Climate Asia Tools and Materials

Climate Asia is a study of people’s experience of climate change in seven countries - Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, and Vietnam. It includes a data portal website on which to access survey data from over 33,500 people by country and by region, detailed reports of findings, research tools, and detailed information on data analysis. The communication guide and toolkit are designed to help individuals, groups, and media create a climate change communication initiative.

The project provides information for governments, donors, the media, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and anyone who wants to support people to adapt to the changing environment. The tools and materials page of the website includes the following:

• Tools; 1) Communicating Climate Change: What You Can Do; 2) Climate Change Communication Cards (coming after October 2013)
• Links to Country Reports and Translations (as of October 2013, a Bengali version of the Bangladesh report and a Nepali version of the Nepal report)
• Data Visualisations - providing key country findings at a glance.
• Research Tools - to understand this work better or to use for your own research - 1) Community Assessment Guide with Rural Observation Sheet; 2) Community Assessment - Urban Observation Sheet; 3) Discussion Guide for a Focus Group; 4) Quantitative Survey
• Research Methods - 1) Community Assessment Methodology; 2) Focus Groups Methodology; 3) In-Depth Interview Methodology; 4) Audience Segmentation Methodology; 5) Quantitative Survey Methodology
• How To Use section - Policy Makers, Media, NGOs