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ICTs and Climate Change Adaptation: The e-Resilience Approach

This seminar series explores the e-Resilience approach to climate change adaptation, examining examples and challenges. It discusses the implications for ICTs and resilience thinking in addressing vulnerability and building resilient livelihood systems.

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ICTs and Climate Change Adaptation: The e-Resilience Approach

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  1. ICTs and Climate Change Adaptation :The e-Resilience ApproachCDI Seminar SeriesDecember 9th, 2011 Angelica V. Ospina Centre for Development Informatics University of Manchester, UK Centre for Development Informatics

  2. Outline Background 1) Adaptation to Climate Change Framework 2) Systemic Resilience to Climate Change: e-Resilience, Examples and Challenges 3) Implications for ICTs & Resilience Thinking Conclusions

  3. Background ‘Climate Change, ICTs and Innovation’ project (2009-2012). CDI in partnership with Canada’s IDRC. “Linking ICTs and Climate Change Adaptation: A Conceptual Framework for e-Resilience and e-Adaptation” http://www.niccd.org/ConceptualPaper.pdf PhD Research (ongoing)

  4. Vulnerability Dimensions Vulnerability Context Livelihood System Development Outcomes System Levels: • Livelihood Determinants • Assets • Institutions • Structures Livelihood Capabilities Functionings MACRO MESO Acute Shocks Chronic Trends ADAPTATION/ADAPTIVE ACTIONS MICRO Climate Change 1. Adaptation to Climate Change: “SLA Plus” Approach Ospina & Heeks (2011)

  5. Resilience as Sub-properties of livelihood systems: 2. Systemic Resilience to Climate Change Robustness Rapidity Scale Redundancy Flexibility & Diversity Self-organisation Learning Equality

  6. Vulnerability Dimensions 2. Systemic Resilience to Climate Change: e-Resilience Vulnerability Context Livelihood System Development Outcomes System Levels: • Livelihood Determinants • Assets • Institutions • Structures Livelihood Capabilities Functionings MACRO Acute Shocks Chronic Trends MESO ADAPTATION/ADAPTIVE ACTIONS MICRO Climate Change Resilience Sub-properties ICTs Robustness Rapidity Scale Redundanc Flexibility & Diversity Self-organisation Learning Equality Ospina & Heeks (2011)

  7. 3. Implications for ICTs & Resilience Thinking Understanding livelihoods resilience : Role of tools such as ICTs in support of information, knowledge and innovation. e-Resilience Sub-properties: Strengthen vulnerable systems response to cc challenges. A model that goes beyond climate change. Consideration of the underlying factors of vulnerability, including issues of power and inequality. New and traditional knowledge.

  8. Conclusions • From reductive to systemic frameworks. • From components and processes to studying properties • (e-resilience). • Challenge of measuring resilience and ICTs’ contribution From withstanding and recovering from short-term events, to adjusting, changing and transforming their livelihoods in the long term with the help of ICTs.

  9. Useful Links NICDD Project Website: www.niccd.org Online Network on ICTs, Climate Change and Development: http://groups.google.co.uk/group/niccd Blog: http://niccd.wordpress.com/

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