The phrase "adaptation project" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to environmental changes, social changes, or any initiative aimed at adjusting to new conditions or requirements.
Example: "The adaptation project aims to develop strategies for communities affected by climate change."
Alternatives: "adjustment initiative" or "modification program".
Beyond such anecdotes, a recent report (PDF) from Tuvalu's government adaptation project and the United Nations Development Program ticked off the following climate-change concerns.
Through my work on a climate change adaptation project with the University of Exeter, it quickly became apparent that the research findings were all relevant to separate policies being formulated by several government departments.
In 2009, the Horn of Africa Risk Transfer and Adaptation project (HARITA) of Oxfam America (OA) along with local and international organizations such as the International Climate Research Institute (IRI) at Columbia University, Swiss Re and Nyala Insurance (a private company in Ethiopia) were able to develop a more participatory weather index insurance product in Northern Ethiopia.
Through a case study of a "REDD-readiness" climate change mitigation and adaptation project, we demonstrate how a shift in resource control and management from local to global actors builds upon narratives of environmental change (forest loss) that have little factual basis in environmental histories.
In this paper, we report preliminary results from a treatment adaptation project designed to condense existing cognitive behavioral therapy protocols for anxiety and depression to their core components and combine them into a brief, integrated treatment suitable for the broad population of internalizing youth seen in primary care.
Eventually there will be a larger adaptation project where the students will take some source material (probably poems by Komanyaaka) and merge it with their own lives in order to make a video that both uses their own experiences and elevates them by merging them with something larger than those experiences -- namely, Komunyaaka's experiences in the Vietnam War.
The Marina is just one of Singapore's adaptation projects.
Another issue is that countries can't agree how to disburse the money for adaptation projects.
Currently the government is only working on climate adaptation projects on public property.
But it will take significant investment to scale up climate adaptation projects to stop heat, sandstorms and floods from sweeping away homes and fertile top soils.
Anticipating major flooding, the city's mayor, Gregor Robertson, has called on the British Columbia province and federal governments to assist in preparing and financing flood adaptation projects.
