Adapting to climate change How local experiences can shape the debate (2007)
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	This briefing paper is based on eight studies made by local organisations working on adaptation to climate change in different countries of Africa, Asia and South America, and a background paper describing the gender aspects of adaptation. The cases both describe local adaptation strategies and provide assessment of the policy response and institutional challenges within countries in which they are located. The paper shows that the experiences of local communities and civil society organisations in coping with and adapting to climatic changes provide an important source of knowledge for developing adaptation policies, nationally and internationally. On the basis of these observations and analyses, this report provides policy recommendations to national and international policy makers, experts and donor agencies. Briefing Papers: Both ENDS Briefing Papers present information on important environmental and developmental issues. Readers are encouraged to quote or use material from the briefing papers for their own publications or articles, but we would like to request acknowledgement and a copy of the publication. Adapting to climate change. How local experiences can shape the debate. Both ENDS, 2007 (pp 19). This publication is free of charge and can also be downloaded here The Briefing Paper is written in close cooperation with organisations working on adaptation to climate change in different countries of Africa, Asia and South and Central America. They have described their local adaptation strategies and assessed the policy responses and institutional challenges within their own countries. Brief summaries of these case studies can be found in ANNEX 1 of the Briefing Paper. The full versions can be downloaded below: Adaptation in mountain communities in Tajikistan, by Dazé, Angie and Firouz Ibrohimov; CARE Canada/Tajikistan, www.care.org Adapting to climate change in the Ocona River Basin in Arequipa/Andacucho, Peru, by Tejada, Manuel; Asociación Especializada para el Desarrollo Sostenible (AEDES), Peru, www.aedes.pe Community based adaptation to climate variability and change in agriculture and water resources in the dry tropics in Nicaragua, by Perez, Carlos J., Raffaele Vignola and Hernán Perez E.; Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), Costa Rica, www.catie.ac.cr Gender, climate change and adaptation. Introduction to the gender dimensions, by Rohr, Ulrike; Genanet, Germany, www.genanet.org Local adaptation strategies to climate change around Mount Kenya, by Murage, Peter: Mount Kenya Organic Farming (MOOF Africa), Kenya Local adaptation to climate change in agriculture: experiences from Southern Africa, by Nhemachena, Charles; Centre for Environmental Economics and Policies (CEEP), University of Pretoria, South Africa, www.ceepa.co.za Local perspectives and adaptation to climate change in Chikwawa District, Malawi, by Sibanda, Mxolisi; Southern Africa Regional Programme Office (WWF SARPO), Zimbabwe, www.panda.org/sarpo Local strategies to adapt to climate change in the Chiquimula region of Guatemala, by Rojas, Varinia; Asociación Coordinadota Indígena y Campesina de Agroforestería Comunitaria (ACIFAFOC), Central America, www.acicafoc.net Quenching the thirst of an arid landscape: adaptation strategies of small-scale rooibos tea farmers in Suid Bokkeveld, South Africa, by Malgas, R.R., B.R.I. Koelle, N.M. Oettlé, AE.M.R. Archer; Environmental Monitoring Group (EMG), South Africa, www.emg.org