Vulnerability to Climate Change: Adaptation Strategies and Layers of Resilience Exposure- Incidence of climate change impacts Sensitivity- Capacity of actors to be affected by climate change impacts Adaptation- Adjustments to reduce the effects of anticipated impacts of climate change Resilience- Ability to shield and recover from adverse climate change impacts Strategies to address socioeconomic problems relating to climate change Best practices and institutional innovations for mitigating the effects of climate change Objectives An understanding of climate variability and its impact on the SAT rural poor through Village Level Studies improved understanding Layers of Resilience Seven country partnership Farm Level Changes in inputs, timings, tillage Irrigation practices Crop rotation, crop choice, crop diversification Crop harvesting and processing Social Group action - social networks, information dissemination SHGs, community projects, coping strategies Local water management techniques, in-house conflict resolution Technological Micro-irrigation technologies, water harvesting, flood mitigation, land drainage Institutional Involvement through public, civil and market structures Outcomes and Benefits Researchers Science based solutions New governance mechanisms Farmers Enhanced linkages Community participation Empowerment Economic Stable incomes Access to information/resources Social Reduction in poverty Social capital Environmental Eco-friendly practices Reduced resource degradation Nov 2009

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Vulnerability to Climate Change: Adaptation Strategies and Layers of Resilience

Exposure- Incidence of climate change impacts

Sensitivity- Capacity of actors to be affected by climate change impacts

Adaptation- Adjustments to reduce the effects of anticipated impacts of climate change

Resilience- Ability to shield and recover from adverse climate change impacts

Strategies to address socioeconomic problems relating to climate change

Best practices and institutional innovations for mitigating the effects

of climate change

Objectives

An understandingof climate variability and

its impact on the SAT ruralpoor through Village Level

Studies improved understanding

Layers of Resilience

Seven country

partnership

Farm Level Changes in inputs, timings, tillageIrrigation practices Crop rotation, crop choice, crop diversificationCrop harvesting and processing

SocialGroup action - social networks, information disseminationSHGs, community projects, coping strategiesLocal water management techniques, in-house conflict resolution

TechnologicalMicro-irrigation technologies, water harvesting, flood mitigation, land drainage

InstitutionalInvolvement through public, civil and market structures

Outcomes and Benefits

ResearchersScience based solutions New governance mechanisms

FarmersEnhanced linkagesCommunity participationEmpowerment

EconomicStable incomesAccess to information/resources

SocialReduction in povertySocial capital

EnvironmentalEco-friendly practicesReduced resource degradation

Nov 2009