Experiences with CRiSTAL
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In the Americas
Bolivia
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
Publication date: 2011
Costa Rica
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.
Publication date: March 2011
Ecuador
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
Publication date: 2011
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.
Publication date: November 2010
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.
Publication date: September 2009
Haiti
This report presents the results of an application of the Climate and Disaster Risks Tool (CliDR), a modified version of CRiSTAL, in Gommier, Haiti.
Publication date: November 2009
Honduras
Nicaragua
Peru
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
Publication date: 2011
In Africa
Ethiopia
This report presents the results of an application of the Climate and Disaster Risks Tool (CliDR), a modified version of CRiSTAL, in Guduru, Ethiopia.
Publication date: November 2009
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.
Publication date: 2009
Kenya
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.
Publication date: July 2010
Mali
Niger
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.
Publication date: November 2009
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.
Publication date: December 2008
Tanzania
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.
Publication date: February 2006
Zambia
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.
Publication date: March-April 2007
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.
Publication date: July 2009
In Asia
Sri Lanka