{"id":78831,"date":"2025-06-24T16:24:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T15:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/?post_type=project&p=78831"},"modified":"2025-06-25T11:19:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T10:19:08","slug":"basin-behavioural-adaptation-for-water-security-and-inclusion","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/projects\/basin-behavioural-adaptation-for-water-security-and-inclusion\/","title":{"rendered":"BASIN \u2013 Behavioural Adaptation for water Security and INclusion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Water security is central to addressing the challenge of climate change. BASIN is a new project aiming to draw insights from behavioural approaches to improve decision-making for more effective and equitable adaptation in policy and practice. Recognising that barriers and opportunities exist at multiple scales the project will examine adaptation behaviours and practices from the individual level to the more systemic, organisational and political levels.<\/p>\n

BASIN is funded through the CLimate Adaptation and REsilience programme (CLARE)<\/strong><\/a> jointly designed and run by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and Canada’s International Development Development Centre. It was launched at Africa Climate Week in 2023. The project addresses two of CLARE’s<\/a> themes; supporting early action to reduce the impacts of climate variability and developing in a changing climate.<\/p>\n

Water insecurity is a major pathway through which climate change impacts humanity. One in three Africans experience water scarcity, with women, children and other marginalised groups being disproportionately affected. Adaptation to water scarcity is fundamentally about behaviour change. While behavioural and psychological sciences have made important contributions in understanding behaviour change, current insights have limited application in Africa as they primarily draw from Western societies. This is a gap that the BASIN project seeks to bridge.<\/p>\n\n

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Project overview<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

BASIN will synthesise, assess and test the application potential of multi-level behavioural and psychological science perspectives for adaptation in Africa to enhance water security for the most vulnerable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is a transdisciplinary partnership that brings together four universities, three NGOs and a knowledge broker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our work includes testing insights into targeting weather and climate information to enable adaptation action. We are doing this through case studies where our NGO partners are addressing cases of critical climate–water challenges in Burkina Faso, Malawi and Tanzania, providing the basis for upscaling insights in the Sahel, Ethiopia and Zambia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through intensive engagement with stakeholders and policymakers, and tailored and targeted policy-oriented actions, BASIN is aiming to achieve:<\/p>\n\n\n\n