Community
Forestry Adaptation Practitioners’ Network (FAPN) Community Roundtable #1
The Forestry Adaptation Practitioners’ Network (FAPN) hosted a virtual Community Roundtable on July 24, 2023. The event brought the FAPN community together, to exchange ideas, share what they are working on, discuss challenges and learn from each other's experiences.
Tracking Community Perspectives on Climate Resilience in Bangladesh
In 2022, Ground Truth Solutions partnered with IIED and the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), to survey the opinions of more than 2,300 citizen in three areas of Bangladesh particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The aim was to understand how they perceive the quality and impact of adaptation programmes in their communities, and the extent to which they feel their views, opinions and experiences are considered in decision-making.
The Adaptation at Altitude Knowledge Network
A global community of practice to support and encourage communication and engagement between stakeholders working on climate change adaptation in mountains. Click to find out more about ongoing and upcoming work, or join one of our meetings!
Open Air Laboratories (OPAL) surveys
Discover how this citizen science resource can be used to support communities in carrying out their own urban environmental surveys on a range of topics, including air quality, biodiversity, and water quality.
The International Conferences on Community Based Adaptation (CBA) to climate change
This article provides an overview to and linkages for the international conference series on Community Based Adaptation.
Session 5: Act to Adapt
A giant board game that gets youth to prioritise resources in their community which are vulnerable to extreme weather. Youth negotiate to take individual or collective actions to adapt resources.
Session 4: See the System
A card game to see how people, places and things (resources) fit into systems, followed by an activity to systematically brainstorm and prioritise community resources.
Session 3: Map the Hazard
Critical thinking challenge to map out extreme weather and its impacts on different societal groups. Voting determines the most frequent and impactful hazards in the local community.
Session 2: Climate Change Challenge
A playful session that demonstrates weather compared to climate, leading into an energetic game that teaches about the greenhouse effect, global warming and climate change.
From the ground up: How communities can collaborate to drive local adaptation and influence the national agenda
This analysis from CDKN identifies a series of approaches to help community-level organisations to increase climate resilience in the Caribbean.