Many rural poor people in developing countries depend on agriculture and are highly influenced by climatic change. Hence, sustainable livelihood approaches are used at both policy and project level to initiate new poverty reduction activities and modify existing activities to improve livelihood incomes. Practices relevant to climate change adaptation around the world are wideranging and include development of technology, management, infrastructure, livestock, groundwater, and knowledge.

Spurs and dykes are structures that protect river banks and contain flood waters. They can be built by communities using stones and wire.

OBJETIVO DEL DIRECTORIO 

El Directorio Fuentes de Financiamiento con Instrumentos Dedicados a Energía Sostenible en Zonas Rurales de Ecuador, tiene como objetivo identificar las diferentes fuentes de financiamiento convencional y no convencional dirigidas a atender la demanda del sector rural y periurbano del país, haciendo especial hincapié en aquellas entidades que ofrecen productos dirigidos a financiar las diversas actividades relacionadas a la adquisición o provisión de servicios de energía renovable y/o eficiencia energética.