Scaling up the use of tools for community-based adaptation *

Over the years, donor agencies, international organisations and NGOs have issued an array of guidance documents and tools on climate change adaptation and its integration into development programming, covering a broad spectrum between ‘generic mainstreaming guidance’ (UNDP 2010: 6), on the one hand, and specific tools for adaptation, on the other. Few of them provide guidance on how to scale-up community-based adaptation (CBA) knowledge and practical lessons. This gap is an important concern, as there is a growing need for CBA to reach a critical mass, both horizontally across a larger number of vulnerable communities and vertically to support policy traction at local, national and international levels.