The objective of this government project is to develop and pilot a range of coping mechanisms for reducing the vulnerability of farmers and pastoralists to future climate shocks.

The National University of Mongolia and other partner are developing local adaptation strategies of the coupled social-environmental system to climate change in the Mongolian rangelands. Spatially large landscape is critical in arid lands to offset climate variability.  A fragmentation of the cultural landscapes in the arid and semi-arid lands of Mongolia has increased vulnerability. Therefore, this project will try to reinstate traditional land use practices, while supplementing these with knowledge of adaptive land management.

This government project aims to: (1) improve national and regional coordination for climate risk management, by facilitating cooperation between environmental and disaster-relief arms of the national government; (2) enhance institutional capacity for provision and operationalization of scientific information related to climate risk by evaluating information sources and gaps relating to climate change impacts in vulnerable arid areas and by creating a network of extension agents charged with ‘translating’ climate information and conducting household surveys to identify vulnerabilities; (3) inte

The Ilkerin Loita Integral Development Programme (ILIDP) is a community organization that has successfully incorporated drought cycle management in all its operations.  Started in 1972, ILIDP is owned and run by the Loita Maasai pastoralists of the Narok District, Kenya.  It consists of one main centre and six Pastoralists Community Development Associations.  ILIDP supports and facilitates initiatives by these community organizations, each of which serves between 2,000 and 4,000 people.  In 2000-01, the community associations and their disaster committees carried out all drought-relief and

The objectives of this Red Cross project project are to develop and strengthen the capacities in two districts of the Jakarta Province, East Jakarta and West Jakarta, to undertake integrated community-based risk reduction activities (including climate change adaptation) and to learn about  integrating risk reduction, climate change adaptation, and micro-finance in one holistic project.  Specific actions at the community level will include community organization and mobilization through Village Committees; the formation and training of volunteer groups, self-help groups, and Community-Based A

SouthSouthNorth and local partners are addressing climate threats to coastal communities by (a) developing methodologies to facilitate effective communication between local communities and experts in the fields of climate, marine sciences, and agriculture, and (b) generating information regarding climate change vulnerabilities in the coastal area of Pilang. This information will be used to develop adaptation strategies for the target population.

In the drought-prone regions of Maharashtra State, the Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR) is helping poor communities reclaim degraded lands through the regeneration and sustainable management of watersheds. About 70 percent of Maharashtra’s land area is hot semi-arid to arid, supporting agriculture that is largely dependent upon monsoon rainfall. Precipitation is concentrated in just a few months of the year and is highly variable in frequency, intensity, and geographic coverage.

The project is aimed at strengthening capacities regarding climate change related risks, implemented in the Department of Chiquimula by the Guatemalan Red Cross with technical and financial assistance from the Netherlands Red Cross. The target is communities in Santa Rosa district. To date, disaster preparedness training has been initiated and the community has participated in the formation of a local disaster reduction committee. Link to Source

A collaborative effort between the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources, consultants, and local NGOs, this project involves: (1) creation of baselines to assess the traditional knowledge and the local perception of climate change, as well as the local changes in adaptation; (2) workshops with key players to validate the results of the baselines; (3) assessment of the adaptation activities implemented by different institutions and communications in direct relation to climate change; (4) training programs on climate change, especially drought, and adaptation; (5) identification and

The Environmental Protection Agency of Ghana and the School of Applied Sciences, Northumbria University, partnered in this project, whose purpose is to develop locally-appropriate and time-sustainable capacity to undertake pre-disaster socioeconomic, technical prevention and adaptation options to reduce the potential adverse impacts of climate change on human health vulnerability in Ghana.