FACT SHEET Country/region: Asia and Africa Project name: Advancing Capacity to Support Climate Change Adaptation

The ACCCA project, running from 2007 to 2008, implemented 19 pilot actions across 17 countries in Asia and Africa to build capacity for climate change adaptation. The project focused on multidisciplinary risk communication, stakeholder engagement, and the integration of adaptation strategies into policy and local action plans. Key activities included identifying climate risks, assessing knowledge gaps, and developing risk communication materials to support decision-making in sectors such as agriculture, water management, and public health.

• The ACCCA project implemented 19 pilot actions across 17 countries in Africa and Asia between January 2007 and December 2008, focusing on building capacity, engaging civil society, and implementing actions related to the UNFCCC and other multilateral environmental agreements.
• The project's pilot actions aimed to identify and prioritize climate risks for stakeholders, assess existing knowledge, develop and disseminate risk communication materials to assist adaptation decisions, and identify knowledge gaps that hinder effective decision-making.
• In Asia, five pilot actions targeted specific regional needs: community-based adaptation for weather-related disasters in Nepal, adaptation strategies for Mongolian rangelands, integration of adaptation into developmental policies in India's Bundelkhand region, watershed management and upland farming in the Philippines, and local adaptation action plans in Bangladesh.
• In Africa, pilot actions addressed diverse vulnerabilities, including urban adaptation in Burkina Faso, agrarian household risks in Cameroon, food security and health in Ghana, smallholder farmer decision-making in Ethiopia, water scarcity and malaria in Kenya, meteorological services in Malawi, water management in Mali, climate variability in Niger and Tunisia, coastal livelihoods in Nigeria, settlement adaptation in South Africa, and Lake Victoria community challenges in Tanzania.

APA

Schipper, L. (2008). FACT SHEET Country/region: Asia and Africa Project name: Advancing Capacity to Support Climate Change Adaptation. Stockholm Environment Institute. https://www.sei.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/Climate/accca081124.pdf

Chicago

Schipper, Lisa. FACT SHEET Country/region: Asia and Africa Project name: Advancing Capacity to Support Climate Change Adaptation. Stockholm Environment Institute, 2008. https://www.sei.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/Climate/accca081124.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{schipper2008fact, author = {Schipper, Lisa}, title = {{FACT SHEET Country/region: Asia and Africa Project name: Advancing Capacity to Support Climate Change Adaptation}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2008}, url = {https://www.sei.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/Climate/accca081124.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }