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Adaptation to climate change is a new challenge for development
policy makers and practitioners. As future weather patterns become
increasingly uncertain, communities in the developing world need to
be able to respond and adapt. "Uncertain Futures" turns the focus
of development onto adaptive capacity, through which communities
are able to make changes to their lives and livelihoods in response
to emerging climate change. The book reflects on unfolding
understandings of adaptive capacity and asks: how can local
communities access the assets and knowledge they need to cope with
climate change? How do their relationships, characterized by power
and gender inequalities, prevent them from controlling the
resources needed for adaptation? How can interventions move beyond
the local and specific to promote networks and governance that
support vulnerable communities? "Uncertain Futures" argues that as
greenhouse gas emissions continue to accumulate, a "business as
usual" approach to development practice is increasingly inadequate
and the importance of securing adaptive capacity becomes more
urgent. "Uncertain Futures" examines this challenge, and invites
readers to rethink development policy and practice in terms of how
adaptive capacity can be best supported. This book should be read
by the staff of donor agencies, policy makers, NGO practitioners,
academics and students of development studies and the environment.
As the world faces the reality of climate change, the urgent needs
of communities vulnerable to the changing climate must be
addressed. Communities need support in how to adapt; and this
adaptation must be rooted in local realities, though supported at
district, regional, national and international levels by policy
frameworks, and technical and financial resources. Community-based
adaptation (CBA), a concept developed in the late 1990s by
academics, was taken on board by development NGOs. As an emerging
field of work, one for which the scientific knowledge base is fast
increasing, it is vital that development practice, and the
understanding and capacity of those affected, develops in tandem.
This book is written largely by practitioners and researchers from
Asia, sub Saharan Africa and Mexico. It derives emerging lessons
which will assist in advancing academic work, as well as policy and
practice at government level in developing countries, and will
deepen understanding and create a sound basis for wider application
of CBA among policy makers and practitioners in NGOs and other
organizations working on CBA, as well as researchers and students
studying climate change adaptation.
As the world faces the reality of climate change, the urgent needs
of communities vulnerable to the changing climate must be
addressed. Communities need support in how to adapt; and this
adaptation must be rooted in local realities, though supported at
district, regional, national and international levels by policy
frameworks, and technical and financial resources. Community-based
adaptation (CBA), a concept developed in the late 1990s by
academics, was taken on board by development NGOs. As an emerging
field of work, one for which the scientific knowledge base is fast
increasing, it is vital that development practice, and the
understanding and capacity of those affected, develops in tandem.
This book is written largely by practitioners and researchers from
Asia, sub Saharan Africa and Mexico. It derives emerging lessons
which will assist in advancing academic work, as well as policy and
practice at government level in developing countries, and will
deepen understanding and create a sound basis for wider application
of CBA among policy makers and practitioners in NGOs and other
organizations working on CBA, as well as researchers and students
studying climate change adaptation.
Poor people living in regions affected by fluctuating temperatures
and rainfall, sea level rise, flooding and drought bear the brunt
of climate change. These communities have no choice but to continue
to use the resources at their disposal to adapt and survive. Yet in
order to adapt people need to appreciate that potentially profound
changes are in store and that future impacts are deeply
uncertain."Understanding Adaptation to Climate Change" addresses
these issues and provides responses to important questions for the
international aid community as it seeks to address the impact of
climate change. How can agencies assist local communities adapting
to change? By what mechanisms can communities make the most of
emerging information? Can effective community-based approaches be
scaled up?By combining eight case studies from South Asia, Africa
and Latin America with an overall analytical framework, the authors
demonstrate that although communities adaptation strategies vary
and depend upon local context, social networks play a pivotal role
in accessing useful knowledge and resources. Through such networks,
the key activities of reducing vulnerability, fostering resilience,
and developing the capacity to experiment and learn are combined
and communicated to other communities.This book is essential
reading for NGO practitioners, students, and government and NGO
policy makers who wish to gain an understanding of what adaptation
means in theory and practice."
The recognition that the persistence of poverty is closely linked
to the denial of human rights has propelled rights-based approaches
into the policy and practice of many development NGOs, UN bodies
and aid agencies. This book presents the practical experiences of
development practitioners who have tried to apply a rights-based
approach in their work. Its aim is to increase understanding of the
approach by drawing on bottom-up insights, and to identify what
difference a rights-based approach makes in practice. What is the
'value added' of a rights-based approach? What difficulties and
tensions arise? The case-studies span development, humanitarian
relief and conflict resolution. The book concludes that there is
potential not only for human rights to reinvent development, but
for development to reinvent human rights.
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