Vulnerability
For other uses of the word "Vulnerability", please refer to vulnerability (computing) You may also want to refer to natural disaster. Vulnerability is the susceptibility to physical or emotional injury or attack. It also means to have one's guard down, open to censure or criticism. Vulnerability refers to a person's state of being liable to succumb, as to manipulation, persuasion or temptation. en.wikipedia.org
Climate Change Adaptation from the Bottom Up: Collaboration Between Malian Communities and Scientific Organizations to Identify and Implement...
1. Checklist - could use indicators, criteria and considerations. Eg. Adaptation planning framework (APF) 2. Multi-criteria - Evaluating options...
1 Signatures: seeing adaptation in an integrated way Signatures: seeing adaptation in an integrated way One approach to understanding climate...
Back to: Sub-Module 1.2 - Institutional policy matrix Adaptation to climate change is not only multidimensional, encompassing various impacts,...
By Lawrence Flint - ENDA TM ENDA is one of the few truly international African NGOs whose constituency comprises African populations in urban...
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As part of the support to the NAPA process we translated indicators of vulnerability for specific exposure units/stresses (e.
The 12th session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) was held in Johannesburg on 7-12 June 2008.
Lead author: Moliehi Shale 1.1. Purpose 1.2. Process 1.3. Contents Notes: AMCEN not new work, rapid collation of key material Acknowledgements:...
We see adaptation a process of socio-institutional learning relevant for specific contexts, and producing adaptation outcomes and processes...
This annex presents an example of a livelihood sensitivity matrix that can be used in several ways: To synthesize existing knowledge on climate...
See the Navigation Guide for an overview of these resources! Ideas and Guidance : Who are vulnerable and Why? Livelihood Sensitivity...
The AWhere SIS product provides a user-friendly platform to support vulnerability assessment, risk mapping and planning climate adaptation.
This project was carried out under the Netherlands Climate Assistance Programme (NCAP)] which was funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign...
This interactive user guide is being developed to produce CIRCE project deliverable D13.2.1 Foundatation paper on adaptation options and screening.
The Lyambai Vulnerability and Adaptation Project hosted a community and local decision makers workshop in Mongu, Zambia on 17-19 October 2007.
Climate impacts upon migration processes in complex ways and it has proven problematic to isolate one particular climate stressor as the cause of migration.
This project was carried out under the Netherlands Climate Assistance Programme (NCAP)] which was funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign...
The participant list can be downloaded: here (in case you lost your original version!) The session by session agenda of the workshop can be found here Presentations
By Lawrence Flint - ENDA TM, Dakar, Senegal Sen (1999) defines development as the creation of choice and lack of development as having no choice or no say in what happens.
Tak, Ben and Ruth discussed these issues in Oxford today: First of all, we agreed that this paper is a conceptual paper: We are not likely to...
Thomson, R., Edwards, A., and Grey, J. (2005) Risk Communication in the Clinical Consultation. Clinical Medicine, 5(5), Sept/Oct 2005, pp.
POLICY BRIEF : Effective use of climate science to improve adaptation in Africa
This site will be developed by the 2009 students, who are encouraged to add links to relevant material, upload summaries of papers read in class...
Welcome to the Climate Change and Health page. I uploaded a few papers of potential interest, including the Human Health Chapter of the IPCC...
In order to assess how climate change might impact certain livelihood groups, it is necessary to establish the degree and range of exposures...
We had a good session this morning on building the wiki system. A few highlights: 1. Consider hosting the wikiADAPT outside the Drupal/seioxford.
Kai Kim is a Research Fellow and is associated with the Risk, Vulnerability and Livelihood programme at SEI. Her current responsibilities within...
Kate Lonsdale’s research currently focuses on stakeholder engagement, specifically in adapting to climate change and enhancing livelihood security.
Follow this link for findings from the Bolivia NCAP project on the vulnerability of systems of production and human health around Lake Titicaca and perceptions of risk and change.
The Colombian coastal area is highly vulnerable to sea-level rise (SLR). However, the impacts of SLR may differ between the Caribbean and Pacific...
Lawrence Flint is Coordinator of Research into Climate, Vulnerability and Adaptation at Environmental Development Action (ENDA), based in Dakar, Senegal.
The main output from our project is the hazard and vulnerability maps for GLOFs along the Puna Tsang Chu from Khuruthang to Lhamoizingkha at the Bhutan-India border.
Standardize the applied methodologies. Establish a database to be used as a reference and baseline in the evaluation of the bio-climatic processes...
Specification of mechanisms and tools for multi-stakeholder dialogue processes on poverty and gender in river basin planning - Nilufar Matin Guadiana Basin
This guidance sheet provides an approach to identify the key climatic hazards for a specific region and livelihood or economic activity.
This table was part of the background material SEI Oxford prepared for the UNEP international consultation meeting on the development of the...
Read the information on this page Climate science, projections and interpretation and follow the links there for additional resources.
Small island states, such as those found in the region of Oceania, have a number of features that serve to increase their vulnerability to impacts...
To develop successful adaptation strategies it is necessary to make use of the best available science to assess climatic trends that are currently...
Activities and Context (Mission)
Drought Management Considerations for Climate Change Adaptation: Focus on the Mekong Region.
In dryland communities droughts are a significant cause of decreased crop production and herd size to less than the minimum required for subsistence.
This project is concerned with enhancing food security in the context of the modification of floodplain functionality as a result of hydrological...
The ACCCA project in Ougadougou is looking at adaptation in urban and peri-urban areas. Climate change has the potential to destroy the socio-economic...
This project aims to develop a community-driven adaptation plan of action, as well as to facilitate the mainstreaming of climate change adaptation...
The Sahara and Sahel Observatory (OSS) member states are located within the Sahalian zone in arid, semi-arid and sub-humid dry regions with primarily agrarian economies.
ENDA is working with local partners, including the Barotse Royal Establishment and local NGO Barotseland.com, to identify and assess the effect...
A consortium of Intercooperation, Libélula and PREDES has been selected by SDC to implement a new programme, “Adaptation to Climate Change”...
Metrics to measure progress in achieving targets for adaptation can be designed in different ways. They could be either expressed as financial...
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