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CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE POOR

CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE POOR. TEARFUND’S RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE. Tearfund’s response to Climate Change. Environmental sustainability: Reduce our emissions Influence churches & supporters Advocacy for policy change Donor funding & policies Transform communities - CCA - DRR - WATSAN.

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CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE POOR

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  1. CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE POOR • TEARFUND’S • RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE

  2. Tearfund’s response to Climate Change • Environmental sustainability: • Reduce our emissions • Influence churches & supporters • Advocacy for policy change • Donor funding & policies • Transform communities- CCA - DRR- WATSAN

  3. Awareness • Help Partners become aware of the impacts of climate change on their local environment & the potential to undermine their projects’ sustainability • Help Partners understand the links between local environmental degradation and their own programmes

  4. Participatory Research • Accessing local environmental knowledge: • Changes in weather and seasons • Changes in biodiversity & crop yields • Adaptive capacity • Existing coping mechanisms • Accessing district and national knowledge and resources, including meteorological

  5. Assessment • Vulnerability Risk Assessments • Environmental Impact Assessments • Ensure all existing & new projects Do No Harm to the environment • Identify projects to modify so they Do Some Good to the environment • Identify the need for any new projects for climate change adaptation • Communities have the right to develop. How to achieve this sustainably? Renewable energy projects

  6. Education • Identify Partner & Community training needs • Regional workshops • ES Tools: Vulnerability Risk Assessments, EIAs, Audits • CCA Approaches and Designs • Holistic (Closed Loop) Development • Sustainable Living

  7. Local Advocacy • Identify opportunities for positive local advocacy • E.g. China Local ENGOs

  8. Knowledge Management • Linking Partners into supporting networks to increase their capacities • Micah Network • CAN • Government Contacts • Partners as Knowledge Leaders • Specialist Consultants

  9. Resourcing • Tools – See Environmental Sustainability Resources • Workshops • Networking • Action Learning • Linking ES and CCA into DRR & WATSAN

  10. Cross Cutting Issues • Gender • Children • Local Church

  11. Participatory Decision Making • Community Participatory Flood Risk Decision Making in Malawi

  12. Environmental Sustainability in Disaster Management

  13. Disaster Risk Reduction

  14. Disaster Risk Reduction & Climate Change Adaptation: Are they so different? • CCA • build resilience to predicted extreme weather • Achieved by creating or strengthening local capacities • Influence national & international policy and legislation • DRR • build resilience to recurring past disasters • Achieved by creating or strengthening local capacities • Influence national & international policy and legislation

  15. Linking Disaster Risk Reduction & Climate Change Adaptation • Disaster Crunch Model

  16. Linking DRR & Climate Change • Climate Change Mitigation • Climate Change Adaptation

  17. Adaptation through Disaster Risk Reduction Community Preparedness & ResponseCommunity built monsoon evacuation route Bangladesh

  18. Participatory Assessment of Disaster Risks

  19. Sustainable Projects – Do No Harm

  20. WATSAN • Tearfund Tube Well in Darfur

  21. Agriculture • Protecting & improving poor soils Kenya:Alley Cropping

  22. Agriculture • Natural Reforestation in Niger

  23. Shelter • Flood Resilient House – flood escape platform

  24. Adaptation Approaches to Environmental Degradation & Climate Change

  25. Education & Awareness Community Radio in Afghanistan

  26. Local Advocacy • Community Advocacy in Bangladesh

  27. Livelihoods • Tearfund beneficiaries harvesting a chilli crop

  28. Drought • Zai technique in Burkina Faso

  29. Desertification • Wells and dykes support Nomadicfixation sites in Niger

  30. Rapid Rainfall Runoff • Rainwater catchment bunds in India

  31. Floods • Floating gardens in Bangladesh

  32. Floods • Flood protection in Afghanistan through riverbank planting

  33. Adapting to Floods • Getting Ready for the Floods: Practical Action Nepal

  34. Renewable Energy • Wind Power in Sri Lanka

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