Guidebook on integrating communitybased adaptation into REDD+ projects

Efforts to tackle climate change are often divided into mitigation approaches and adaptation approaches. Given that mitigation is usually a global priority and adaptation a local priority, practitioners and planners may find it difficult to bridge the scales and ensure that mitigation projects address adaptation concerns and vice versa. This guidebook demonstrates how community-based adaptation (CBA) can be integrated into mitigation activities, such as reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) projects, by incorporating such methods as vulnerability analysis, participatory research and cost–benefit analysis. The use of multiple methods makes it possible not only to link scales but also to integrate adaptation priorities into REDD+ projects. Part 1 of this guidebook reviews the central concepts in addressing climate change, such as mitigation and adaptation, as well as concepts in the social return on investment (SROI) framework. SROI comprises a combination of methods that includes participatory research, visioning and cost–benefit analysis. In Part 2, the guidebook sets out a five-step approach to integrating CBA into REDD+ projects (Figure 1). The first step is to conduct a vulnerability analysis. Figure 1.