Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange (CAKE) is a joint project of Island Press and EcoAdapt.    It is aimed at building a shared knowledge base for managing natural systems in the face of rapid climate change.   CAKE brings together EcoAdapt’s recognized leadership in developing the concepts and practices of climate adaptation with Island Press’s 27 years as the leading publisher of solutions-based environmental information to offer the most valuable, up-to-date, and authoritative materials on the subject.  Just as importantly, it is intended to help build an innovative community of practice.   It helps users to get beyond the limitations of their time and the unwieldy thicket of books, papers and articles by

•Vetting and clearly organizing the best information available

•Building a community via an interactive online platform

•Creating a directory of practitioners to share knowledge and strategies

•Identifying and explaining data tools and information available from other sites.

It consists principally of 4 interlinked components

• About the Virtual Library
• About Case Studies
• About the Directory
• About the Tools

as well as community forums for the discussion of current issues in conservation in a changing climate.

CAKE will support the changes that conservation has to make to keep up with the changing planet.