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Over the last several years there has been a growing interest in Community-Based Adaptation (CBA) to climate change in the developing countries, which has led to a significant and growing number of actions on the ground by NGOs and research organizations. Many of these institutions have been exploring the possibilities of linking efforts in order to achieve a greater level of synergy around CBA. As part of this collective thinking, the Global Initiative on Community-Based Adaptation (GICBA) has been initiated in response to a growing interest in CBA approaches and strategies to climate change in developing countries. This proposed initiative is not meant to take the place of or compete with other projects or activities but to enable sharing and synergies between efforts by all organisations (and individuals) working on community-based adaptation to climate change.