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Gender-sensitive Strategies for Adaptation to Climate Change: Drawing on Indian Farmers’ Experiences
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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) and local Indian institutions in Andhra Pradesh addressed the gender aspects of coping with climate variability and long-term change in the project Gender-sensitive Strategies for Adaptation to Climate Change: Drawing on Indian Farmers’ Experiences.
The project captured how men and women farmers in drought-prone districts perceived and responded to seasonal climate variability and long term changes in the climate. Participatory focus group discussions and a quantitative survey were used to collect the data.
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*To characterize the local climate conditions and risks, to identify trends in climate variability over the past four decades (according to recorded data); to compare how recorded data corresponds to men and women farmers’ perceptions.
*To understand how men and women in farm households perceive and experience climatic shifts and how this is linked to food security.
*To identify the coping strategies that men and women farmers utilize in order to ensure a measure of food security in response to climate variability; to understand the resources and decision making processes utilized, and to assess the related outcomes for food security.
*To identify the institutions that support farmer decision making with regard to climate, agriculture and food security and to assess the extent to which institutional support is available, accessible and usable by men and women.
(5) To develop a replicable methodology for examining the gender dimensions of farmer responses to climatic variability and change
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Gender, Equity and Rural Employment Division at FAO (ESW)
Project Status:
ClosedPrimary Beneficiaries:
Farmers,
The Science of Climate Change: Questions and Answers
Submitted by andrea on Thu, 2010-08-19 04:06
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This document aims to summarize and clarify the current understanding of the science of climate change for non-specialist readers. The document is structured around seven questions.
1 What is climate change?
Climate is a statistical description
of weather conditions and their variations,
including both averages and extremes.
Climate change is a change in the average
pattern of weather over a long period of
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World Climate Data and Monitoring Programme (WCDMP)
Submitted by JulianneBG on Thu, 2010-06-24 01:44Summary:
The World Climate Data and Monitoring Programme (WCDMP) is a program of the World Climate Programme that facilitates the effective collection and management of climate data and the monitoring of the global climate system, including the detection and assessment of climate variability and changes.
Climate information for adaptation and development needs
Submitted by andrea on Tue, 2010-06-22 17:38Year:
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WMO strategies are designed to respond to a number of challenges related to weather, climate and water issues. Climate change and its impacts, one of the most serious problems facing sustainable development globally, is of great concern to humanity and is being addressed by several global, regional and national organizations and institutions.
The rain doesn’t come on time anymore poverty, vulnerability, and climate variability in Ethiopia
Submitted by andrea on Mon, 2010-06-21 21:07
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This paper is part of a series of research reports written to inform the public debate on development and humanitarian policy issues.
In 2009, Oxfam commissioned research on climate variability in four woredas, or administrative areas, in Ethiopia.
Training in the Concepts of Climate Change Impacts and Vulnerability and Use of SIMCLIM
Submitted by andrea on Thu, 2010-05-27 16:41
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Proceedings of the Training Conducted under the APN Project "Capacity Development on Integration of Science and Local Knowledge for Climate Change Impacts and Vulnerability Assessments" (CIA2009-02-Pulhin)
26-29 April 2010
Climate change impacts and vulnerability in the Philippines vary depending on the area’s geographic location, climate system (the country has four climatic classification), and socio‐economic condition. As such, while assessments at the national level give a picture of the overall impacts of climate change in the country, which may thereby result in enabling policies for appropriate plans and actions, responses on the risks and threats need to be area‐specific in order to effectively address the climate change related concerns. Furthermore, with the decentralization policy, the Philippine local government units, particularly at the provincial level, are at the forefront of actions for responding to climate change impacts and risks. It is therefore necessary to familiarise them on how to conduct climate change impacts and vulnerability assessment in their respective jurisdictions to enhance their preparedness strategies. A close collaboration among the scientists/researchers, local government units and the local communities, with the aid of a computer modeling system, is crucial to ensure a comprehensive assessment of the risks, threats and needs.
Climate simulation models are important for enhancing our understanding on past and present climate creating scenarios of future climate change, and examining risks attributed to predicted changes in climate. Results of climate model simulations are useful for improving plans and developing preparedness strategies that aid in increasing resilience on risks posed by the changing climate. This training will use SimCLIM as the climate modeling system for conducting an integrated assessment of the vulnerability to and impacts of climate change in the province of Albay.
Trainer's Manual on Climate Change Adaptation and Development
Submitted by jouwertvangeene on Mon, 2010-03-29 14:25
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Wageningen-UR (Alterra and the Centre for Development Innovation) composed this training manual based on the training material developed for the first training on ‘Climate Change in Agriculture and Natural Resources Management’ held in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia from 15-26 June 2009.
Case study: Climate variability and change: adaptation to drought in Bangladesh
Submitted by Claudia.Hiepe on Thu, 2009-11-26 14:27
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In Bangladesh where agriculture is the largest sector of the economy, agricultural production is under pressure from increasing demands for food. A large percentage of the population is already vulnerable to a range of natural hazards with increasing climate variability and climate change expected to aggravate the situation further by causing more frequent and intense droughts and increasing temperatures.
