An Integrated Framework for Assessing Vulnerability to Climate Change and Developing Adaptation Strategies for Coffee Growing Families in Mesoamerica

AbstractThis article examines how the South African government, realizing the country's vulnerability to climate change, deemed it necessary to strengthen adaptation and mitigation measures and put in place legal and institutional frameworks to ensure implementation and compliance. Government must take responsibility for industry's inaction by implementing policies on climate change and, more importantly, through a visible change in government policy to hold industry accountable. The stringent policies and strategies being put in place are reducing vulnerability and also enhancing a broad spectrum of capacity in responding to environmental, climatic, resource and economic perturbations. The article further reviews state of the art methods and tools available to strengthen mitigation and adaptation strategies and measures in the areas of the existing frameworks regarding climate change. It also considers various measures by Eskom in particular, and strategies embarked upon by South Africa's national and local governments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Adaptation to Climate Change in Small Island Developing States: A Systematic Literature Review of Academic Research

The Journal of Environment & Development ◽

10.1177/1070496519835895 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 28 (2) ◽

pp. 196-218 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

Carola Klöck ◽

Patrick D. Nunn

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Academic Research ◽

Climate Change Impacts ◽

Adaptation Strategies ◽

Small Island ◽

Small Island Developing States ◽

Adaptation To Climate Change ◽

Island States ◽

Vulnerability To Climate Change ◽

The Pacific

Small Island Developing States (SIDS) share a common vulnerability to climate change. Adaptation to climate change and variability is urgently needed yet, while some is already occurring in SIDS, research on the nature and efficacy of adaptation across SIDS is fragmentary. In this article, we systematically review academic literature to identify where adaptation in SIDS is documented; what type of adaptation strategies are taken, and in response to which climate change impacts; and the extent to which this adaptation has been judged as successful. Our analysis indicates that much adaptation research is concentrated on the Pacific, on independent island states, and on core areas within SIDS. Research documents a wide array of adaptation strategies across SIDS, notably structural or physical and behavioral changes. Yet, evaluation of concrete adaptation interventions is lacking; it thus remains unclear to what extent documented adaptation effectively and sustainably reduces SIDS’ vulnerability and increases their resilience.

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Local Communities Vulnerability to Climate Change and Adaptation Strategies in Bukavu in DR Congo

The Journal of Environment & Development ◽

10.1177/1070496514536395 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 23 (3) ◽

pp. 331-357 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Mekou Y. Bele ◽

Denis J. Sonwa ◽

Anne M. Tiani

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Local Communities ◽

Adaptation Strategies ◽

Dr Congo ◽

Vulnerability To Climate Change

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An integrated framework for linking climate change impacts to emergency adaptation strategies for transport networks

European Transport Research Review ◽

10.1007/s12544-013-0114-0 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 103-111 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Evangelos Mitsakis ◽

Anestis Papanikolaou ◽

Georgia Ayfadopoulou ◽

Josep Salanova ◽

Claus Doll ◽

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Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Climate Change Impacts ◽

Adaptation Strategies ◽

Transport Networks ◽

Integrated Framework

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Household Vulnerability to Climate Change and Identification of Target Beneficiaries to Implement Household-Specific Adaptation Strategies: A Quantitative Assessment

Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development ◽

10.37801/ajad2021.18.2.p2 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Swamikannu Nedumaran ◽

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Ravi Nandi ◽

Jyosthnaa Padmanabhan ◽

Srigiri Srinivasa Reddy ◽

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Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Cluster Analysis ◽

Smallholder Farmers ◽

Principal Component ◽

Adaptation Strategies ◽

Credit Access ◽

Income Sources ◽

Vulnerability To Climate Change ◽

And Cluster Analysis ◽

Adaptation Practices

This study investigated the climate change vulnerability of 6,214 households in the drought-prone districts of Telangana state in India. Principal component analysis (PCA) and cluster analysis were used to group farm households based on their level of vulnerability to climate change and to suggest a portfolio of adaptation strategies. The PCA revealed the presence of five components from 14 key variables: (1) access to irrigation; (2) credit access, landholding, and income from agriculture; (3) household size and income sources; (4) access to information and climate-smart adaptation practices; and (5) social capital. The first five components (eigenvalue ≥ 1) collectively accounted for 60.42 percent of the total variance. Three clusters emerged after the component scores were analyzed using K-means clustering: extremely vulnerable, moderately vulnerable, and resilient households. The results of the cluster analysis revealed that 79 percent of the households were extremely vulnerable, 11.20 percent were moderately vulnerable, and 9.65 percent were resilient. Moreover, 96 percent of marginal farmers and 94 percent of smallholder farmers were extremely vulnerable, while 19 percent of large farmers and 16 percent of medium farmers were moderately vulnerable. Interestingly, nearly 26 percent in the extremely vulnerable category and 19 percent in the moderately vulnerable category were large farmers, which contradicts previous assumptions. The findings of this study can guide development practitioners, policymakers, and donors in designing evidence-based programs focusing on households vulnerable to climate change.

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Compatibility of Climate Adaptation Strategies with Livelihood Vulnerability Patterns: The Case of Fars Province, Iran

10.21203/rs.3.rs-674373/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Samane Ghazali ◽

Hossein Azadi ◽

Mansoor Zibaei

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Climate Adaptation ◽

Climate Change Impacts ◽

Adaptation Strategies ◽

Risk Exposure ◽

Fars Province ◽

Vulnerability To Climate Change ◽

Pastoral Households ◽

Using Data ◽

Impacts Of Climate Change

Abstract Pastoralists’ livelihood on natural rangelands are constantly influenced by the destructive impacts of climate change. While the phenomenon of climate change continues on a widespread scale, it is expected to put more pressure on unfavorable rangelands and pastoral households whose livelihood source is only based on pastoralism activity. Thus, it is vital to reduce livelihood vulnerability of pastoralists to climate change impacts through appropriate adaptation strategies. Accordingly, the aim of the current study was to specify the compatibility of adaptation strategies adopted by pastoralists with their livelihood vulnerability patterns. The evaluation was based on a spatial survey that was conducted with a random sample of 393 Iranian pastoralists distributed in the counties of Eghlid, Sepidan, and Shiraz in the northern Fars province. The results showed that pastoralists were commonly vulnerable in terms of the high-risk exposure and low adaptive capacity. About 27 livelihood vulnerability patterns were detected using data mining based on the relationships among the sub-components of exposure, sensitivity, and adaptation in 3 counties. The scores of the livelihood vulnerability were high in most of the livelihood vulnerability patterns. Only 4 patterns obtained the relatively low vulnerability scores through accurate decisions on adopting the appropriate set of adaptation strategies. According to the low compatibility of adaptation strategies with the corresponding vulnerability patterns, the results of this study can assist pastoralists to adopt appropriate adaptation strategies and thus, decrease livelihood vulnerability to climate change. In this regard, it is suggested that pastoralists in each vulnerability pattern adopt appropriate adaptation strategies according to their vulnerability sub-components.

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