Lezlie was commissioned by PREPARED Project (Tetratech/USAID) to help the Lake Victoria Basin Commission (and East African Community) design the Community Climate Change Adaptation Assessment (C3A2). This toolkit intends to help researchers and practitioners capture the voices of communities in areas considered climate-affected. It features eight instruments to guide data collection in a community over 3-4 days, with instructions and MS Excel-based tools for collection, triangulation, analysis and conclusions. The C3A2 design is grounded in a mixed methods (qualitative and quantitative) approach, participatory action research, complexity theory, and the analytical frameworks of integrated risk management (IRM) and climate risk as defined by the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change’s (IPCC) 5th Assessment Report (AR5).
Institutional Capacity Assessment of The Bahamas to implement the the New Disaster Risk Management Act
To bolster Disaster Risk Management (DRM) efforts, the Government of The Bahamas enacted the Disaster Risk Management Act in 2022 (DRM Act). This legislative move signifies a significant shift towards focusing on disaster risk over post-event responses. The objective is
