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.