Steps for development of adaptation option menus
An adaptation option menu provides viable options for managing climate risks. It synthesizes
adaptation practices that could catalyze long-term adaptation processes. As shown in Figure 5.2,
there are four major steps for developing the tool.
■ Identify improved adaptation options that are locally available and based on new research.
■ Analyse adaptation options based on their constraints and opportunities.
■ Validate and prioritize adaptation options against a set of key criteria.
■ Consolidate the most suitable options into an adaptation options menu.
Through efforts to determine the viability of adaptation options, it is actually possible to create
a menu of adaptation options for the development planning process with the potential to be
integrated into the existing institutional agenda. The adaptation option menu also provides
input and acts as a catalyst for field-level demonstrations of viable adaptation options with
potential to improve the capacity of rural livelihoods to adapt to climate change.