CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE POOR
TEARFUND’S
RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Tearfund’s response to Climate Change
Environmental sustainability: Reduce our emissions Influence churches & supporters Advocacy for policy change Donor funding & policies Transform communities
- CCA - DRR- WATSAN
Awareness• Help Partners become aware of the impacts of climate
change on their local environment & the potential to undermine their projects’ sustainability
• Help Partners understand the links between local environmental degradation and their own programmes
Participatory Research Accessing local
environmental knowledge:• Changes in weather and
seasons• Changes in biodiversity &
crop yields• Adaptive capacity• Existing coping mechanisms• Accessing district and
national knowledge and resources, including meteorological
Assessment
• Vulnerability Risk Assessments• Environmental Impact Assessments• Ensure all existing & new projects
Do No Harm to the environment• Identify projects to modify so they
Do Some Good to the environment• Identify the need for any new
projects for climate change adaptation
• Communities have the right to develop. How to achieve this sustainably? Renewable energy projects
Education• Identify Partner & Community
training needs• Regional workshops• ES Tools: Vulnerability Risk
Assessments, EIAs, Audits• CCA Approaches and Designs• Holistic (Closed Loop)
Development • Sustainable Living
Local Advocacy
• Identify opportunities for positive local advocacy• E.g. China Local ENGOs
Knowledge Management
Linking Partners into supporting networks to increase their capacities
• Micah Network• CAN• Government Contacts • Partners as Knowledge Leaders• Specialist Consultants
Resourcing
• Tools – See Environmental Sustainability Resources
• Workshops• Networking• Action Learning• Linking ES and CCA into DRR & WATSAN
Cross Cutting Issues
• Gender
• Children
• Local Church
Community Participatory Flood Risk Decision Making in Malawi
Participatory Decision Making
Environmental Sustainability in Disaster Management
Disaster Risk Reduction
Disaster Risk Reduction & Climate Change Adaptation: Are they so different?
DRR • build resilience to
recurring past disasters
• Achieved by creating or strengthening local capacities
• Influence national & international policy and legislation
CCA • build resilience to
predicted extreme weather
• Achieved by creating or strengthening local capacities
• Influence national & international policy and legislation
Linking Disaster Risk Reduction & Climate Change Adaptation
Disaster Crunch Model
Linking DRR & Climate Change
Climate Change Mitigation
Climate Change Adaptation
Community Preparedness & ResponseCommunity built monsoon evacuation route Bangladesh
Adaptation through Disaster Risk Reduction
Participatory Assessment of Disaster Risks
Sustainable Projects – Do No Harm
WATSAN
Tearfund Tube Well in Darfur
Agriculture
Kenya: Alley CroppingProtecting & improving poor soils
Agriculture
Natural Reforestation in Niger
Shelter
Flood Resilient House – flood escape platform
Adaptation Approaches to Environmental Degradation & Climate Change
Community Radio in Afghanistan
Education & Awareness
Local Advocacy
Community Advocacy in Bangladesh
Livelihoods
Tearfund beneficiaries harvesting a chilli crop
Drought
Zai technique in Burkina Faso
Desertification
Wells and dykes support Nomadicfixation sites in Niger
Rainwater catchment bunds in India
Rapid Rainfall Runoff
Floods
Floating gardens in Bangladesh
Flood protection in Afghanistan through riverbank planting
Floods
Adapting to Floods
Getting Ready for the Floods: Practical Action Nepal
Renewable Energy
Wind Power in Sri Lanka
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