CALL amplifies local knowledge and co-creates climate adaptation solutions in the Global South, empowering communities for resilient, scalable action.

CALL connects communities, researchers, and practitioners across the Global South to uncover and amplify local knowledge, turning it into actionable climate adaptation solutions. Through participatory approaches, we test and refine these solutions in real-life contexts, fostering collaboration and learning. By scaling proven strategies and bridging grassroots insights with global frameworks, CALL ensures that locally led adaptation drives equitable and impactful climate resilience efforts.

Enhancing resilience of socially vulnerable communities by identifying, co-creating, and scaling on the ground solutions.

Learning and sharing valuable insights and knowledge across the Global South, fostering broader impact and collaboration.

Transforming climate adaptation by amplifying local knowledge and empowering communities in the Global South to lead solutions that build resilience.

Bridging the gap between grassroots insights and global action, driving equitable and sustainable adaptation at scale.

Fostering a culture of dynamic learning and collaboration, ensuring communities have the tools and support to thrive in the face of climate challenges.

Learning as the Foundation

CALL emphasises listening to communities to understand their unique climate challenges and the adaptation knowledge they already possess, ensuring solutions are grounded in real-world insights.

Co-Creating Solutions

By drawing from successful practices across the Global South, CALL facilitates the adaptation of strategies to local contexts, ensuring they are relevant and effective in addressing specific challenges.

Adaptive Learning

A feedback-driven approach values both successes and failures as learning opportunities, enabling continuous refinement and evolution of strategies.

Scaling with Context

CALL prioritises adapting proven strategies to diverse contexts, fostering the scalability and relevance of climate adaptation solutions across the Global South.

Advancing Learning and Collaboration through TLS
We are leading the ARA TLS program to foster peer learning, synthesize insights on heat resilience, adaptation metrics, and finance for locally led adaptation, and co-create priorities for future research and action with ARA members.
Influencing Global Adaptation Frameworks with the IPCC
We engaged ARA members to gather inputs for IPCC AR7, shaping technical guidelines on impact and vulnerability assessments, and amplifying local voices to inform global adaptation priorities.
Mapping Member Capacities for Enhanced Impact
We are mapping the geographic, thematic, and technical expertise of ARA members to identify collaboration opportunities, leadership potential, and capacity gaps, ensuring alignment with ARA’s strategic goals.
Unlocking Pathways: Evidence Reviews on Funding and Co-Creation
We are reviewing funding mechanisms for adaptation and evaluating ARA’s co-creation spaces, uncovering best practices and offering actionable strategies to enhance inclusivity, scalability, and impact.
Oya Wake Up Jaare! Of Pure Water Sachets and the Power of Art

Set against the vibrant backdrop of Lagos, this reflective piece delves into the powerful intersection of art, culture, and sustainability, as embodied by Nigerian textile artist, Nike Davies-Okundaye.

Community-driven Heat Solutions Compendium

This compendium contains solutions that have been piloted by communities across the Global South—solutions that are ready to be scaled globally with support from the broader adaptation community.

Metrics with Meaning: How Local Metrics Transform Climate Adaptation Success

Real resilience is not found in numbers, it lies in understanding the lives of those impacted. This is why developing context specific metrics matters.

Harnessing Collective Knowledge: Advancing Adaptation Research and Action through Tracking, Learning, and Sharing Around Extreme Heat

As AIDMI and Transitions Research reflect on the Asia-Pacific workshop on extreme heat, several key themes emerge that underline the importance of collaboration and shared learning in advancing adaptation.

Talking about Transitions: Can We Survive and Thrive in Hotter Cities?

5:00pm IST, Monday, Jun 3 2024

In this dialofue, we explored the role of policy and heat adaptation plans in addressing the uneven impacts of heat in urban communities.

Learn More
View More

Future Foresight Forum Future Foresight Forum guides present-day decisions by anticipating uncertain and complex futures. By identifying proactive, upstream interventions, we aim to ensure long-term sustainability and resilience in the face of emerging challenges and uncertainties.

Learn More

PULL PULL(People’s Urban Living Lab) is a platform for co-creating, testing and implementing climate solutions in the real-life and real-use context of India’s mid-sized cities. Our work focuses on developing comprehensive climate solutions, including equitable pathways to net-zero and building resilience of vulnerable communities.

Learn More

Monsoon Academy Monsoon Academy® is a tech-enabled learning platform for India and the developing world. It equips individuals with climate and sustainability skills, supports transitions to green jobs, and connects professionals with mentors and employers.

Learn More