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Reducing Vulnerability at the Community Level
Jo-Ellen Parry, Program [email protected]
Adaptation in Eastern and Southern Africa
Community-based Adaptation: Context and Rationale The poor, especially those in developing
countries, are particularly vulnerable to climate change
Adaptation is largely a local process: Influenced by ecological, social and economic
factors
Emphasis on building “adaptive capacity” and reducing vulnerability to climate change: Intimate link between adaptation and development Differentiated by the rationale and inputs for
interventions rather than the activities implemented
Integrating Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change into Sustainable Development Policy Planning and Implementation in Eastern and Southern Africa
Project Management Team
National implementation organizations in each of Kenya, Mozambique and Rwanda
Funders
Project Duration: 2005 to 2009
Goals, Objectives, Outcomes Goal:
To reduce the vulnerability of communities to the impacts of climate change, thereby improving their well-being and protecting their livelihoods
Objective: To promote the mainstreaming or integration of vulnerability
and adaptation to climate change into sustainable development plans and planning processes through demonstration projects in Kenya, Mozambique and Rwanda
Outcomes: Generate capacity to implement adaptation measures in the
field Increase capacity to generate and use information about
climate change to affect change in relevant development policies
Increase knowledge of the links between development planning and climate change
Conceptual Framework Selection of
policy/policies to influence
Needs assessment with policy makers
Design of field test that responses to identified needs
Implementation of field level activities
Collection of lessons learned
Identification of policy change recommendations
Actions in support of policy change and mainstreaming
POLICY
FIELDTESTING
Up-Scaling
Down-Scaling
Kenya Pilot ProjectResponding to Drought in Makueni District
Challenge: Growing risk of drought in the arid and semi-arid areas of Kenya and therefore of food insecurity
Target Policy: draft national disaster management policy
Field Level Interventions: Downscaling and communicating climate
forecasts Improving agronomic practices Enhancing water conservation activities Merry-go-round credit scheme
Outcomes to date: Increased agricultural output Replication in other districts expected Climate change in National Disaster Management
Policy Downscaling of seasonal climate forecasts now
policy in arid lands
Mozambique Pilot ProjectCommunity-base Fire Management in Sofala Province Challenge: Growing risk of wild land fires Target Policy: District and provincial level forest and fire
management policies Field Level Interventions:
Introduce community-based preventive measures for wild land fire management
Establish a provincial round table for the coordination of wild land fire management
Acceptance of community-based fire management strategy by district decision makers, creating a model for national policies
Outcomes to date: Training provided in fire
suppression, prevention, preparedness, fighting and management
Provincial round table established to coordinate the collection and sharing of information
Rwanda Pilot ProjectReducing Vulnerability in the Hydroelectric Sector
Challenge: Declining water levels in lakes that support hydropower sector
Target Policy: National energy policy
Field Level Interventions: soil conservation measures income diversification improved water access sustainable energy access
Outcomes to date: Established erosion control structures; tree
nurseries; beekeeping associations; rainwater catchment tanks; improved cookstoves
Lessons Learned: Mainstreaming adaptation into Development Policies Why?
Leverage existing activities Greater long term impact
Possible Strategies: Early and active engagement of decision-makers
and key stakeholders Connect to current priorities and concerns Provide justification needed for decision-making Awareness of windows of opportunities Right messages to the right people in an
appropriate format at the appropriate time
Current Observations Key findings
Need for enhanced access to climate data at the local level
Importance of agriculture improvements for vulnerability reduction
Critical role of district governments
Challenges Climate change information Monitoring and evaluation Capacity variances