Targeting
Climate Change
Hot Spots
Climate Change
Hot Spots
More than one billion people live in deltas, semi-arid lands, and glacier- and snowpack-dependent river basins in Africa and Asia, hot spot regions that are the most vulnerable to climate change. The Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA) built resilience in these hot spots by supporting collaborative research on climate change adaptation to inform adaptation policy and practice. The CARIAA program closed in 2019.
More than one billion people live in deltas, semi-arid lands, and glacier- and snowpack-dependent river basins in Africa and Asia, hot spot regions that are the most vulnerable to climate change. The Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA) built resilience in these hot spots by supporting collaborative research on climate change adaptation to inform adaptation policy and practice. The CARIAA program closed in 2019.
Consortia
CARIAA supported collaborative research by four consortia, each addressing a particular climate change hot spot. Each consortium selected study areas based on geographic and social similarities in the way they experienced climate change despite being spread across different countries and continents. This model provided opportunities for institutions with varying expertise and geographic scopes to come together to share knowledge and experience across disciplines, sectors, and geographic areas.
Consortium |
Countries |
Burkina Faso, Senegal, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Tanzania, Pakistan, Tajikistan |

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ASSAR
Adaptation at Scale in Semi-arid Regions
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DECCMA
DEltas, vulnerability and Climate Change:
Migration and Adaptation -
HI-AWARE
Himalayan Adaptation, Water, and Resilience
Research on Glacier and Snowpack Dependent
River Basins for Improving Livelihoods -
PRISE
Pathways to Resilience in
Semi-arid Economies
Research
CARIAA had three research objectives:
- Generate and share new knowledge on vulnerability and adaptation in hot spots,
- Build new capacities by strengthening expertise among researchers, policymakers, and practitioners, and
- Inform better policy and practice through engagement.
Explore research from CARIAA to see how it contributes to improving the climate resilience of the world’s most vulnerable communities.
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The consortium model and the architecture of CARIAA provide opportunities for sharing knowledge and experience, for learning, and for synthesis across consortia, disciplines, sectors, countries, and continents.
The consortium model and the architecture of CARIAA provide opportunities for sharing knowledge and experience, for learning, and for synthesis across consortia, disciplines, sectors, countries, and continents.
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Collaboration
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Hot Spot Approach
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Synthesis