Community-Based Adaptation: Lessons from the Development Marketplace 2009 on Adaptation to Climate Change
World Bank Social Development Working Paper No. 122
60 Pages Posted: 12 Aug 2010 Last revised: 16 Sep 2010
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Community-Based Adaptation: Lessons from the Development Marketplace 2009 on Adaptation to Climate Change
Community-Based Adaptation: Lessons from the Development Marketplace 2009 on Adaptation to Climate Change
Date Written: June 10, 2010
Abstract
The Development Marketplace 2009 focused on adaptation to climate change. This paper identifies lessons from the Marketplace and assesses their implications for adaptation support. Our findings are based on: statistical tabulation of all proposals; in-depth qualitative and quantitative analysis of the 346 semi-finalists; and interviews with finalists and assessors. Proposals were fueled by deep concerns that ongoing climate change and its impacts undermine development and exacerbate poverty, migration and food insecurity. Proposals addressed both local poverty and climate change challenges, and offered a wide range of approaches to render local development more resilient to current climate variability. Therefore, support to community-based adaptation should: exploit its strong local grounding and synergies with development; help connect local initiatives to higher levels; and use complementary approaches to address policy issues.
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