| Partner
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Practical Action |
| Link
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Practical Action main website:
http://practicalaction.org/
Practical answers website:
http://practicalaction.org/practicalanswers/ |
| Description
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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 | |
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Strengthening the livelihood security among poor communities that are vulnerable to natural disasters |
| Further information
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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
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Africa and the Arab States
Asia and the Pacific
South America
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| Sector
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Food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
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| Adaptation delivery activity
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Capacity building
Communications and awareness-raising
Disaster risk reduction
Early warning systems
Pilot adaptation programmes/projects
Risk/vulnerability mapping
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| NWP work area
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Adaptation planning and practices
Technologies for adaptation
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| Climate hazards
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Drought
Flood
Storms/tropical cyclones
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| Operational scale
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Global
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