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Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change

Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change. World Vision’s Experience Helping Children and Their Families. 9/April/2008. Douglas R. Brown. Outline. Who we are and what we do Climate, livelihoods and vulnerability Practical examples COVACA FMNR Conservation Agriculture

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Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change

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  1. Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change World Vision’s Experience Helping Children and Their Families 9/April/2008 Douglas R. Brown

  2. Outline • Who we are and what we do • Climate, livelihoods and vulnerability • Practical examples • COVACA • FMNR • Conservation Agriculture • Global perspectives on climate, change and resilience • Coastal areas • Agriculture and food security • Perceptions of risk and attitudes to climate change

  3. World Vision is: “a Christian relief, development and advocacy organization dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice” Focus on human and social transformation Area Development Programs (ADP)– long-term perspective Improved well-being for children and their families A three-pronged strategy development programming humanitarian response advocacy Serve all regardless of religion, race, gender or ethnicity An international partnership Assist approximately 100 million people in nearly 100 countrieswith a global budget of almost $3.6 billion Who we are and what we do

  4. Climate Change and Human Well-Being • Combating climate change is central to all humanitarian action • Climate change is not only an environmental problem as there are: • Social aspects • Economic aspects • Climate change is fundamentally a development problem

  5. SustainableLivelihoods Framework • Vulnerability and context of household decision-making: • environmental, economic, social context • policies, institutions and procedures (PIPs) Vulnerability = f(exposure, adaptive capacity) • Desired livelihood outcomes: • child well-being • health • resilient • sustainable • Livelihood strategy A: • activity 1 • activity 2 • activity 3 • Livelihood building blocks: • social • human • natural • physical • financial • Livelihood strategy B: • activity 1 • activity 2 • activity 3 • Actual livelihood outcomes: • malnutrition • illness • vulnerable • unsustainable

  6. COVACA Community-Owned Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment • A key component of DRR and Adaptation efforts throughout World Vision • COVACA in Haiti consisted of: • A realistic assessment of vulnerabilities and capacities leading to better decision making • Identify activities that communities can implement within their own resources to protect themselves from selected key threats • Empower the community to take responsibility for their own protection and implementation the identified activities

  7. FMNRFarmer-Managed Natural Regeneration • Key success factors: • Initial incentive • Genuine active community participation • Socio-cultural norms • Institutional change • Widespread adoption • Adapting it to other contexts: • West Africa – Senegal, Mali, Niger, Chad • Ethiopia • CDM project • Community see benefit already

  8. Conservation Agriculture • Key success factors • Carbon, nutrient and water cycling • Labour resource constraints • Management of crop residues/mulch • Socio-cultural institutions

  9. Asia-Pacific Region Report • The future of our planet lies in our hands • Proactive adaptation – prepare for disasters and change before they occur • reducing vulnerability and risk • increasing resilience • promoting preparedness http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/publications/v.php?id=8131

  10. Global Food Security InitiativePriority Interventions for Adaptation, Resilience and Food Security

  11. Global Agricultural Strategy • To promote ecologically-sound, socially and economically viable and just small-holder agriculture and NRM practices that contribute to the well-being of children • Promote more productive and sustainable agricultural systems • Protect and/or restore healthy agro-ecosystems • Support viable markets and smallholder agricultural enterprises • Build smallholder household resilience and capacity to manage risk in the face of shocks • Engage in advocacy supportive of smallholder agricultural development

  12. Climate Change Survey • Organization-wide survey • Attitudes to climate change • Perceptions of risk • Understanding of concepts • climate change • adaptation • Mitigation

  13. Choose Hope • Climate science: • Projections of what might happen if • Predictions of what will happen • We have a choice • Denial says “nothing needs to be done” • Despair says “nothing can be done” • Between these, there is hope – with hope we: • Look for solutions • Act as stewards • Choose justice • Protect and nurture our children and their future

  14. Thank you

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