Responding to Climate Stress : CARIAA Programme’s Theory of Change Evans Kituyi & Michele Leone IDRC Regional Office for Sub-Saharan Africa
Overview Introducing CARIAA: Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia The CARIAA Model features Consortia The Hot-Spots Cross-Consortia initiatives Our Theory of Change Conclusion
What is CARIAA? 7-year Partnership with DFID $70 million, ending 2019 Builds upon Climate Change Adaptation in Africa (CCAA) which closed in 2012
Linking Research to Policy & Practice in the hot-spots Generate new knowledge Promote research uptake Strengthen adaptation expertise Our overarching aim: To develop robust evidence on how to increase the resilience of vulnerable populations in climate change hot spots in Africa and Asia.
A Hot-spot Approach Himalayan Adaptation, Water & Resilience Pathways to Resilience in Semi- arid Economies Deltas, Vulnerability & Climate Change: Migration as Adaptation Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions
A Consortium Approach Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA) Core consortia members Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions (ASSAR) Himalayan Adaptation, Water, and Resilience Research (HI-AWARE) Pathways to Resilience in Semi-Arid Economies (PRISE) Deltas, Vulnerability and Climate Change: Migration and Adaptation (DECCMA) Research Policy Practice
Collaborative Program Architecture Cross-cutting Themes Migration Gender & equity Economics Climate science Scenarios Country Tables Kenya Ghana India Bangladesh Burkina Faso Pakistan Program Strategies Knowledge management Communications Monitoring and evaluation Stakeholder engagement
The CARIAA Theory of Change
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