Jenny Rafanomezana - Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change

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