Adaptation is a dynamic and multi-layered process and activity. If the end goal is sustainable livelihoods that are able to withstand external ‘shocks and stresses', then adaptation to local environmental change requires various core elements to ensure its sustainability and effectiveness. These elements can broadly include: culturally and locally-appropriate awareness raising; community capacity building and training; the acquisition of climate data and projections at the regional and local level to help plan activities; and a mixture of both ‘soft' and ‘hard' measures. Such elements will help to secure water, food and energy supplies, improve health and sanitation, protect homes and community infrastructure, and conserve surrounding natural ecosystems from which communities derive most of their food and natural resource needs. This poster draws on the outcomes and subsequent lessons from an Australian Aid project focussed on community-based climate change adaptation in a number of communities in Fiji from 2006-2013. The outcomes from three communities in particular - Soso village in the Yasawa Islands, Bavu village in Vitu Levu and Navukailagi village on Gau Island - will be shared. Core lessons stemming from this project relate to the need to: holistically capture the numerous resources that communities utilise to sustain their livelihoods (as vulnerability can be influenced by a host of stressors not just climate); ensure an ongoing two-way dialogue and sharing of knowledge; and the development of long-term plans and visions for a sustainable future in these communities.