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.

With the lowest volume of annual renewable water resources and of water resources per capita, the Middle East and North Africa is the most water-scarce region in the world. Moreover, rapid population increase, economic growth, rising affluence, urbanization and expansion of irrigated lands are drastically increasing the demand for water, while climate change is negatively affecting the supply. Over the past decade, International Development Research Centre and several partners have supported numerous research projects and a network of researchers on water demand management (WDM).

The goal of this project, implemented by the Environment Care Association, is the overall sensitization of the population to care for the environment and to instill a sense of environmental stewardship. This project consists of three parts. The first part will involve the delivery of about 300 talks/presentations to primary schools, colleges, youth organizations, women organizations, and fisher organizations so as to sensitize them on various topics related to the protection of the environment and the conservation of natural resources, with emphasis on the problems of climate change.

Climate Adaptation from the Bottom-up: Collaboration between Malian Communities and Scientific Organizations to Identify and Implement Responsive Water Management Actions is a project that works at the community level to encourage discussion about the best method to present information on climate change impacts and risk gained through public-participation-GIS to community members. It also disseminates this information through materials (e.g. posters, videos, etc) and presentations designed to elicit potential adaptation strategies.

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 demand of small-scale farmers in Kenya for cheap and readily available irrigation technology has led artisans to develop ways to imitate imported sprinklers with improvised materials.  Artisans were able to produce an astonishing variety of sprinklers using different materials and technologies and for different purposes.

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.