Addressing climate change through community-led solutions
Climate change is already reshaping ecosystems, economies, and communities around the world. Rising temperatures, stronger storms, and shifting weather patterns are threatening food systems, biodiversity, and livelihoods, especially for rural and coastal communities who depend most directly on nature.
Rare works with fishing and farming communities to address climate change by strengthening resilience, restoring ecosystems, and supporting solutions that help people and nature adapt and thrive.
The impact of strengthening climate resilience
Rare’s behavioral science and innovation work is helping communities adopt sustainable practices, strengthen conservation leadership, and scale solutions worldwide.
billion
People live in areas highly vulnerable to climate change, including many fishing and farming communities
million
People depend on small-scale fisheries for food and livelihoods
of the world's food
Is produced by smallholder farmers facing climate change impacts
Rare and Climate Resilience
Rare’s President, Caleb McClennen, explains why climate resilience is central to addressing climate change.
The Rare approach to climate change
Rare works at the intersection of climate, nature, and people — supporting communities to adapt to climate impacts while restoring the ecosystems that help buffer them.
We partner with fishers, farmers, local leaders, and governments to strengthen climate resilience through sustainable practices, ecosystem restoration, and community-led governance. By aligning solutions with local priorities and realities, we help ensure they are adopted, sustained, and scaled.
Our work shows how community-led approaches can reduce vulnerability, strengthen livelihoods, and deliver lasting impact.
Rare works to create the conditions for communities to adapt to climate change and build resilient futures.
We design solutions grounded in how people make decisions. We align new practices with local priorities, social norms, and daily realities, and use tools and technology to support adoption and scaling.
We work with communities and governments to advance policies that support climate resilience and long-term stewardship of natural resources.
We connect communities to financial tools that strengthen resilience, support adaptation, and reduce vulnerability to climate impacts.
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