Community-based adaptation (Q439)

Subject, term, tag: Community-based adaptation

Language	Label	Description	Also known as
English	Community-based adaptation	Subject, term, tag: Community-based adaptation

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source version

IPCC Glossary v1.5

1 reference

Source

https://apps.ipcc.ch/glossary/

date accessed

27 May 2026

Part of

Working Group II: Climate Change 2022 – Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability

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Definition

Local, community-driven adaptation. Community-based adaptation focuses attention on empowering and promoting the adaptive capacity of communities. It is an approach that takes context, culture, knowledge, agency, and preferences of communities as strengths. (English)