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by Tamara Coger, Sarah Corry and Robbie Gregorowski - January 2021This paper discusses opportunities to support locally led adaptation to climate change through monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL). It outlines steps throughout the MEL cycle to balance power, promote mutual accountability, elevate local knowledge and priorities, and create value for local actors, in the interest of more effective and equitable locally led adaptation interventions. The paper recommends a systemic shift toward MEL that is locally led, context-aware, and itself adaptive.
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by Stefanie Tye and Isabella Suarez - January 2021This working paper examines the existing literature on locally led adaptation, looking at efforts that have optimized finance through direct and consistent collaboration with local actors and identifying initiatives that embody locally led principles rather than traditional stakeholder consultation or participation. In line with the Global Commission on Adaptation’s Year of Action, the authors sought to identify specific projects and designs that aim to catalyze accelerated action and support for locally led adaptation.
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by Rebecca Carter, Delfina Grinspan, Tyler Ferdinand and Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio - January 2021This paper highlights key findings from over 50 listening sessions held with farmers, herders, fishers, NGOs and CSOs, and the private sector, meant to inform the CGIAR's Two Degree Initiative, a flagship effort to transform the global food system for a climate-smart future.
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by Taryn Fransen, David Waskow, Yamide Dagnet, Joe Thwaites, Lorena Gonzalez, Christina Chan and Molly Bergen - December 17, 2020 publication
by Tyler Ferdinand, Stefanie Tye, Dawit Gebregziabher, Bhagat Suberi and Rebecca Carter - November 2020This working paper examines case studies of three communities in Bhutan, Ethiopia, and Costa Rica that are already experiencing severe impacts of climate change. These case studies explore the incremental and transformative adaptation measures they have adopted or will need to in the future.
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by Nisha Krishnan - November 2020This paper highlights how civil society organizations can play critical roles in establishing transparent and accountable climate finance systems that put communities at the center of decision-making. It draws from the Adaptation Finance Accountability Initiative’s experiences in Ethiopia and Uganda as well as lessons learned from similar efforts in Bangladesh, Kenya, and the Philippines. It offers valuable information to help civil society organizations build their engagement and capacity on climate adaptation finance.
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by Stefanie Tye and Delfina Grinspan - October 2020This practice note examines how climate change is threatening coffee-growing regions in Costa Rica, specifically the Coto Brus region.
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by Meredith T. Niles, Tyler Ferdinand, Richard Choularton and Rebecca Carter - October 2020Climate change is already affecting crop production, and in some cases is undermining the viability of current crop systems. The paper explains why transformative adaptation is needed in cropping systems, how seeds systems play a key role in these systemic shifts, and what changes are needed in crop research and development to enable climate-resilient transformations.
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by Laurie Ashley, Rebecca Carter, Tyler Ferdinand, Richard Choularton, Nambi Appadurai, Namrata Ginoya and Parvathi Preethan - October 2020As climate change increasingly affects agriculture around the world, reliable, timely, and targeted information about weather and climate conditions is becoming an ever more urgent requirement for adaptation decision-making. This paper considers how transformative adaptation – long-term, systemic change to fundamental aspects of systems in response to or anticipation of severe climate change impacts - could be accelerated by enhancing climate services and how they are applied.