The overall goal of the project is to improve the livelihoods and adaptive capacities of the vulnerable rural communities to the adverse impacts of climate variability and change. The project is conceived of as a pilot project designed to test a two-pronged approach to adaption. The first prong is development and testing of technical adaptation solutions for possible integration into the public watershed and forestry management programs.  The second prong of this project’s test approach is development and implementation of financial instruments, i.e.

People of Rajasthan construct dams to retain monsoon waters for times of drought.

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 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.

The impact of climate change and El Niño is increasingly causing coral reefs to bleach. WWF’s Friends of the Reef project is an effort to protect Asia Pacific’s coral reef ecosystems, which are the source of new coral recruits for reefs throughout the region and a source of livelihood for coastal people, especially in the fishery and tourism sectors. Friends of the Reef engages local stakeholders and decision makers in developing, testing, and implementing plans to increase coral reef resilience to major threats in the region, including climate change.

Ethiopia, with the help of the World Food Program, has an early warning system that monitors food shortages and communicates danger of famine. This system has been evolving since 1976. Currently, it is implemented by the Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Committee. The activities performed by this Committee include assessing the adequacy of food to local populations, monitoring the effect of climatic variation on food availability, supplying seed or food where necessary, and communicating the risk of famine to a wide audience through media and other means.

The overarching objective of this project is to develop and pilot a range of coping mechanisms for reducing the vulnerability of farmers and pastoralists to future climate shocks.  It hopes to (1) improve livelihood strategies and resilience of vulnerable farmers to cope with drought through farming practices (irrigated crop production, commercial agricultural production, crop diversification, livestock production and marketing, grazing land management, woodland management and tree farming, production of major crops of the area, improved post harvest storage and processing facilities, water h

The purpose of this government project is to strengthen organization and capacities of local rural people to incorporate adaptation to climate change  in their socio-economic activities, within a land planning framework for the territory located in the central coastal plain of El Salvador.  It will accomplish this objective through 7 lines of action:  (1) diversification and incorporation of additional added value to agricultural activities to increase the capacity to cope with climate change; (2) promotion of non-agricultural economic initiatives to decrease impacts associated with agricu

The Analog Forestry Initiative focuses on protection of watersheds, revegetation of the riversides, and adaptation activities such as crop diversification with emphasis on permanent crops. In the forest realm, the project designs Analog Forests using a diversity of species (especially those with broader geographical ranges) capable of supplying the environmental needs of the community in the event of climatic changes. It also establishes tree nurseries as spaces for researching the adaptation of species.

Following the floods of 2002, the Costa Rican Red Cross initiated a community training program in disaster preparedness and prevention, community first aid, and psychological support.  The idea of an early warning system was presented to communities with the understanding that the communities themselves would operate and follow through with the system.  Building materials were distributed to support structures such as retaining walls and for repairing drinking-water pipes damaged in the landslide.  Meanwhile, local authorities established an emergency committee to coordinate disaster respon