Adapting to Climate Change and Variability through Integrated Vulnerability Assessment
and Planning
Sunil K. Regmi, Man B Biswokarma
and
Judy Oglethorpe
12 January 2015
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Introduction
Materials and
Methods
Results and
discussion
Lessons and way forward
Introduction • Sustainable development
Catching up growth
• Planetary boundaries:
Climate change, ocean
acidification, land use,
biodiversity loss
• Climate change had
jeopardize the country’s
ambition of graduating to
become a middle income
country by 2022
Source: https://www.coursera.org/learn/sustainabledevelopment1/outline
Materials and Methods
• Study area, and data Collected
• 393 communities with 87,000 HH involved
• 290 adaptation at community level and 30 at VDC level
• Landscape level Vulnerability Assessments: Two landscapes
Vulnerability assessment and adaptation planning methods
Assess vulnerability and resilience at landscape level
Assess the underlying causes of poverty and vulnerability
Climate vulnerability and capacity assessment
Formulation of adaptation plan at community, village development committee levels
Climate change sensitization
Results: Outreach and Hazards
• Extended Outreach: 176,456 persons received climate change related training in the 2 landscapes through TOT approach adapted.
• Climatic Hazards: Flood, Drought, landslide
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Flood Drought Hail Landslide Cold andheat waves
Percentage of respondents (N=73)
Results: Adaptation planning approach and practices
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
UCPVA
Unit selected
Eco and Com Asessment
Local adaptation measures
Alternative adaptation
Prioritization
Service provider Analysis
Integrated planning
Monitoring system
Mainstreaming
Percentage of respondents (N=73)
Results: Prioritized adaptation options and its early effectiveness
Adaptation measures Effectiveness
Flood Construction of green check dams, irrigation channel and plastic ponds, health and sanitation, plantation, early warning system
Protection of crops and livestock,
Drought Promotion of dry land farming with drought resistant agricultural crops and varieties, Multiple use of water,
Availability of water for irrigation and drinking was enhanced
Landslide Land terracing with tree planting in bunds and Bioengineering measures
Loss of human life and damage to property reduced
Source: Field survey, Hariyo Ban, 2014
Results: Best adaptation planning practices
Bottom-up, inclusive, responsive and flexible approaches including top down information sharing.
Process follows participatory and logical steps
Monitoring, reflection and learning
Effectiveness of adaptation activities
Enhancing adaptive capacity
Targeting the most degraded ecosystems and vulnerable communities
Partnership with multiple development partners
Integration into local planning process
Source: Field survey, Hariyo Ban, 2014
Results: Policy gaps • Institutional framework
for adaptation
• Ground realities
• Coordinating body at district level
• Adaptation planning and local government
• Policies on adaptation planning
Learning from integrated adaptation planning
• Solid foundation • Effective in reaching extended
beneficiaries • Targeting on women, poor and
vulnerable effective • High degree of ownership • Requires ability to work across multiple
sectors • Flexibility • Scenario planning • Multiple ecosystem level • Best scientific information needed
Adaptation and development activities may look like development and conservation activity.
Downscaling climate data in Nepal
Adaptation Knowledge gap
Different frameworks on CCA, DRR and EFLG
Policy gaps for adaptation planning
Monitoring adaptation effectiveness
Challenges
Way forward • Enhancing knowledge and skills on
adaptation planning • Mainstreaming of adaptation • Support for making environment
friendly communities • Scaling up adaptation experience • Policy engagement with right holder • Networking of institutions • Monitoring community and ecosystems
resilience building
Acknowledgement • Community members of the selected sites for
sharing their responses
• Related government officials for the support provided
• Members of survey team for collecting field information
• Consortium partners (WWF, CARE, FECOFUN and NTNC) for coordination and full support
This paper is made possible by the generous support of the
American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents of this
presentation are the responsibility of World Wildlife Fund, Inc., and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States
Government.