Community-based adaptation: mainstreaming CBA into national and local planning
Hannah Reid et al (eds), BCAS, IIED, 2013

The seventh international conference on community-based adaptation (CBA) was held from 18-25 April 2013, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. CBA recognizes that environmental knowledge, vulnerability and resilience to climate impacts are embedded in societies and cultures. This means the focus is on empowering communities to take action based on their own decision-making processes. The primary aim of CBA7 was to share and consolidate the latest developments in CBA planning and practices in different sectors and countries in South East Asia and globally, and disseminate this knowledge more broadly. Download the proceedings [pdf] …