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CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE POOR. TEARFUND’S RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE. Tearfund’s response to Climate Change. Environmental sustainability: Reduce our emissions Influence churches & supporters Advocacy for policy change Donor funding & policies Transform communities - CCA - DRR - WATSAN.
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CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE POOR • TEARFUND’S • RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Tearfund’s response to Climate Change • Environmental sustainability: • Reduce our emissions • Influence churches & supporters • Advocacy for policy change • Donor funding & policies • Transform communities- CCA - DRR- WATSAN
Awareness • Help Partners become aware of the impacts of climate change on their local environment & the potential to undermine their projects’ sustainability • Help Partners understand the links between local environmental degradation and their own programmes
Participatory Research • Accessing local environmental knowledge: • Changes in weather and seasons • Changes in biodiversity & crop yields • Adaptive capacity • Existing coping mechanisms • Accessing district and national knowledge and resources, including meteorological
Assessment • Vulnerability Risk Assessments • Environmental Impact Assessments • Ensure all existing & new projects Do No Harm to the environment • Identify projects to modify so they Do Some Good to the environment • Identify the need for any new projects for climate change adaptation • Communities have the right to develop. How to achieve this sustainably? Renewable energy projects
Education • Identify Partner & Community training needs • Regional workshops • ES Tools: Vulnerability Risk Assessments, EIAs, Audits • CCA Approaches and Designs • Holistic (Closed Loop) Development • Sustainable Living
Local Advocacy • Identify opportunities for positive local advocacy • E.g. China Local ENGOs
Knowledge Management • Linking Partners into supporting networks to increase their capacities • Micah Network • CAN • Government Contacts • Partners as Knowledge Leaders • Specialist Consultants
Resourcing • Tools – See Environmental Sustainability Resources • Workshops • Networking • Action Learning • Linking ES and CCA into DRR & WATSAN
Cross Cutting Issues • Gender • Children • Local Church
Participatory Decision Making • Community Participatory Flood Risk Decision Making in Malawi
Disaster Risk Reduction & Climate Change Adaptation: Are they so different? • CCA • build resilience to predicted extreme weather • Achieved by creating or strengthening local capacities • Influence national & international policy and legislation • DRR • build resilience to recurring past disasters • Achieved by creating or strengthening local capacities • Influence national & international policy and legislation
Linking Disaster Risk Reduction & Climate Change Adaptation • Disaster Crunch Model
Linking DRR & Climate Change • Climate Change Mitigation • Climate Change Adaptation
Adaptation through Disaster Risk Reduction Community Preparedness & ResponseCommunity built monsoon evacuation route Bangladesh
WATSAN • Tearfund Tube Well in Darfur
Agriculture • Protecting & improving poor soils Kenya:Alley Cropping
Agriculture • Natural Reforestation in Niger
Shelter • Flood Resilient House – flood escape platform
Adaptation Approaches to Environmental Degradation & Climate Change
Education & Awareness Community Radio in Afghanistan
Local Advocacy • Community Advocacy in Bangladesh
Livelihoods • Tearfund beneficiaries harvesting a chilli crop
Drought • Zai technique in Burkina Faso
Desertification • Wells and dykes support Nomadicfixation sites in Niger
Rapid Rainfall Runoff • Rainwater catchment bunds in India
Floods • Floating gardens in Bangladesh
Floods • Flood protection in Afghanistan through riverbank planting
Adapting to Floods • Getting Ready for the Floods: Practical Action Nepal
Renewable Energy • Wind Power in Sri Lanka