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Decentralized Governance and Climate Change Adaptation: A Case Study on Mali

January 2017
Dr. Tim Finan, Ida Nadia Djenontin, Dr. Mamadou Baro, Chemonics International Inc.
Decentralized Governance and Climate Change Adaptation
This study explored ways in which Mali’s 25-year old decentralized governance system empowers local government to help communities adapt to the changing climate. The findings suggest that local development plans hold promise as a vehicle for engaging communities and integrating adaptation into local development planning, but that more needs to be done to strengthen the process. Centered in the southern regions of Mopti, Koulikoro and Sikasso, where most livelihoods derive from farming and livestock, the study also found that decentralized governance creates particular opportunities to facilitate problem-solving across villages and build external linkages to NGOs, donors and others. Such relationships are important as households increasingly compete for water and land for grazing and farming, and trees for charcoal and fuelwood. With higher temperatures and decreasing rainfall likely in these regions in the future, effective management of natural resources is vital to maintaining livelihoods and minimizing conflict.
 
Supported by USAID’s ATLAS project, the study was conducted by the University of Arizona and the Malian NGO, Sahel Eco.

To learn more about this study, view the January 2017 USAID Adaptation Community Meeting on this topic. 
 
Read the French version of this resource. 
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Geography: 
Africa
Country: 
Mali
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Geography: 
Africa
Keywords: 
adaptation, governance
Projects: 
ATLAS - Adaptation Thought Leadership and Assessments

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