CBA15: Innovating to improve the ownership, sustainability and multi-actor nature of CBA
Channel: IIED
Date: 2021-07-11

This is a recording of a session from the 15th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change (CBA15), which took place online from 14-18 June 2021.

How can the private sector be mobilised towards local action? In this session, two innovation stories informed a discussion on the hidden potential for adaptation through enterprise. 

Despite the existence of many technical, social and commercial solutions to address the impacts of climate change, it is difficult to mobilise community and private sector action. Private sector actors are risk averse and don’t like the uncertainty that comes with working with, or investing in, communities that live in vulnerable areas.

As practitioners and facilitators of community-based adaptation (CBA) we need to be innovative and incentivise the private sector to engage with such communities, as well as help enable communities to take action themselves. 

This session used two examples of innovation with communities and commercial actors to open a discussion on how we can better innovate, motivate and incentivise community-based adaptation. The discussion revealed more hidden potential for adaptation through markets and enterprise.

More information on the session on the CBA15 site: https://cba15.iied.org/session/W4
Rapporteur's notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tkzR6Y2yGK49nHl8wfagmSs3oeGqMeT-VctmxGdZNTc