Beyond Heat Action Plans: What Are People Already Doing to Adapt? Why autonomous heat adaptation deserves a place in how we plan for heat Across South and Southeast Asia, heat is heard before it is measured. It is in the whirr of coolers and fans by mid-morning, in shutters coming down at noon, in markets Read More
How Do We Know Whether Our Capacity Strengthening Efforts Are Working? A practical framework for matching your monitoring, evaluation and learning approach to different capacity strengthening approaches Acknowledgement: With thanks to Carys Richards, Phuu Thit Kyyw, Martin Rokitzki and Catherine Fisher for their contributions to the thinking underpinning this work. Consider a common scenario: You Read More
Making Capacity Strengthening More Gender-Equitable and Inclusive: The GEI Checklist for Inclusive Events Capacity Strengthening in practice in Diani, Kenya during the Communication & Dissemination Workshop held in December 2025 What does it actually mean to make a capacity strengthening approach more gender-equitable and inclusive in the context of adaptation and resilience? It can be Read More
Capacity Strengthening in CLARE: What Learners Valued Capacity strengthening is often described through the usual activities: workshops, trainings, mentoring sessions, fellowships, peer learning, toolkits, field visits and webinars. These activities matter. But they are only part of the story. Across CLARE, capacity strengthening has taken many different forms. Some approaches were designed to build technical Read More
Beyond the Workshop: Equipping People to Better Adapt to Climate Change Capacity strengthening is everywhere in climate adaptation work. It appears in project proposals, logframes and strategies. It is often attached to familiar activities: workshops, trainings, toolkits, mentoring and peer learning. These activities matter. But capacity strengthening goes beyond one-off activities. At PlanAdapt, through our Read More