Climate Adaptation from the Bottom up: Collaboration between Malian Communities and Scientific Organizations to Identify and Implement Responsive Water Management Actions

This activity report describes and evaluates a country project aimed to foster collaboration between local communities and scientific organizations to identify and implement responsive water management actions in Mali. The project coupled community experience with output from a water planning system that allowed for the identification of various adaptation options that would be feasible and concurrent with community needs. The communications materials developed, which included music and theater as a way of explaining the adaptation options available, make an important and significant contribution to the field of risk communications.