ABSTRACT
While some channels of communication are well established, such as those from global scientists to global policymakers, others are not. The weakest link is with vulnerable communities at the local level, in terms of both gaining their knowledge of local climate and adaptation and sharing climate change knowledge with them. The global focus on CCA manifests itself at the local level through community-based adaptation (CBA) projects. CBA projects are designed to promote and protect sustainable livelihoods through building capacity for community-level adaptation to unpredictable and risky climates (Ayers & Forsyth, 2009; Ireland & McKinnon, 2013). Practitioners working within this field provide a direct link with local communities. As such, they can operate as vehicles for the reciprocal transmittal of knowledge between scales and stakeholders. This case study explores knowledge sharing in relation to CCA from a national-level practitioner perspective in Bangladesh, drawing from research conducted with CBA practitioners from the national platform ‘Action Research for Community Adaptation in Bangladesh’ (ARCAB).
