This case study analyzes the results, lessons learned and recommendations emerging from the application of CRiSTAL along with CARE's Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (CVCA) methodology in the context of the PRAA project. Versión en castellano disponible aquí: http://www.careclimatechange.org/files/adaptation/PRAA_CVCA_CS_0711_Spanish.pdf

IUCN organized a CRiSTAL training in the Rio Sixaola watershed as part of their regional water governance project. As part of the training, CRiSTAL was applied in a number of communities in the watershed. For one micro watershed, a work plan and intervention strategy to promote water governance and community adaptation was developed based on the CRiSTAL results.

As part of the Climate Risk Management Technical Assistance Support Project (CRM TASP), consultations on climate risks were held with communities and irrigation committees accross the Yaque del Sur watershed in the south of the Dominican Republic. This report summarizes the results (in Spanish).

A group of university and civil society partners applied CRiSTAL in the Geobotanical Reserve of Pululahua in order to devise adaptation measures and policies to address the increasing stresses related to climate variability and change on natural and human systems.

This case study analyzes the results, lessons learned and recommendations emerging from the application of CRiSTAL along with CARE's Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (CVCA) methodology in the context of the PRAA project. Versión en castellano disponible aquí: http://www.careclimatechange.org/files/adaptation/PRAA_CVCA_CS_0711_Spanish.pdf

With technial support from IUCN, a capacity building workshop on the use and application of CRiSTAL was held in September 2011 in Livingstone, Guatemala.

IUCN held a workshop with local NGOs in Rio Hondo, Sierra de las Minas region, Zacapa, Guatemala, which included a brief pilot application of the tool. It is now planned to apply CRiSTAL through 31 community workshops.

The present report concerns the application of the CRiSTAL Tool in the San Pablo village, Department of San Marcos, Guatemala; in the framework of the Tacana II Project developed by IUCN with the support from the Embassy of the Netherlands in Guatemala.

This report presents the results of an application of the Climate and Disaster Risks Tool (CliDR), a modified version of CRiSTAL, in Gommier, Haiti.

As part of the Climate Risk Management Technical Assistance Support Project (CRM TASP), consultations on climate risks were held with coastal and rural communities accross Honduras. The results are presented in this report (in Spanish).

This report presents the results of two applications of the Climate and Disaster Risks Tool (CliDR), a modified version of CRiSTAL, in Southern Honduras.

As part of the Climate Risk Management Technical Assistance Support Project (CRM TASP), consultations on climate risks in the health sector were held with rural communities in the departments of Managua, León and Chinandega, Nicaragua. This report summarizes the results (in Spanish).

Intercooperation led a field test of CRiSTAL in conjunction with a sustainable hillside agriculture project being undertaken in northwestern Nicaragua.

Teresa, in the Cusco region of Peru. The application of CRiSTAL led to the identification of a range of climate and gender-sensitive adaptation measures by the local communities, in line with their local culture and traditions. Continuous engagement of local government in the CRiSTAL process further contributed to the inclusion of climate adaptation into local development plans, which is now being replicated in the surrounding municipalities.

In this CRiSTAL Stories brief, Marius Keller (IISD) and Tatiana Farfán de la Vega (CARE-Peru) document how application of the CRiSTAL framework in the municipality of Santa Teresa, in the Cusco region of Peru, led local communities to identify a range of climate and gender-sensitive adaptation measures, in line with local culture and traditions. Continuous engagement of local government in the CRiSTAL process further contributed to the inclusion of climate adaptation into local development plans, which has now been replicated in the surrounding municipalities.

UNDP, UNEP and IUCN organized a CRISTAL training and field application of the CRiSTAL Tool as part of the Adaptation based on Mountain Ecosystems Project in the city of Lunahuaná, Lima, Peru.

As part of the Climate Risk Management Technical Assistance Support Project (CRM TASP), consultations on climate risks were held with communities in the upper watershed of the Piura River, in Peru. This report summarizes the results (in Spanish).

This case study analyzes the results, lessons learned and recommendations emerging from the application of CRiSTAL along with CARE's Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (CVCA) methodology in the context of the PRAA project. Versión en castellano disponible aquí: http://www.careclimatechange.org/files/adaptation/PRAA_CVCA_CS_0711_Spanish.pdf

Policy brief on the finding of the report "climate vulnerability and adaptive capacity in Ethiopia's Borana and Somali communities - Final Assessment Report".

This report presents the results of an application of the Climate and Disaster Risks Tool (CliDR), a modified version of CRiSTAL, in Guduru, Ethiopia.

This report provides a comparative analysis of the climate-related vulnerability and adaptive capacity of Borana and Somali pastoralist communities in Ethiopia, how they have changed over time and how they relate to climate change. The results of this analysis are intended to provide the Government of Ethiopia, civil society organizations and international donors a basis for improved development programming and advocacy.

As part of the Global Water Initiative, IUCN and CARE applied CRiSTAL in conjunction with CARE's Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis (CVCA) in the Garissa district, Kenya, in the context of an Integrated Water Resources Management project.

Ce document s’inscrit dans le cadre d’une phase initiale du thème Changement Climatique dans la Délégation Intercooperation - Sahel au Mali. Des analyses ont été faites avec l’outil CRiSTAL dans la région de Ségou. L’application de CRiSTAL avait pour objectif d’analyser les risques et vulnérabilités au niveau local liés au changement climatique.

The first field test of CRiSTAL took place in Mali in September 2005. The tool was applied to an IUCN project focused on decentralization of flood and forest management in the Inner Niger Delta.

The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and CARE International organized a four-day training workshop in Niger to provide participants with a framework for understanding vulnerability and adaptation to climate change, and to enhance capacity to integrate climate change vulnerability and adaptation considerations into project design and management.

This report presents the results of an application of the Climate and Disaster Risks Tool (CliDR), a modified version of CRiSTAL, in Guidan Ider, Niger.

IUCN applied CRiSTAL in conjunction with CARE's Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis (CVCA) as part of an Integrated Water Resources Management project in the Pangani River Basi in northern Tanzania. The project is part of the Global Water Initiative.

Intercooperation was supporting a sustainable livelihood project in Dodoma, Tanzania, which seeks to promote new income-generating activities in rural households. CRiSTAL was used with participants in this project as part of its third field test.

In this CRiSTAL Stories brief, Julie Karami (IISD) and Sophie Kutegeka (IUCN-Uganda) document how the application of the Community-Based Risk Screening Tool— Adaptation and Livelihoods (CRiSTAL) framework in Sansaza parish, Eastern Uganda, led to the development of a community-driven water gravity flow scheme for irrigation. The scheme will help people adapt to prolonged dry spells—a trend that may increase in the context of climate change. Other outcomes of the CRiSTAL process include: the development of a common understanding of the climate issues, increased cohesion among local actors and increased support for climate adaptation in the area from external agencies.

CRiSTAL was applied in four field project sites located in 3 agroecological zones of Zambia, as part of an IUCN climate change adaptation pilot project. The information collected with CRiSTAL was communicated to decision-makers to complete Zambia’s NAPA. This pilot project led to a full-size IUCN climate change adaptation project in Eastern and Southern Africa, focusing on the role of forest and water resources in climate change adaptation.

As part of the UNITAR project called C3D+ (Capacity Development for Adaptation to Climate Change and GHG Mitigation and Non-Annex I Countries) , IISD applied CRiSTAL in Western Province, Zambia, in July 2009. The objectives were to improve the capacity of local non-governmental organisations and community-based organisations to gather local information on climate change vulnerability and adaptation and integrate this information into project design and management.

This report presents the results of an application of CRiSTAL in the village Nanga Bere on the island of Flores in Indonesia, to screen proposed livelihood support activities regarding their contribution to vulnerability reduction and adaptive capacity.

CRiSTAL was field tested as part of an IUCN integrated coastal ecosystem management project in the southwest region of Sri Lanka.