Strengthening adaptation planning for local communities: Enhancing climate resilience through locally-ed adaptation (LLA)

• Feb 26, 2025
• 1 min

MSC developed a Locally-Led Adaptation (LLA) toolkit to enhance climate resilience among India’s Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs). Implemented across Odisha, Jharkhand, and Rajasthan, the toolkit informed local planning, facilitated partnerships, and supported customized financial solutions to strengthen community adaptation efforts.

The particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGs) comprise 75 of India’s most marginalized communities among more than 700 scheduled tribes. These communities depend on forest-based livelihoods, rainfed agriculture, and manual labor to survive. They are highly susceptible to climate change’s effects, such as erratic rainfall, extended dry spells, and extreme weather events. 

MSC developed a locally-led adaptation (LLA) toolkit to enhance climate resilience and strengthen PVTGs’ community adaptation planning. The toolkit assessed the vulnerabilities of local communities to the impacts of climate hazards specific to their region. We implemented the toolkit through workshops with the PVTGs in Odisha, Jharkhand, and Rajasthan. 

MSC worked to integrate CAP insights into the gram panchayat development plans to ensure local planning processes embed climate adaptation measures. We also facilitated partnerships with civil society organizations in the gram panchayats to incorporate the community adaptation plans into existing programs and initiatives that seek to enhance climate resilience. We collaborated with financial service providers to help develop customized financial products for vulnerable communities. 

This led to a research report that we submitted to the IDH. It highlighted the communities’ climate vulnerabilities, resilience strategies, and adaptation options.