The Local Adaptive Capacity framework (LAC) was developed by the Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance (ACCRA). The paper draws on extensive consultations with academics, policy-makers and practitioners and is an attempt to incorporate the intangible and dynamic dimensions of adaptive capacity, as well as capital and resource-based components, into an analysis of adaptive capacity at local level.

The framework forms a conceptual basis for ACCRA’s country level research, which seeks to understand how development or social protection interventions undertaken by ACCRA members (Oxfam, Save the Children, World Vision and CARE) contribute to adaptive capacity in 11 communities in three African countries (Uganda, Mozambique and Ethiopia).

Latest Publications

Why community-based adaptation makes economic sense

  • Countries: Kenya
  • Co-authors: New Economics Foundation
  • Published: July 2012

Guidance for Designing, Monitoring and Evaluating Peacebuilding Projects: Using Theories of Change

  • Countries: Nepal, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Co-authors: International Alert
  • Published: June 2012

Promoting Conflict Sensitivity Among Donor Agencies – Policy Brief

  • Countries: Global
  • Co-authors: Conflict Sensitivity Consortium
  • Published: April 2012

Addressing Climate Change and Conflict in Development Cooperation; Experiences from Natural Resource Management

  • Countries: Egypt, Kenya, Niger, Sudan
  • Co-authors: Danish Institute for International Studies
  • Published: April 2012

Rules of the range Natural resources management in Kenya–Ethiopia border areas (policy brief)

  • Countries: Ethiopia, Kenya
  • Co-authors: Overseas Development Institute
  • Published: April 2012

Reaching New Heights: The Case for Measuring Women’s Empowerment

  • Countries: Bangladesh
  • Co-authors: Marcy Vigoda
  • Published: March 2012