Jenny Rafanomezana - Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change
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Community Based Adaptation to
Climate Change
On the frontline
Climate change is a reality for rural African communities
Coping with unpredictable rains
From coping to adaptation
Build resilience; reduce vulnerability
Communities in Action
•Adapting to change
•Mitigating climate change
•Sharing knowledge; working together
Understanding vulnerabiliy
•Differential and dynamic vulnerabilities
•Interaction between biophysical, economic and socio-cultural stressors
• Contextualise within other development challenges
Developing adaptation strategies;
prioritise & target adaptation responses
plan & deliver across range of scales
CBA- whats new?
•Local understanding of climate change
•Local-level vulnerability assessments linked to long-term planning
•Community capacity to respond to dynamic change
•CBA and DRR
Sustainable Agriculture
Productive Soils increasing organic matter is key to water retention
• Land preparation• Composting• Land/Crop Management
Crop diversification & improved seeds
•Different crops
•Drought tolerant/early maturing varieties
Using water wisely
•Sustainable catchment management
•Small-scale irrigation
•Water harvesting and storage
Livelihood diversification
• Beekeeping, livestock, aquaculture
• Agri-business – processing, marketing
• Out of agriculture
Carbon Sequestration
Working together
•Farmer knowledge sharing and innovation
•Building local capacity – structures/organisations
•Partnerships – gov’t, research, NGOs, CBOs
Gender & climate change
• . • Understanding differences in vulnerability
• Appropriate practices• Leadership roles in CBA planning, farmer extension, groups
• Access and control issues
Scaling up
•Linking to district/regional planning
•Research and knowledge banks
•Disseminating experiences
•Engaging in policy debate local, national, international link to NAPAs
Florence shares crop trial experiences on
national TV
International level:learn, share, connect
International information sharing: • Africa adapt
• we adapt – google earth layer• CBA-X (Eldis)
GICBA
GPCBA