Introduction Part 1: Local Context 1. Community: Local Need 2. Community: Local Climate Knowledge 3. Climate: Scientific Climate Information 4. Challenge: Local Context Part 2: Design 5. Solution: Adaptation Activities 6. Project: Management & Funding Tools Part 3: Sustainable Implementation 7. Launch: Partnering with the Community 8. Sustainability: Capacity Building for Community Takeover 9. Impact: Milestones into the Future Part 4: Tools and Field Guides 10. Tools and Field Guides Part 5: Resources
Biography
Tim Magee is the Executive Director of the Center for Sustainable Development, Inc., and is based in Guatemala. He has provided online instruction on community-centered, sustainable development to practitioners from 380 organizations in 129 countries.
Howard White is the Executive Director of the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie). He is also Adjunct Professor at the Alfred Deakin Research Institute, Deakin University, Co-Chair of the Campbell Collaboration International Development Coordinating Group and Managing Editor of the Journal of Development Studies and the Journal of Development Effectiveness.
'Tim Magee, and his colleagues at CSDi, are to be commended for producing a book which should change the way development is practiced, and so directly contribute to the improvement of millions of lives around the world.' – Howard White, Executive Director, 3ie, USA
'A fascinating and informative guide to a subject of growing international importance. Tim Magee skilfully explains ways to combine external expertise and local perspectives on adaptation to climate change. This useful book should be read by development practitioners as well as students of climate change policy and international development.' – Tim Forsyth, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
'This is a most-awaited book for development practitioners who are increasingly confronted with the challenge of addressing climate risks in designing and implementing programmes and projects. This book will help them to do just that in a way that places the interest of communities at the heart of the process.' – Kareff Rafisura, Climate Risk Management Practitioner, Ghana
'This book provides an insightful and comprehensive field guide to community-based adaptation. Magee brings together an impressive range of tools, resources and case examples in a clear and systematic step-by-step guide, while ensuring that the concerns of local people are kept at the centre of the analysis. This book is a timely and welcome addition to the literature, and will be useful to experienced practitioners as well as newcomers to CBA.' – Lars Otto Naes, Institute of Development Studies, UK
