Local communities are integral to driving climate change adaptation

The document advocates for the integration of local communities in climate adaptation, highlighting tools like Community Based Vulnerability Assessments (CBVA) and the Local Adaptive Capacity (LAC) framework to identify hazards and assess resilience. It emphasizes that local networks are most effective when they maintain strong links with national and regional organizations to influence policy and share information.

• Community Based Vulnerability Assessments (CBVAs) use semi-structured interviews and participatory workshops to identify climate hazards and the reasons why certain communities are more susceptible, serving as a complement to data-driven vulnerability assessments.
• In the Soufriére region of Saint Lucia, the LAC framework revealed that while natural resources provided some resilience, this was undermined by a lack of social and financial resources, including a 23.8% unemployment rate in 2012 and a poverty rate where 42.9% of residents lived on less than $5 per day.
• Local networks for climate resilience are most effective when they include influential people, maintain trust and cooperation between people and organisations, and are closely linked to regional and national organisations to lobby for action and share information.

APA

Climate and Development Knowledge Network (n.d.). Local communities are integral to driving climate change adaptation. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/communities_low_res_print_updated280417.pdf

Chicago

Climate and Development Knowledge Network. Local communities are integral to driving climate change adaptation. n.d. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/communities_low_res_print_updated280417.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climateanddevelopmentknowledgenetworkndlocal, author = {{Climate and Development Knowledge Network}}, title = {{Local communities are integral to driving climate change adaptation}}, institution = {Climate and Development Knowledge Network}, url = {https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/communities_low_res_print_updated280417.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }