Localising Climate Resilience

ACTIVITIES

• Develop a targeted research strategy to document the evidence of climate change and its impacts on community.
• Create a comprehensive framework to map the various factors influencing climate resilience.
• Collaborate with communities to co-create an evidence-based Village Climate Action Plan, thus further expanding the scope of  Village Poverty Reduction Plan (VPRP) process.
• To conduct scoping, mapping and inventorization of local consumption supply chains, with a specific focus on village markets (haat).
• Establish a statistical tool managed by Gram Panchayats to measure progress on social, economic, and ecological developments for climate resilient actions within communities.
• Recognize villages and Gram Panchayats for sustainable development using the multidimensional development framework.
• Disseminate ground-level stories of Community Combatting Climate Change (C4) efforts, showcasing the preparedness, adaptation, and mitigation efforts of communities and their effectiveness in socio-economic and ecological development.
• Advocate and engage with State Government, district administration, and panchayati raj institutions for information, education, and follow-up action.
• Collaborate with research and technology institutions for knowledge development and management.
• Enhance capacities of communities, village institutions, and local governments in climate change adaptation, mitigation, impact reduction, and early warning.
• Introduce a fellowship program for social action fellows to support communities and institutions in climate change-related planning and management.  
• Promote relevant employment skills, particularly among youth and adults, to secure decent jobs and encourage entrepreneurship.
• Demonstrate climate-sensitive value-chain measures by building on existing livelihood systems or introducing similar systems in agriculture and non-farm production.
• Identify grassroots organizations to align with the vision and agenda and build their capacities to function as partners.