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OVERVIEW OF ALM USER AND QUALITY GUIDELINES

To ensure quality content and contributions to the ALM and to help clarify the purpose of ALM's features, ALM Guidelines consist of tips and guidance for creating content, writing discussion topics and participating in user groups on the ALM website.

Forums Guidelines: For guidelines on writing discussion topics and contributing to forum discussions, see the Forum Guidelines.
User Groups Guide: For guidance on how to use and create ALM user groups, see the User Groups Guide.
Content Guidelines: For tips and criteria for submitting content see Content Guidelines below.

We encourage you to help feature resources on the ALM that best exemplify high quality and good adaptation practice by making use of the Rating and Comment features on all ALM content pages.

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CONTENT GUIDELINES

The Content Guidelines below provide tips for adding content, as well as criteria for submitted materials to ensure that content on the ALM platform supports ALM's mission to facilitate the exchange of good climate change adaptation practices.

General Guidelines for Creating Content

Content Type
Use the content type descriptions indicated on the Create Content page to determine which form to use for adding content. While themes and tags can be adjusted once content has been added, the assigned content type for created content can not be changed.

Language and Formatting
Write clearly and concisely, and avoid technical language when possible. Separate sub-sections of body or summary text with headings. Follow ALM formatting conventions by using set styles in the formatting box.

 

Basic Criteria for Submitting Content
Basic criteria for inclusion of projects, initiatives, case studies, and programs in the ALM are based on the content’s specific focus on climate change adaptation, alignment with Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and contribution to low-emission, climate-resilient development strategies (LECRDS). ALM content, therefore, must show evidence of the following three criteria:

1) Evidence of the Adaptation Need & Approach
Clear evidence of the adaptation need and approach, distinguishable from general development, which can be identified by climate hazard, impact and adaptation strategy: The specific adaptation strategies and the climate-related impact(s) that it addresses, as well as the climate hazards that lead to these specific climate-related impacts, should all be specified. Examples of hazards include drought, floods, sea-level rise, shift of season, storms, vector-borne diseases; examples of impacts resulting from these threats include coastal erosion, increased incidence of disease, land degradation, loss of crops, loss of land, loss of livelihood, low productivity of livestock, poultry and fisheries, and water shortage; examples of climate strategies include appropriate crop or livestock selection, livelihood or diet diversification, rainwater harvesting and vector control.

In order for an ALM submission to meet this criterion, ALM member and/or staff should be able to answer the following questions about its content:
•    What is/are the specific climate hazard(s) that trigger(s) the need for this project, initiative or program?
•    What identified impact(s) from this specific climate hazard does the project, initiative or programs seek to address?
•    What adaptation approaches or strategies designed to address these specified impacts does the initiative prescribe?

2) Clear alignment with MDGs
The specific adaptation strategies prescribed by the initiative, experience or guidance material must also support one or more specific MDGs.  

In order for an ALM submission to meet this criterion, ALM member and/or staff should be able to answer the following questions about its content:
•    What specific MDG(s) does the project, initiative or program support?
•    Which adaptation strategies in the project, initiative or program support which MDGs?

3) Characteristic of low-emission, climate-resilient development strategies (LECRDS)
Climate change adaptation and mitigation are inextricably linked in international development. Adaptation approaches should not only enhance resilience to climate change impacts, but also contribute to low-carbon development.

In order for an ALM submission to meet this criterion, ALM member and/or staff should be able to answer the following questions about its content:
•    In what ways are the strategies prescribed in the project, initiative or program low-carbon?
•    How might these practices support both climate change mitigation and resilience to climate change impacts?

 

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