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- Summary:
- This Oxfam report reviews the impacts of climate-related disasters in South Asia and climate change adaptation (CCA) efforts currently occurring throughout the region. It highlights challenges and good practices, presenting lessons learned that could be applied in vulnerable societies around the world. According to the Oxfam report, South Asia is home to nearly half of the globe’s poor, and the site of some of the starkest levels of economic disparity and marginalization. While these realities are problematic in of themselves, they are being compounded by an increasing vulnerability to the vagaries of climate change. South Asians’ heavy dependence on agriculture as a source of employment, with over 60 percent of the region’s labor force tied to agriculture, makes this situation particularly dire. This population’s livelihood and food security is increasingly imperiled by sea level rise, increased variability in rainfall patterns, rises in average temperatures, and the higher frequency and severity of floods, cyclones, and droughts. While the region has sought to adjust to this changing context, adaptation has been rather disjointed due to a lack of coordination between CCA strategies, disaster risk reduction (DRR) efforts, and development policies more broadly. The report highlights good practices in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, relying on information gathered from organizations working in the region, fieldwork in Bangladesh and Nepal, and the analysis of 63 adaptation projects. The document identifies seven good practices from these CCA projects that can be applied to similar efforts around South Asia and the world. The first highlighted is the involvement of communities in vulnerability and capacity assessments. Local involvement helps communities to understand that climate change is an issue that has multiple complex impacts on their quality of life, and thus adaptation must address sustainable livelihoods, disasters, the management of natural resources, and broader development issues in a comprehensive manner. This incorporation of communities in CCA is related to another best practice, which is establishing local ownership by empowering locals with knowledge, skills, resources, and authority over decision-making processes. The report also acknowledges the importance of including a diverse array of actors in CCA since the threat is not isolated to a particular sector of society or government, and solutions require collaboration across various lines of demarcation. This point is related to the importance of building adaptive capacity at multiple levels of government and society, and being flexible in the design and implementation of CCA. ( English,English,English )
- Subject:
- Climate Change Adaptation
- Scope and Content:
- Acronyms and abbreviations p. 3; Executive summary p. 4; 1. Introduction p. 8; 2. Framing adaptation: Oxfam’s approach p. 12; 3. Approaches, methodologies, and tools p. 16; 4. Adaptation in South Asia: taking stock p. 26; 5. Lessons about good practice from South Asia p. 52; 6. Gaps in current knowledge and what is needed p. 55; Bibliography p. 89; Acknowledgements p. 95; Notes p. 96
- Citation/Reference:
- Sterrett, C. (2011). Review of climate change adaptation practices in South Asia. Oxfam.
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- Source Institution:
- Florida International University
- Rights Management:
- This publication is copyright but text may be used free of charge for the purposes of advocacy, campaigning, education, and research, provided that the source is acknowledged in full. The copyright holder requests that all such use be registered with them for impact assessment purposes. For copying in any other circumstances, or for re-use in other publications, or for translation or adaptation, permission must be secured and a fee may be charged. E-mail publish@oxfam.org.uk
- Resource Identifier:
- FI13010952
978-1-84814-998-4 ( isbn )
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