CBA Scale+ Project Brief
Community-Based Adaptation: Scaling up Community Action for Livelihoods and Ecosystems in Southern Africa and Beyond (CBA Scale+)
Communities across Southern Africa are facing escalating climate impacts – intensifying droughts and
heatwaves, floods, extreme rainfall events, and tropical cyclones – that severely affect ecosystems, land productivity & soil health, food & water security, livelihoods, and infrastructure. The CBA Scale+ Project offers a strategic
response to these challenges by integrating nature-based solutions for adaptation into Community-Based Adaptation (CBA) across Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Zambia, with lessons for the region and globally.
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