A Climate Change Approach to Development

1. A Climate Change Approach to Development Professor Matthew Clarke (Deakin University) Ian de Cruz (Consultant)

2. Impact of Climate Change Changing Weather patterns • Heat waves • Increase heavy rain • Increase in drought prone areas • Increase in flash floods • Increase incidence of extreme high sea levels

3. Current Approaches to Development Different approaches to development exist: • Participatory Approach • Rights Based Approach • Child Based Approach • Gender Approach • Community-based Rehabilitation Approach Are these adequate?

4. How NGOs might Respond NGOs can no longer do business as usual • Climate change is shifting the landscape (excuse the pun) and the context matters • Climate change will require NGOs to ‘think’, ‘act’, ‘do’ differently and not just focus on traditional approaches to development • A climate change approach to development is not about maintaining the status quo So what will it be?

5. How NGOs might Respond cont’d Principles: • Old practices can no longer continue • Relief efforts will become the norm • Collaboration with government and multilateral organisations will be critical • Triage response will be necessary

6. Old practices can no longer continue Farming practices will change Disease patterns will shift Water reconsidered

7. ‘Relief’ efforts will become the norm Relief will become standard Relief – development continuum less likely Fund-raising model may need to change

8. Collaboration with government and multilateral organisations will be critical Not just a community-based approach Funding models to be challenged Programming differently

9. Triage response may be necessary Limited resources are available Focus on those that can be assisted Exclude those whose situation is unviable

10. Conclusion It is a bleak outlook Business as usual will not serve the most vulnerable Difficult decisions will be required Knowing the extent of challenge while depressing provides a pathway for change