E thnic groups who live in the Mira river basin have long been marginalized, and are now struggling with the impacts of climate change. The governments of Colombia and Ecuador are engaging communities to participate in a food-security and nutrition intervention, combining climate-resilient traditional practices with scientific knowledge to develop Village Adaptation Plans.

Over the centuries, deltas have given rise to some of the world’s greatest cities—and those cities have always been open to the world. They have thrived not only in the trade of goods, but also in the exchange of ideas. Today, as the world faces up to the need to adapt to climate change, it has never been more important for delta countries to learn from one another.

That is the thinking behind the Global Center on Adaptation ‘lighthouse’ report: “Living with water: climate adaptation in the world’s deltas“. The report brings together inspiring case studies from around the globe to galvanize governments and citizens to help the half a billion people living in delta communities who are imperiled by climate change.