The overarching goal of this project is to support Colombia’s efforts to define and implement specific pilot adaptation measures and policy options to meet the anticipated impacts from climate change.

This project will: (1) enhance the capacity of the District of Bogota to identify and monitor risks by upgrading hydrologic, seismic, and volcanic detection and forecasting systems, as well as conducting vulnerability assessments that will help it better target its investments and identify potential calamities before they occur; (2) continue the city government’s existing risk reduction efforts to ensure the functioning of critical facilities and lifeline infrastructure in the event of adverse natural or technological catastrophes; (3) strengthen the District Administration’s effectiveness

This women-led project will address drought in Pintadas, Brazil by improving agricultural productivity and income generation through the use of water pumping.  SouthSouthNorth and local partners are installing a number of different hydroponic solar powered installations to see their effectiveness as a mitigation and adaptation strategy and to improve rural economic development. Link to Source

The City of Rio de Janeiro’s Municipal Secretariat of Social Development created the Community Reforestation Project in 1986.  The project, also referred to as the Paid Self-Help Reforestation Project and the Mutirão Project, aims to control erosion and reduce the associated land slide and flood risks through the reforestation of erosion-prone areas of the city, particularly where favelas (squatter settlements) are located.  Furthermore, the project aims to employ local residents and reintroduce native tree species (the best for erosion control) to the hillsides.  The individual reforestat

The Aymaran indigenous people of Bolivia have adopted traditional practices to collect water in the mountains and pampas by constructing small dams called qhuthañas.  In Bolivia, droughts affect—at varying levels—at least 40% of its territory.  Qhuthañas help prevent and mitigate disasters caused by droughts by collecting and storing rainwater from various places such as mountains and pampas.  Water stored in qhuthañas represents a valuable resource for both people and domestic and wild animals, because it allows them to drink water during periods of drought.  In addition, qhuthaña

Due to the pressures from increased demand for bamboo resources (over-harvesting) and decreasing stock (as a result of climatic changes), bamboo resources in Eastern Bhutan are declining steadily.  Consequently, local people have taken measures to reduce pressures on this important resource, which is used for house construction, agriculture tools, mats, baskets, water/wine/milk/butter containers, and other household items.  Some species such as Dendrocalamus hamiltonii are planted in the fields to provide bamboo shoots for household consumption as vegetables.  In order to enhance the regene

Caritas set up groups of community members and provided them with saplings. Reforestation addresses the threat of local climate change by reducing erosion (thereby providing a defense against floods), retaining moisture in soil (thereby helping crops, which in turn helps reduce vulnerability), creating a harvestable forest resource that can be sold of used for fuel, and creating a stock of standing biomass that can be used in the event of a calamity.

The Argentine Red Cross is working to reduce the vulnerability of people faced with the effects of climate change in communities where poverty has been gaining ground. To achieve this, several projects are being formulated, with the aim of promoting action on climate change adaptation within the Argentine Red Cross and to implement campaigns linked to the problems caused by climate change and its effects, which will lead to a reduction of vulnerabililtes to poor health and disasters.

The Intermediate Technology Development Group-Bangladesh’s needs-assessment in three villages in the Faridpur district looked at fisheries to identify opportunities for interventions that will not only reduce their vulnerability to floods but will improve the food security situation of households at the time of disaster.  In the past, villagers incurred losses when fish floated away as floodwater poured into fish ponds. To minimize the knowledge gap, ITDG-B developed and disseminated appropriate flood-friendly fisheries technologies.

The principal objective of this IUCN project is to create enabling conditions in Bangladesh for promoting adaptation to climate change and climate variability in national policies and plans and also at the local community level. This includes preparing a set of recommendations to integrate climate change adaptation into various national actions, with a special focus on issues related to coastal zone management.  These recommendations will complement the National Adaptation Plan of Action (NAPA). A network of key stakeholders at the national level will be established.