Why community 'based' adaptation to climate change is not enough | International Institute for Environment and Development

Why community 'based' adaptation to climate change is not enough | International Institute for Environment and Development

Why
'community-based adaptation' may not necessarily a good thing, suggests
IIED visiting fellow Anju Sharma in her latest blog --> http://www.iied.org/why-community-based-adaptation-climate-change-not-enough - private

 

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"We need Community and Ecosystem Based adaptation – 'CEBA', if
anything. While the proponents of CBA and EBA both claim to look out for
the other, surely a more joined-up terminology will help us to better
promote joined-up thinking and implementation."

 

 The
Ewaso Ng'iro River, in Isiolo County's Shaba National Reserve, Kenya
where pilot projects to support adaptation 'may not yet be perfect, but
have the right idea'. (Photo: Ninara via Creative Commons
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)