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The Nature-Based Solutions Inventory for Zambia documents current and completed nature-based solutions (NbS) projects designed to address climate and biodiversity crises. It emphasizes the integration of NbS with livelihood development, participatory governance, and gender-responsive approaches to build inclusive adaptation mechanisms.

This research paper analyzes a 25-year panel dataset from Machadinho, Brazil, to examine how smallholders' land use systems and livelihood strategies evolve across different stages of Amazonian frontier development.

This case study examines the impact of women-led community cooperatives in Bangladesh, specifically focusing on the Basundhara Forum in Gopalganj district. It details how the Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh (CCDB), supported by Christian Aid, uses these forums to enhance livelihoods, improve disaster-risk reduction, and increase women's participation in local government decision-making and climate adaptation planning.

This case study examines a community-led buyback centre in the Vrygrond informal settlement of Cape Town, detailing its role in diverting waste from landfills and providing essential income to local waste reclaimers.

The Migration and Conservation Toolkit, published by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) in 2016, provides a four-phase framework for conservation practitioners to assess and address the impacts of human migration on critical ecosystems. The guide emphasizes a participatory approach to understand the links between migration drivers, livelihood choices, and biodiversity loss, offering specific tools for mapping, stakeholder analysis, and the design of migration-sensitive interventions.

This text describes a book that examines the intersection of development and climate change, specifically highlighting a case study on charcoal production in Kenya's Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) as a means of increasing community adaptive capacity and energy access.

This report presents a preliminary climate risk profile for Kyrgyzstan, focusing on the correlation between climate factors and disasters, as well as impacts on crop production and livelihoods. Developed by CAMP Alatoo and UNDP, the assessment identifies floods and flash floods as the most damaging climate-related disasters, with significant risks concentrated in the south-western Oblasts, particularly Batken, Jalal Abad, and Osh. The report also highlights gender-specific vulnerabilities and a gap between expert assessments and local perceptions of risk in the Suusamyr Valley.

This policy brief, published by the Stockholm Environment Institute in 2013, synthesizes lessons from the Regional Climate Change Adaptation Knowledge Platform for Asia (AKP) regarding the protection of livelihoods against climate change. Drawing on research from 13 Asian countries, it highlights the vulnerability of rural and coastal populations dependent on climate-sensitive sectors and evaluates the effectiveness of various adaptation strategies, including community forestry and the integration of local knowledge.

This research paper examines the livelihood-centred approach to disaster risk reduction (DRR) in Zimbabwe, focusing on how climate change and other pressures undermine traditional coping strategies for the poor.

This technical report by the Stockholm Environment Institute analyzes three agricultural water management (AWM) scenarios in the Mkindo watershed of the Wami River Basin, Tanzania. Using community fieldwork and expert meetings, the report evaluates how different interventions—ranging from small-scale irrigation and rainwater storage to diesel pumps and large-scale commercial cash crop expansion—impact the livelihoods of small-scale farmers, livestock keepers, and other residents over a ten-year horizon.

This research paper explores methodologies for linking global food system scenarios with local food security and livelihood dynamics. Using case studies from India and South Africa, the authors demonstrate how top-down global scenarios (such as those from the Global Scenario Group) can be downscaled to national and provincial levels, while proposing a bottom-up approach that uses livelihood systems as an intermediate scale to better capture local vulnerability and adaptive capacity.

This case study describes a pilot fish cage aquaculture project by Wezesha Aqua Farms in Mwanza, Tanzania, supported by FSD Africa and BFA Global. The initiative aims to increase the resilience of fishing communities against climate change and declining fish stocks in Lake Victoria by providing cages for tilapia rearing under a lease model.

The provided document is a fact sheet describing CRiSTAL (Community-based Risk Screening Tool – Adaptation and Livelihoods), a project planning and management tool designed to integrate risk reduction and climate change adaptation into community-level work.

This fact sheet describes CRiSTAL (Community Risk Identification Tool - Adaptation and Livelihoods), a project management and planning tool designed to integrate climate change adaptation and risk reduction into community-level work. Developed by a consortium including the IUCN, IISD, SEI, and Intercooperation, the tool uses a structured analytical framework implemented via Microsoft Excel to help planners understand the links between climate threats, local livelihoods, and project activities.

This case study describes the application of the Community-based Risk Screening Tool – Adaptation and Livelihoods (CRiSTAL) and CARE's Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis (CVCA) in the municipality of Santa Teresa and other areas of the Peruvian Andes. Implemented by CARE Peru as part of the Adaptation to the Impact of Rapid Glacier Retreat in the Tropical Andes Project (PRAA), these tools helped 14 communities identify and implement climate-resilient development measures tailored to local perceptions of risk.

The document is a brochure describing CRiSTAL (Community-based Risk Screening Tool – Adaptation and Livelihoods), a project-planning desktop application designed to help project planners and managers integrate climate adaptation into community-level activities. It outlines the tool's objectives, its three-phase analytical approach, and the support services provided by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and its partners.

This briefing note presents the results of a baseline vulnerability assessment conducted between 2011 and 2012 in the Tri-National de la Sangha (TNS) landscape, specifically focusing on four community forests in Cameroon. Part of the COBAM project, the study used participatory methods to analyze how climate-related disturbances, such as erratic rainfall and shifting seasons, affect local livelihoods, agriculture, and forest resources, while identifying opportunities to strengthen adaptive capacity through livelihood diversification and improved collective action.