Locally-Led Adaptation in Practice

Steering committee meeting around a table, as part of the Community-Led Climate Adaptation

Collaborative Decision-Making in SOS Sahel Sudan: A Community-Driven Approach

By Izzeldin Hashim (SOS Sahel Sudan), Rwnag Mohammed, Femke van Woesik SOS Sahel Sudan, as part of the Reversing the … Continued

dam failures in Balochistan floods, Pakistan

From Dam to Damage in Balochistan

By Ashfaque Soomro and Frank van Steenbergen The 2022 floods in Pakistan originated from dry hill territory in the west … Continued

Flood Evacuations: Tough Realities

By Ashfaque Soomro and Frank van Steenbergen Evacuating is tough for everyone, saving one’s life and one’s belongings during disaster. … Continued

Aereal view of plith builted as a Community-Led Disaster Risk Reduction in Gaibandha and Kurigram districts of Bangladesh

Community-Led Disaster Risk Reduction in Bangladesh

Jannatul Naim, Shaira Rahman (Friendship NGO) The river islands of the Brahmaputra, particularly in the Gaibandha and Kurigram districts of … Continued

Kenyan and Bangladeshi community members discussing climate finance at CBA18 in Arusha, highlighting power dynamics in language during development talks

Words matter in many ways: on jargon

Frank van Steenbergen & Femke van Woesik Language matters a lot. It is not only the words themselves but who … Continued

Community stories on direct financing implementation: Experience from IMPACT Kenya

By Peter Lengurnet, RESTORE project Manager, IMPACT Kenya, hub in the Reversing the Flow programme About RESTORE project: ‘Learning of … Continued

Flowing together: Loss and Damage funding for Rebuilding water infrastructure in Kulamawe, Isiolo, Kenya

By MID-P, hub in the Reversing the Flow program Extreme climatic conditions, the profound impacts of the minimal annual rainfall, … Continued

Communities prioritize health and education for loss and damage funding in Isiolo, Kenya

By MID-P, hub in the Reversing the Flow program In the arid landscapes and rugged terrains of the Merti area … Continued

Durgapur Village Faces the Monsoon Flood of 2024 with a Better Approach

Author: Friendship, as part of the Reversing the Flow program. A Case Story from a Riverine Char Island of Brahmaputra … Continued

Locally-led adaptation: where do we stand?

David Mornout (MetaMeta), Joe Ray (RVO), Sandra van Soelen (Simavi), Tomi Haryadi (WRI Indonesia) There is a growing recognition that … Continued

Data or dialogue: how to do a baseline?

Reflections by IMPACT (Peter Lengurnet), Musul Community Land (Jackson Nkaiduri), and MetaMeta (Femke van Woesik, Esmee Mulder, Frank van Steenbergen) … Continued

Formal or functional? Can committees work?

By Esmee Mulder (MetaMeta) Formal or functional? Can committees work? Reflecting on community-based natural resource management in Northern Kenya Committees … Continued

Communications and coalitions

By Frank van Steenbergen & Femke van Woesik In the field of development, communication is often viewed as a means for … Continued

A journey through the eyes of the resident

Using Google Earth in urban community engagement Esmee Mulder April 21, 2021 Whether we are talking about natural resources management, … Continued

The power of peers: self-evolving institutions in action

The power of peers: self-evolving institutions in action Posted by Rajeshwar Mishra and Frank van Steenbergen November 8, 2016 (Members … Continued