LEARNING ALLIANCE HIGHLIGHT
ELLA Learning Alliance on Climate Change Adaptation in Semi-arid and Arid Regions – Module 1: Key Issues and Responses in Developing Countries
Based on a wide breadth of experiences with climate change impacts and adaptation strategies, practitioners from Africa, Asia, and Latin America discussed their local climate realities, identifying shared challenges and...
LEARNING ALLIANCE HIGHLIGHT
ELLA Learning Alliance on Climate Change Adaptation in Semi-arid and Arid Regions – Module 2: Strengthening Adaptive Capacity
Based on a wide breadth of experiences with climate change impacts and adaptation strategies, practitioners from Africa, Asia, and Latin America discussed their local climate realities, identifying shared challenges and...
LEARNING ALLIANCE HIGHLIGHT
ELLA Learning Alliance on Climate Change Adaptation in Semi-arid and Arid Regions – Module 3: Long-term Considerations
Based on a wide breadth of experiences with climate change impacts and adaptation strategies, practitioners from Africa, Asia, and Latin America discussed their local climate realities, identifying shared challenges and...
REVIEW
ELLA Expert Review: Improving Small Farmer Adaptive Capacity in Semi-arid Regions
Here Dr. Antonio Oviedo, PhD, Programme Officer of the Amazon Programme at WWF-Brazil, offers his perspective on the ELLA knowledge materials on Climate Change Adaptation in Semi-arid Regions.
BRIEF
Brazil’s Public Policy Package for Successful Farmer Adaptation
Brazil’s policy package – using market mechanisms and no-regrets policies that address the diversity of farmers’ needs – offers an interesting policy model for addressing climate change adaptation in semi-arid...
SPOTLIGHT ON KNOWLEDGE
Spotlight on Arguments: Adaptation in Semi-Arid Regions
Community-based adaptation (CBA) in Latin America is a large field, with many complimentary issues, such as agroforestry, water management, meteorological forecasting, and even the link between CBA and development itself....
SPOTLIGHT ON KNOWLEDGE
Spotlight on Publications: Adaptation in Semi-Arid Regions
Community-based responses to climate change build the capacity of populations to adapt in the face of increasing climate variability. This selection highlights some key publications related to Community-Based Adaptation (CBA)...
SPOTLIGHT ON ORGANISATIONS
Spotlight on Organisations: Adaptation in Semi-Arid Regions
This selection describes key Brazilian and international organisations working on community-based adaptation (CBA) in semi-arid areas, focusing on the resources they offer to South Asian and Sub-Saharan African development actors.
BRIEF
An Integrated Approach to Improving Adaptive Capacity: The Adapta Sertão Experience
Through Adapta Sertão, small farmers in one of Brazil's semi-arid regions were helped to increase their yields, find markets to sell their crops and access micro-credit to buy productive technology...
GUIDE
Improving Small Farmers’ Adaptive Capacity in Semi-arid Regions
Brazilian Community-Based Adaptation (CBA) strategies work to improve farmers' quality of life, earning power and overall resiliency to adapt as conditions worsen due to climate change. Brazil's creative and successful...