Report : Climate Risk Assessment Guide – Central Asia The Climate Risk Assessment Guide – Central Asia provides a clear and practical process to assess the impacts and outcomes of climate-related events on lives and livelihoods in Central Asia.

Policy Brief : Drivers of Deforestation and REDD+ - Can REDD+ Compete? This review, Drivers of Deforestation and REDD+—Can REDD+ Compete? asks what opportunity costs mean in the context of REDD+ and what are the implications for local communities? It considers how, to tackle deforestation in a socially equitable way, we must consider what the drivers of deforestation are and what incentives and livelihood opportunities accompany them.

Policy Brief : Driving adoption of payments for ecosystem services through social marketing, Veracruz, Mexico This paper, Driving adoption of payments for ecosystem services through social marketing, Veracruz reviews an area in Mexico where Payments for Ecosystem Services adoption have been slow to take off, with initial results indicate that the application of social marketing methods facilitated a social change in the Actopan municipality of Veracruz and ultimately enabled the protection of more than 1,500 hectares of previously unprotected forest.

Policy Brief : Establishing reciprocal agreements for water and biodiversity conservation through a social marketing campaign in Quanda Watershed, Peru This paper, Establishing reciprocal agreements for water and biodiversity conservation through a social marketing campaign in Quanda Watershed, Peru, looks at how the Pride campaign, based on Rare’s methods, was established to generate local buy-in and accelerate the process of institution-building and adoption of Reciprocal Water Agreements.

REPORT: Use of Seasonal Forecast Information in Farm Level Decision Making in Bundelkhand, India This study, Use of Seasonal Forecast Information in Farm Level Decision Making in Bundelkhand, India, examines these components and how they relate to the use (or nonuse) of monsoon forecast information in Bundelkhand, India, through the use of a ground-level questionnaire.

Report : Addressing the information and knowledge needs of farmers to enable climate change adaptation - A study of Bundelkhand region in Central India This paper, Addressing the information and knowledge needs of farmers to enable climate change adaptation - A study of Bundelkhand region in Central India, analyses key challenges in the outreach of locally appropriate information to support decision making for adaptation to climate change impacts in small-scale agriculture.

Report : Mapping Grassroots Experiences of the ‘Shubh Kal’ Project in Bundelkhand, Central India This research paper, Community Grassroots and Climate Change Communication: Mapping Grassroots Experiences of the ‘Shubh Kal’ Project in Bundelkhand, Central India, presents experiences of an innovative communication model that uses community radios to bridge the knowledge gap between communities, scientists and policy makers has been tested in the drought prone, climate sensitive region of Bundelkhand in Central India.

Report : Preparing for the future? understanding the influence of development interventions on adaptive capacity at local level in Ethiopia This research paper, Preparing for the future? understanding the influence of development interventions on adaptive capacity at local level in Ethiopia, examines how development interventions need to do more to support people’s own agency, development partners need to reassess the scale and scope of their interventions, better use information and knowledge for evidence-based decision-making, and how building adaptive capacity requires a continuous process of learning, change and innovation.

Report : Preparing for the future in Uganda: understanding the influence of development interventions on adaptive capacity at the local level This research report, Preparing for the future in Uganda: understanding the influence of development interventions on adaptive capacity at the local level, by the Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance (ACCRA) seeks to explore how existing Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Social Protection and Sustainable Livelihood interventions impact on adaptive capacity at the local level in Uganda.

Policy Brief : The national picture: climate trends in Uganda This paper, The national picture: climate trends in Uganda, looks at the climate trends and projections in three specific sites, Bundibugyo, Gulu and Kotido, the impacts of hazards and trends (climate and non-climate), changes in livelihoods and makes recommendations drawing on ACCRA’s research findings.

Report : From local to national: Supporting local government action in climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction and development planning This brief, From local to national: Supporting local government action in climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction and development planning, explains why adaptation planning matters; why community participation is vital; examines key areas where planning and decision-making could be improved.

Policy Brief : Development interventions and adaptive capacity in rural Ethiopia his brief, Development interventions and adaptive capacity in rural Ethiopia, summarises research conducted by the Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance (ACCRA) in three sites in Ethiopia in 2010-11.