When not every response to climate change is a good one: Identifying principles for sustainable adaptation

Eriksen, Siri; Aldunce, Paulina; Bahinipati, Chandra Sekhar; Martins, Rafael D’Almeida; Molefe, John Isaac; Nhemachena, Charles; O’Brien, Karen; Olorunfemi, Felix; Park, Jacob; Sygna, Linda; Ulsrud, Kirsten

doi:10.3763/cdev.2010.0060

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“…There has been a rise in recognition of institutional strengthening, improving and revising governance systems managing resources vulnerable to climate change as critical parts of adaptation actions and strategies (IPCC 2012;Eriksen et al 2011). In this review, we observed that the institutional aspects of implementing adaptation are particularly stressed when focusing on poverty reduction and sectorial strategies, but are less prominent in strategies that directly focus on adaptation.…”

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“…Adaptation actions include both planned/anticipatory adaptations focusing on preparing for impacts of climate change and autonomous adaptation triggered in response to changes in natural and/or human systems, which then also build capacity to address climate impacts (IPCC 2007). Current approaches to adaptation planning encompass specific, targeted adaptation measures to prepare for climate change impacts (Eriksen et al 2011), steps to build adaptive capacity to enable autonomous actions, and policy and planning efforts such as strengthening climate change projections, establishment of adaptation policies, and mainstreaming adaptation considerations into national and sectorial strategies (IPCC 2012; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development [OECD] 2009).…”

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Review of key initiatives and approaches to adaptation planning at the national level in semi-arid areas

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Semi-arid areas are found in a large number of countries and regions of Africa and South and Central Asia. They display high vulnerability to climate change with considerable adaptation needs. In this paper, we review country-level and multi-country projects supported by international agencies. We examine the priorities and goals presented in national adaptation planning documents and in sectorial planning documents. Through this analysis, we seek to compare adaptation needs with current trends in national, regional and global projects and collaborations. Our results suggest that initiatives supported by international agencies play a considerable role in achieving national adaptation priorities, especially in areas such as agriculture and water management. However, compared with specific adaptation options such as drought-resistant species and irrigation (which tend to be the scope of the projects), the analyzed documents tend to see challenges in agriculture more in the contexts of food security, livestock and rural development. They emphasize the strong connection between rural livelihoods and sustainable land and ecosystem management. Priorities listed in the national documents but not captured in current initiatives include human health, pastoralism, security and migration. Our results also show high levels of mainstreaming adaptation into sectorial planning documents, especially those on poverty reduction; however, compared with the focus on the project level, they here emphasize adaptations focused on institutional development and governance. Finally, the outcomes indicate that global, regional and national initiatives are distributed unequally and that countries in Central and West Africa and Central Asia currently exhibit low participation, especially in national projects.

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Review of key initiatives and approaches to adaptation planning at the national level in semi-arid areas

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“…Para ello, deben hacer frente a retos diversos, como: incrementar el compromiso político con la adaptación al cambio climático; diseñar intervenciones efectivas de adaptación (estructurales, comportamentales, tecnológicas, etc. ); fomentar la integración de estas intervenciones en otras políticas urbanas; destinar recursos para su implementación, e incrementar la coordinación y la implicación de los actores locales y las comunidades en su correcta implementación (Rojas Blanco, 2006;Sánchez-Rodríguez, 2009;Eriksen et al, 2012;Rosenzweig et al, 2011).…”

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“…Algunas características de las comunidades y de las poblaciones, como la eficacia colectiva o el capital social, pueden incidir en el desarrollo de las estrategias de adaptación al cambio climático (Ebi y Semenza, 2008;Eriksen et al, 2012). Como en ámbitos como la lucha contra la delincuencia o la promoción de la salud (Ahern y Galea, 2011), la habilidad de individuos y organizaciones para trabajar de modo conjunto puede influir en la capacidad de desarrollar estrategias eficientes de adaptación al cambio climático.…”

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Los retos en la adaptación al cambio climático en entornos urbanos

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Marín

2013

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“…In reality these levels are functionally linked (Adger, Huq, Brown, Conway, & Hulme, 2003;Eriksen et al, 2011), but nonetheless the distinction between them provides a useful framework for distinguishing two contrasting mechanisms for mainstreaming community-based adaptation (CBA): either by 'bottom-up' scaling up or out from local community-driven, autonomous adaptations, or alternatively by being built into the design of 'topdown' planned adaptation programmes. Both of these mechanisms offer opportunities to integrate communitybased approaches to climate change adaptation with larger agricultural planning and investment processes, thereby benefitting a high number of farmers at large geographic scales.…”

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Farmers, food and climate change: ensuring community-based adaptation is mainstreamed into agricultural programmes

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Laganda

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Climate and Development

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Climate change creates widespread risks for food production. As climate impacts are often locally specific, it is imperative that large-scale initiatives to support smallholder farmers consider local priorities and integrate lessons from successful autonomous adaptation efforts. This article explores how large-scale programmes for smallholder adaptation to climate change might link effectively with community-led adaptation initiatives. Drawing on experiences in Bangladesh, Mozambique, Uganda and India, this article identifies key success factors and barriers for considering local priorities, capacities and lessons in large-scale adaptation programmes. It highlights the key roles of extension services and farmers' organizations as mechanisms for linking between national-level and community-level adaptation, and a range of other success factors which include participative and locally driven vulnerability assessments, tailoring of adaptation technologies to local contexts, mapping local institutions and working in partnership across institutions. Barriers include weak governance, gaps in the regulatory and policy environment, high opportunity costs, low literacy and underdeveloped markets. The article concludes that mainstreaming climate adaptation into large-scale agricultural initiatives requires not only integration of lessons from community-based adaptation, but also the building of inclusive governance to ensure smallholders can engage with those policies and processes affecting their vulnerability.

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When not every response to climate change is a good one: Identifying principles for sustainable adaptation

Cited by 491 publications

References 40 publications

Review of key initiatives and approaches to adaptation planning at the national level in semi-arid areas

Review of key initiatives and approaches to adaptation planning at the national level in semi-arid areas

Los retos en la adaptación al cambio climático en entornos urbanos

Farmers, food and climate change: ensuring community-based adaptation is mainstreamed into agricultural programmes

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