Nairobi work programme: Partners and Pledges Database

Partners

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Partner	Practical Action
Link	Practical Action main website: http://practicalaction.org/ Practical answers website: http://practicalaction.org/practicalanswers/
Description	Practical Action works with poor communities to develop appropriate technologies in food production, agroprocessing, energy, transport, small enterprise development, shelter and disaster mitigation.
Action pledges
	Strengthening the livelihood security among poor communities that are vulnerable to natural disasters
Further information	Increasing the resilience of poor communities to cope with the impact of climate change (scroll down for information on the 2007 community-based adaptation workshop) Practical Action's ongoing activities on adaptation and freshwater
Regional focus	Africa and the Arab States Asia and the Pacific South America
Sector	Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
Adaptation delivery activity	Capacity building Communications and awareness-raising Disaster risk reduction Early warning systems Pilot adaptation programmes/projects Risk/vulnerability mapping
NWP work area	Adaptation planning and practices Technologies for adaptation
Climate hazards	Drought Flood Storms/tropical cyclones
Operational scale	Global

Organizations, institutions and private sector companies at all levels and in a wide range of sectors can become engaged with the NWP by becoming a partner and making Action Pledges. Information about how organizations can become engaged with work on adaptation under the NWP can be found here.