Purpose -This paper aims to present a new framework for climate change vulnerability, impact and adaptation (VIA) assessment. Greater attention has been given in recent years to the importance of conducting climate change VIA assessment prior to, or as part of, climate change adaptation strategies and projects. A VIA assessment provides decision-makers and project developers with information on the location and causes of vulnerability based on local knowledge and scientific data, so that effective adaptation responses that are targeted and site-specific can be designed. A challenge facing practitioners in this field is the lack of clear methodologies or agreed frameworks on how to conduct a VIA assessment. Design/methodology/approach -This paper presents a VIA methodological framework that has been developed through three sub-regional pilot assessments on vulnerability and impacts of climate change, as part of the Regional Gateway for Technology Transfer and Action on Climate Change in Latin America and The Caribbean. Findings -While it is recognized that methodologies and tools may differ depending on the unique local context of the study area and sector under analysis, there are key components that every assessment needs to consider. Originality/value -The framework proposed can assist practitioners to deliver outputs from VIAs that are holistic, and provide the most appropriate type of information required for effective, context-specific adaptation responses.
La deforestación de los bosques tropicales se ha convertido en una parte integral en las políticas de negociación sobre cambio climático. Los proyectos forestales de carbono se presentan a la comunidad internacional como un nuevo mecanismo para mitigar el cambio climático pero también para aumentar la cobertura de bosques y contribuir al desarrollo rural. En el Perú amazónico el cambio de uso del suelo por prácticas agrícolas es la principal causa de deforestación. Este estudio identifica los factores que influyen en las prácticas del uso del suelo y las implicaciones para los proyectos forestales de carbono. No obstante, antes de que estos proyectos puedan ser implementados, es esencial que los factores claves de deforestación como los problemas asociados a la legitimidad de la tenencia de la tierra, la debilidad de la aplicación de políticas forestales y la falta de iniciativas financieras para la adopción de alternativas de uso de la tierra, sean analizados con profundidad.
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