TroFCCA is a four year project of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and the Tropical Agriculture Center for Research and Higher Education (CATIE) to contribute to the understanding of adaptation to climate change within tropical forest ecosystems.
Through the development of specific methods to assess vulnerability, the project will contribute to mainstreaming adaptation to climate change in development projects. The project is complementing activities already taking place in the countries in which it will be implemented, and for this reason, working relationships with national governments were established before commencing activities.
During its four years, research relevant for policy processes will be produced in the countries where it will be implemented by :
- focusing its activities on development topics of regional/national priority and for which forests play a substantial role. These topics will be chosen in consultation with national governments and through policy dialogues implemented through workshops
- developing methods to assess vulnerability relating to the topics identified above
- applying these methods to assess vulnerability and identify adaptation priorities
- developing work on adaptation in conjunction with national partners, aimed at specifying adaptation needs and strategies in the context of the above development topics
- identifying and developing ways to incorporate adaptation concerns into national policies, including sectoral ones
- triggering innovative mechanisms to finance adaptation, like the participation of the private sector
- establishing a regional policy dialogue to enhance regional cooperation on adaptation.