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Community-Based Risk Screening Tool - Adaptation and Livelihoods
(CRiSTAL)
This
tool helps project planners integrate risk reduction and climate
change adaptation into community-level projects. |
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Background |
Building
on the First
Phase of activity, Livelihoods and Climate Change has focused
on the development of practical tools to facilitate the integration
of risk reduction and climate adaptation into field projects. Specifically,
the Project Partners have developed and field-tested a decision-support
tool called CRISTAL (Community-based Risk Screening Tool - Adaptation
& Livelihoods), which enables project planners and managers
to:
- Understand
the links between local livelihoods and climate.
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Assess
a project's impact on livelihood resources important for climate
adaptation.
- Devise
adjustments to improve a project's impact on these key livelihood
resources.
Field
tests of CRiSTAL were conducted in Mali, Tanzania, Nicaragua and
Sri Lanka. Feedback from each of the tests allowed project partners
to fine-tune CRiSTAL, rendering it more useful and usable for project
managers interested in mainstreaming climate risk into their field
work. Details of these tests are included below.
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CRiSTAL Field Test Reports |
- Mali
field test report. Summarises the methodology and results
from the first field test. CRiSTAL was tested on an IUCN project
on decentralized flood forest management in the Inner Niger Delta.
PDF
- Tanzania
field test report. This document summarises the results
from an Intercooperation-supported sustainable livelihoods project
in Dodoma, which seeks to promote new income-generating activities
in rural households. PDF
- Nicaragua
field test report.
CRiSTAL in Nicaragua was tested on two projects—the IC project
on sustainable hillside agriculture in northwestern Nicaragua,
and an IUCN project on capacity-building for environmental management
in the southeastern part of the country. PDF
- Sri
Lanka field test report. CRiSTAL
Sri Lanka was tested on an IUCN integrated coastal ecosystem management
project in the southwest region of the country. PDF
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Guide to the Tool |
A
CRiSTAL User's Manual is available to guide you
through the process of using the tool. PDF
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The Tool |
Community-Based
Risk Screening Tool - Adaptation and Livelihoods Tool (CRiSTAL)
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