate Change and Development

Building long term capacity for adaptation to climate change in Bangladesh and across the Global South

CBA12: Local experience driving climate action

Malawi hosted this year's CBA event from 11-14 June 2018, when experts in locally-driven climate action shared innovation, skills and knowledge on how to get climate finance behind what works

CBA12 Day 3: How can we drive investment to locally-driven adaptation?

Day 3 of CBA12 will focus on investing in locally-driven adaptation. In this Q&A, IIED’s Nanki Kaur discusses the challenges and opportunities around this new field of investment and tells us more about the day’s sessions when hopefuls working with local communities will pitch real-life proposals to investors in a ‘dragons den’

Tiempo

Tiempo was a printed bulletin published quarterly by IIED and the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)

Q&A: What’s new about this year’s CBA event?

This year's CBA event takes place from 11-14 June 2018.  We asked the organisers about how this year's gathering will benefit the CBA community of practice

Book summary: Financial Inclusion for Poverty Alleviation – Issues and Case Studies for Sustainable Development

Essam Yassin Mohammed, of IIED, and Zenebe Bashaw Uraguchi, co-edit 'the book Financial Inclusion for Poverty Alleviation: Issues and Case Studies for Sustainable Development'

Building our shared learning on climate action in Kampala

At the upcoming community-based adaptation conference in Kampala, our vibrant and growing community of practice will reflect on today's geopolitics around climate and development, and consider how we can be more influential in driving action on adaptation and resilience in the post-Paris world

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Field visits to highlight community-based adaptation in Uganda

Participants at CBA11 will have chance to see first-hand how communities in Uganda are adapting to the impacts of climate change. David Nkwanga highlights some of the types of schemes that will be on show

The 11th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA11)

The 11th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change (CBA11) focused on harnessing natural resources and ecosystems for adaptation

CBA10 field trips: adaptation in practice

The 10th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation offered field trips to see how people in urban environments are taking practical steps to deal with the impacts of climate change. IIED's Matt Wright reports

CBA10: event information

Everything you need to know about the 10th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation: what, where, when and why

2nd International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA2)

Leading climate experts discuss climate change and adaptation at a major conference in Dhaka

Are you coming to CBA10?

There are just days until the deadline to register for the 10th international conference on community-based adaptation (CBA10) to climate change. But if you can’t be there, you don’t need to miss out

CBA10: hotel, travel and exhibition information

Travel, accommodation, visa and exhibition information for the 10th international conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA10) in Bangladesh

Global Initiative on Community-Based Adaptation (GICBA)

The Global Initiative on Community-Based Adaptation (GICBA) initiative was launched by IIED in 2010 to allow collaboration between organisations and individuals working on community-based adaptation to climate change

Shadows in the child's memories

The 9th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation featured stanzas as well as sessions and statements; rhyme as well as reason. Here, guest poet Evah Wanjiru shares some environmental verse based on her experiences in Kenya

Community-based adaptation (CBA) conference archive

Community-based adaptation (CBA) to climate change focuses on empowering communities to use their own knowledge and decision-making processes to take action. IIED and its partners have organised a series of international conferences on community-based adaptation to enable practitioners, governments and donors to share latest developments and best practice

Global leaders must not neglect the world's poor and vulnerable

Musings from a first timer at a CBA conference

Bangladesh has become a "poster child" for adaptation work. For people working at a national level, attending CBA9 provides an opportunity to learn and share experiences internationally

Slaughterhouse five

Guest blogger Hannah Reid reports back from a CBA9 field trip where she discovered how a slaughterhouse can help fight climate change

CBA9 highlights – day one

Judi Wakhungu, Cabinet Secretary of Environment, Water and Natural Resources for the Government of Kenya, gave the keynote address as the 9th International Community-Based Adaptation Conference (CBA9) got under way in Nairobi on 27 April

How to be heard at CBA9

IIED's communications team is providing comprehensive coverage from the 9th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA9). Kate Wilson outlines why such global exposure is important

Registrations open for the 9th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA9)

The International Institute for Environment and Development is pleased to announce that registrations are now being taken for the 9th annual International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA9), which will take place in Nairobi, Kenya from 23-30 April, 2015

Save the date! 9th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA9)

IIED is pleased to announce the dates for the 9th annual International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA9) which will take place in Nairobi, Kenya from 23-30 April, 2015

Kathmandu Declaration: recommendations for financing communities most vulnerable to climate change

At the close of the 8th International Conference on Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change (CBA8) in April 2014, delegates released a declaration that called for a radical shift in flows of finance to ensure the most vulnerable communities can adapt to climate change

Can voodoo help to resolve climate change?

What will you bring to the table to address the challenges of climate change? Emilie Parry, a volunteer at CBA8, draws comparisons between her recent experiences in Nepal and her time in Haiti

CBA8 highlights – day four

A round-up of the highlights of the third day of the CBA8 conference, which was dominated by the launch of the Kathmandu Declaration

CBA8 highlights – day three

A round-up of the highlights of the third day of the CBA8 conference, which focused on issues such as the role of civil society advocacy in community-based adaptation planning and included a film session

CBA8 highlights - day two

A round-up of the highlights of the second day of the CBA8 conference, which focused on issues such as private sector finance and saw game-playing used to inform delegates

CBA8 highlights - day one

A round-up of the highlights of the first day of the CBA8 conference, which saw Nepal Prime Minister Sushil Koirala inaugurate events in Kathmandu

Nepal Prime Minister confirmed for CBA8

The Prime Minister of Nepal, Sushil Koirala, has been confirmed as a special guest speaker at the opening ceremony of the 8th Annual Community Based Adaptation Conference (CBA8) on 27 April

Conference to examine finance options for local communities adapting to climate change

An international conference in Nepal next month aims to show how to unlock finance that can help communities in developing countries adapt to climate change

7th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA7)

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

CBA7: Highlights from day three

Missed our live blog and webcast? Here are some highlights from the third day of the 7th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation

Vulnerable communities tackling climate change are our best teachers

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.

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

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

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.

A tale of typhoons, trees and tiny creatures that stood between a community and climate resilience

We were in Da Loc commune, a sleepy part of Vietnam’s Thanh Hoa province. It’s a place that on a single day witnessed both the fury and the protective power of nature.

Video announcing the Sixth International Conference on community-based adaptation

In this video blog, Saleemul Huq, Senior Fellow, of IIED's Climate Change Group provides information about the upcoming conference in Hanoi. It’s key theme is: communicating about how communities are adapting to climate change.

5th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA5)

The 5th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA5) took place in Bangladesh in March 2011. The event, which attracted nearly 400 participants, had the theme "Scaling up: beyond pilots"

Bangladesh: mangrove island reflects people's creativitiy

Community-based adaptation and microfinance: a win-win partnership?

Climate change adaptation may cost US$75–100 billion per year between 2010 and 2050. Where these funds will come from, how they will be channelled and how adaptation should be achieved is still being debated. I propose part of the solution is to go micro: linking microfinance with community-based adaptation.

Afloat: Bangladesh adapts to climate change

'Afloat', a film from IIED and Panos, shows how in Bangladesh they are combining tradition and innovation to adapt to climate change

4th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA4)

The 4th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA4) to climate change took place in February 2010 in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

Beyond buzzwords: making adaptation a development norm

Day 1 of IIED’s Development and Climate Days: Land, Water and Forests

Haramata Communications Initiative

Haramata – bulletin of the drylands – published issues from 1988 to 2010. It established itself as a valuable information and networking channel for people working for the sustainable development of dryland areas, mainly but not exclusively in Africa