scholarly journals Analysis of Perception and Adaptation to Climate Change by Farmers in Gulmi District, Nepal

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 31-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Narhari P Ghimire ◽  
Maniratna Aryal
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Climatic Data ◽  
Adaptation To Climate Change ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Global Challenge ◽  
Secondary Data Sources ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Climate change is a global challenge, highly affecting the developing countries with low adapting capacity, of which Nepal is not an exception. Climate change highly affects agriculture and livelihoods of farmers in Nepal. Its objectives are farmer's perceptions, witnesses and experiences on effects of climate change on agriculture and adaptations by farmers. Primary informations collected through structured questionnaire of household survey by selecting samples randomly. Information on primary and secondary data sources verified scientifically by trend analysis of climatic data. Most farmers depending on subsistence agriculture have a perception of climate change and respond to the changes based on their own local knowledge and experiences on farming. They are practicing both agricultural and non-agricultural adaptations at individual level. Consequently, appropriate technologies and sustainable community based adaptation strategies built on farmers knowledge, experiences and situation to cope with increasing effects of climate change on agriculture are necessary in the coming years.

scholarly journals Climate Change Impact in Charlands in Central Area of Bangladesh: Assessing Vulnerability and Adaptation by the Farming Communities

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
BK Roy ◽  
MB Ullah ◽  
MH Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Central Area ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Cold Wave ◽  
Tree Seedlings ◽  
Adaptation To Climate Change ◽  
Early Maturity ◽  
Tube Wells ◽  
Climate Change Assessment

Bangladesh, with an area of 147 thousand km2 and population of 149.78 million, is prone to natural hazards (PHC, 2011). The objectives of the study were to determine the climatic parameter specially temperature and rainfall pattern, assess hazard, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change. Assessment was made during April to June 2013 in char areas of Kazipur upazila under Sirajgonj district. Primary data were collected through Focus Group Discussions and direct observation of the researcher. Secondary data were collected from various publications of government and non-government agencies. Workshops were also conducted at union and upazila level to justify, validate and improve the findings from village levels discussion. Major vulnerabilities faced by the char (island) people were drown of children and old people, lack of safe drinking water, close institutions, crackdown of embankments and roads, river erosion, stagnant water, infertility of cultivable lands, deposits and on crop field, submerse of crops, float away of fishes from ponds, PPR disease of goats, sell cattle at lower price, migration, increase abduction and robbery, increase lightning and cold wave. The major adaptation practiced by the char people was raise homesteads, articulate extra pipes with the tube wells, repair embankments and roads, plant tree seedlings, cultivate advanced crops, vegetables in floating beds, drought tolerant crops, cold wave tolerant and early maturity crop, vaccinate the cattle, drill deep tube wells and reserve fodder (CVCA, 2012).DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jesnr.v7i2.22205 J. Environ. Sci. & Natural Resources, 7(2): 59-63 2014

Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change

2021 ◽  
pp. 144-169
Author(s):  
M Feisal Rahman ◽  
Saleemul Huq
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Adaptation To Climate Change ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Adaptation

scholarly journals Community-based adaptation to climate change in small island developing states: an analysis of the role of social capital

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 723-734 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.C. Hagedoorn ◽  
L.M. Brander ◽  
P.J.H. van Beukering ◽  
H.M. Dijkstra ◽  
C. Franco ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Small Island Developing States ◽  
Adaptation To Climate Change ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Adaptation

Impact of Climate Change on Women in Rural India

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 39-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nibedita Khuntia
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Important Change ◽  
Rural India ◽  
Future Plan ◽  
Impact Of Climate Change ◽  
Women Groups ◽  
Secondary Data Sources ◽  
Work Done

This article analyses the disproportionate impact of climate change on women residing in rural parts of India. Using secondary data sources and other literature, it argues how women are at higher risk socially, economically and on account of health. However, despite this vulnerability, women are important change makers and are leading the fight against climate change at the grassroot level. It highlights the work done by two such women groups based in Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan. It also briefly comments on the future plan of action to create a gender-sensitive approach to mitigating climate change.

scholarly journals Exploring the Impact of Climate Change on the Outbreak of Early Twenty-First-Century Violence in the Middle East and North Africa and the Potential of Permaculture as an Effective Adaptation

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 179-186
Author(s):  
M. Elyas Karim
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Middle East ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Environmental Crisis ◽  
Adaptation To Climate Change ◽  
Mena Region ◽  
Early Twenty ◽  
Underlying Causes ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Considering the ongoing violence taking place in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, especially within Syria and Iraq, it is essential to provide an accurate explanation of causes in order to develop an adaptation model. In addition to discussing the climate-related concerns associated with the emergence of violence, this paper considers how tackling the environmental crisis in MENA will improve living standards and lead toward sustainable development. As a supplement to a range of secondary data, a small selection of individuals who have escaped the recent conflicts have been interviewed. Because this potential sample pool is small, and the ongoing violence precludes fieldwork in the MENA region, this study provides only a preliminary exploration of the topic. A more detailed study is desirable, if and when it is feasible to conduct such research. As a potential adaptation to climate change in the region, permaculture is presented through illustrations of its capabilities for redressing some of the underlying causes of violence in the MENA region.

Employing the enhanced Regional Tourism Sustainable Adaptation Framework with a case study of climate change vulnerability in Mombasa, Kenya

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-71
Author(s):  
Joseph Muiruri Njoroge ◽  
Beate MW Ratter ◽  
Lucy Atieno ◽  
Innocent M Mugabe
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Adaptation To Climate Change ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Weak Institutions ◽  
Regional Tourism ◽  
Regional Dynamics ◽  
The City ◽  
Adaptation Options

This paper attempts to provide an empirical application of the enhanced Regional Tourism Sustainable Adaptation Framework using a case study of Mombasa Kenya. Climate variability is a challenge to tourism destinations, especially coastal and Island destinations, categories under which Mombasa, our study site falls under. Mombasa has limited capacity to adapt to climate change considering its socio economic conditions and weak institutions, thus making it necessary to explore the possible sustainable pathways for the city using the enhanced Regional Tourism Sustainable Adaptation Framework. Earlier frameworks for tourism adaptation to climate change lacked focus on regional dynamics as well as sustainability aspects, and their implementation pose the risk of mal adaptation to some extent. Using secondary data and data from interviews with tourism stakeholders in Mombasa, the enhanced Regional Tourism Sustainable Adaptation Framework guides our assessment of vulnerability and resilience of the destination, as well as identification of region specific adaptation options for the city within the context of sustainable practice. Based on climate change perceived impacts, risks and vulnerability various adaptation options are presented and discussed as provided in literature. The usefulness of the framework in guiding regional tourism destination managers and policy makers in their pursuit for a regional adaptation options within the tourism sector in order to reduce destinations vulnerability, increase resilience and take advantage of opportunities presented by climate change is underscored.

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