You might look at this paper by Kronk & Brewer regarding indigenous knowledge and climate change.  Good luck!

http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2567995

Vedamani, check out the clearinghouse we've created at Georgetown University on local climate initiatives.  The theme is adaptation, but many of the initiatives are both adaptive, and they mitigate GHG emissions.  Of particular interest for local development are:  transportation and water.  Go to: http://www.georgetownclimate.org/adaptation/clearinghouse

Vedamani, please read Ramachandra Guha's "The Unquiet Woods" and "Savaging the Civilized". You will get some interesting insights.

Your question actually seeks indigenous techniques through which communities have lived in harmony with nature. There are, as suggested above by others, many papers and studies. I would suggest that you take a specific region of the world or India and then start your search. You will get plentiful sources.

Have a great day. 

There are many of such local initiatives. Bangladesh has a number of them. You can check http://www.careclimatechange.org/tk/cba/en/

Thanks to all who gave me directions.

Are there attempts to translate one model to another context, at least/best temporally?

Yes there is community based climate change combat mechanisms.

http://www.adaptation-undp.org/projects/upscaling-community-based-adaptation-ethiopia

http://jambo.africa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/kiroku/asm_suppl/abstracts/pdf/ASM_s48/7.Aklilu.pdf

https://unfccc.int/resource/docs/napa/eth01.pdf

https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/6/7/4308/pdf-vor

Article Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Measures in Ethiopia

http://drylands-group.org/projects/community-based-climate-change-adaptation-practices-for-pastoralists

http://www.agriserviceethiopia.org/program-components/climate-change-responses.html

In Cuba we have the task of life with a national and local focus. In these actions, communities participate proactively.

http://www.cubadebate.cu/noticias/2017/10/31/unesco-cuba-presenta-tarea-vida-para-enfrentar-cambio-climatico/