Vulnerability and adaptation assessment to climate change of upland communities in Oas, Albay, The Philippines
2010
Tapia, M.A., Pulhin, J.M.Peras, R.J.J., Philippines Univ. Los Baños, College, Laguna (Philippines). Coll. of Forestry and Natural Resources | Cantre, C.G., Philippines Univ. Los Baños, College, Laguna (Philippines) School of Environmental Science and Management
The disadvantaged social groups characterized by the poor, natural resource-dependent households are the ones to suffer the most from adverse impacts of climate change. In the Philippines, this translates to about 24 million people (considered the poorest of the poor) living in the uplands and depending on forest resources for their livelihood.Adaptation is therefore crucial to ensure that the services delivered by the forests would still be available under future climate and to reduce vulnerability of forest communities to adverse impacts. The Philippine National Framework Strategy on Climate Change (NFSCC) is to enhance the availability and quality of vulnerability and adaptation assessments to aid in the development of climate change adaptation responses. To support that, this study assessed the vulnerability and adaptation of upland communities to the impacts of climate change, using the cases of two upland communities in the municipalities of Oas, in Albay, Philippines. It presents the current vulnerability of two upland communities to climate variability and extremes, and examined their adaptation advantages to these events. Using a climate modeling system called SimCLIM, the impacts of future climate change as well as potential adaptation strategies were also assessed, together with their applications for future forest management. The assessment highlights that vulnerability of the upland communities to climate change are caused not only by their exposure and sensitivity to climatic stimuli, but are also driven by political and economic factors. Results of the study, though intended to inform adaptation policies can also be applied to improve facilitation and implementation measures of government programs and services for upland communities. These could be contributory towards increasing their adaptive capacity to the impacts of climate change.
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