Local Communities Aren’t Just Climate Victims. They’re Climate Adaptation Leaders

“Poor and vulnerable” is a common refrain in climate change stories.

Community farming in Democratic Republic of the Congo.

It’s a phrase used with good reason, to highlight how climate change disproportionately affects the disenfranchised. Economically, politically and socially vulnerable communities feel climate impacts first and hardest. They have fewer resources to protect themselves against floods and droughts. Climate change can exacerbate the effects of poverty, widening the chasm between rich and poor.

Yet this refrain only tells part of the story—and what it leaves out is key to accelerating successful climate change solutions.

Read the story from the World Resources Institute by Jessica Arriens - “Local Communities Aren’t Just Climate Victims. They’re Climate Adaptation Leaders.”