The project site is located in the northwest of Yunnan, the fringe area of Three Parallel Rivers area. Yongsheng county has jurisdiction over 15 townships. The project will be implemented in three high altitude and cold townships including Yangping, Dongshan and Songping, which are deep poverty township concentrated area. The majority population are Yi and Lisu ethnic minority group people. Their livelihood mainly rely on natural resources. The main food crop are potato and buckwheat. The main income comes from livestock breeding and out-migration for work.

Main problems:
The disposable income of local people is low and their livelihood highly relies on natural resources. Their energy source is mainly firewood. A village with 50 households will consume 250tons of firewood per year, equal to 10ha. of forest, which will emit 272.65tons of CO2 per year. Deforestation not only cause climate change, but degrade the nature environment and increase natural disasters.

Solutions/activities:
1. Demonstrate solar water heaters in three townships
2. Provide training on climate change to raise community's awareness; organize technical training to promote raw feed for livestock to reduce firewood consumption
3. Establish community endogenous ecological conservation mechanism

Anticipated results/outcomes:
1. 120 households utilized solar energy, which reduce 392.6 tons of CO2 emission per year and generate the value of 374400CNY ($54000) per year
2. 120 households gained climate change knowledge and scientific livestock feeding technology
3. Community ecological conservation mechanism established and 120 households participated in nature conservation