This project is a collaboration between government agencies, research institutions, media, extension services, and farmers. The actions it takes are to supply farmers with climate-related advice and to teach farmers to gather climate-related data (e.g., using rain gauges) so that they can incorporate climate variability into their decision-making. Advice comes from a multidisciplinary working group composed of meteorologists, representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture, agricultural research institutes, rural development agencies, farmers, and the media.

Malawi, which is one of the least developed countries in the world, is vulnerable to climate change-induced increases in extreme events. The communication and use of climate predictions is a crucial challenge for adaptation, particularly among illiterate subsistence farmers. Audiovisual media and participatory communication approaches may assist in meeting that challenge by ensuring that the information is available to all those who could benefit from it.

This project aims to increase preparedness of communities to deal with climate change impacts. As the first step, the Red Cross held awareness-raising meetings with stakeholders in food security and disaster management, including Malawi Red Cross’ director of programs and Malawi citizens involved with food security and disaster preparedness and response activities.

A joint private-sector project in Malawi used insurance to reduce the vulnerability of farmers to drought. The insurance program is coupled with a loan package for seed and agriculture equipment. Together, these programs aim to help farmers endure drought and restart their farming operations in the case of severe crop loss. Link to Source

Madagascar’s terrestrial biodiversity is legendary, and the waters surrounding this island nation boast some of the richest arrays of marine biodiversity in the Indian Ocean. Climate change threatens this wealth in myriad ways. On land changing climatic conditions reduce or eliminate habitat for numerous species and bring increasingly severe droughts and floods.

Villagers in Attapeu Province, Lao PDR, switch from farming to fishing when the Mekong River floods during August to October.

The focus of this project, a collaborative effort of several organizations, is on climate-sensitive epidemic malaria. It aims to create a model of climate-sensitive malaria in Kakamega and Kericho, including the identification of hotspots and unstable areas prone to epidemics, assessment of existing capacity among stakeholders, and the malaria implications of downscaled climate-change scenarios, and to identify possible adaptation strategies that reduce vulnerability to climate-sensitive malaria.

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