Assessing vulnerability and adaptive capacity to climate risks : methods for investigation at local and national levels
Kuriakose, Anne T. ; Bizikova, Livia ; | Bachofen, Carina A.
Effective planning for climate change adaptation programming in developing countries requires a fine-grained assessment of local vulnerabilities, practices and adaptation options and preferences. While global models can project climate impacts and estimate costs of expected investments, developing country decision-makers also require national assessments that take a bottom-up, pro-poor perspective, integrate across sectors, and reflect local stakeholders' experiences and values, in order to determine appropriate climate responses. This paper outlines the methodological approach of the social component of the World Bank's economics of adaptation to climate change study. The social component features both village-level investigations of vulnerability and adaptive capacity, and innovative participatory scenario development approaches that lead diverse groups at local and national levels through structured discussions using Geographic Information System (GIS)-based 'visualization' tools to examine tradeoffs and preferences among adaptation activities and implementation mechanisms. This dynamic, multi-sectoral approach allows for real-time analysis, institutional learning and capacity development. The paper presents the research and learning approach of the study and offers emerging findings on policy and institutional questions surrounding adaptation arenas in Bangladesh, Bolivia, Ethiopia, Ghana, and Mozambique.
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