Transcript Towards a Composite Sustainability Index : How are the States and

Climate Change Adaptation
by the
Disenfranchised
examples from few selected research
projects
Presented at York University, Canada April 16. 2009
Joyashree Roy
Professor of Economics
Global Change Programme
SYLFF-project Director
(www.juglobalchangeprogram.org)
(www.jusylffprogram.org)
Jadavpur University, Kolkata
Selected studies-SA Region
Four Country Project: Mountain ecosystem,
and river basins
extreme events: flood and drought
Urbanisation, climate change and health
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Field Survey
Community and Household Response
Purpose: To understand local needs and actions
currently undertaken during extreme events to
identify coping capacity creation through policy
intervention.
Approach
• Impact on Sustainable Development goals
– Livelihood
– Institution
– Food
– Empowerment: health, social capital
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Buy fodder
Save fodder
Work in Govt
project
Migration
Sell livestock
Shift livestock
Sell property
Mortgage
property
Borrow
money
Dissave
% of households
Micro aspects of drought:
coping mechanisms
Strategies Adopted during Last Drought
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Loan
PDS
Improved relief
Coping knowledge
Transport & comm
Health services
Safe drinking water
Better grain preservation
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Agricultural inputs
Crop Compenstion
No. of hhlds
Micro aspects of flood:
household response
Policy Suggestions
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stakeholders
Objective
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To share research findings
For validation
To get feedback on gaps
To test robustness
experience
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Enriching
Encouraging
Validated and Robust
Coping mechanisms are varying
Priorities in coping mechanisms are different
somewhat
• Field level people want to get continuous
information and need scientific action
Local studies
• Local issues: High vulnerability: coastal area, river
basin, mega city
• Migration and urban poverty
River bank erosion, Coastal Flooding, Urban informal
sector, Human heath and climate change: Heat
stress, heat island effect , vector borne diseases,
land use pattern, landownership
wetland management, sustainable habitat
development, sustainable livelihood
Malda
@ SYLFF-JU-Nilanjan
@ SYLFF-JU-Nilanjan
@ SYLFF-JU-Nilanjan
@ SYLFF-JU-Nilanjan
Sagar
@ GCP-JU-Indrila
@ GCP-JU-Indrila
Mangrove Destruction at Basanti Block, Sundarbans
@ GCP-JU-Somenath
Reclamation of Mangroves through construction of Embankments
@ GCP-JU-Somenath
Reclamation of Mangroves for setting up of
Aquaculture activity at Jharkhali, Sundarbans
@ GCP-JU-Somenath
Erosion at Boatkhali, Sagar Island Sundarbans
@ GCP-JU-Somenath
Erosion at the western side of Dhanchi Island, Sundarbans
@ GCP-JU-Somenath
Urban street food vending
Diarrhoea
Diarrhoea
Dengue
Crime against
Gross Cropped
Children and Women
Area
Air Pollution
Dengue
Fiscal Deficit
Malaria
Whooping Cough
Electricity Consumption
and Asthma
Whooping Cough, Diarrohea,
Air Pollution
Malaria, Aasthama
Whooping Cough
Malaria
Malaria
Malaria
Diarrhoea
Polio
Air Pollution
Whooping Cough,
Asthma and Diarrhoea
Crime against
Women and Children
Malaria
Consumption of
Pesticide Malaria
Malaria and
Diarrhoea
Crime against Children
Whooping Cough,
Diarrhoea & Asthama
Crime against
Women and Children
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Dengue and Diarrohea
Consumption
of Pesticide
Consumption of
Pesticide
Dengue
Air Pollution
Diarrhoea and
Malaria
Classification Of Priorities
Economic
Environmental
Social
Map 2.
Topmost Issues of Concern
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Adaptation strategies
• Reactive have increased poverty, marginalisation as the changes have
been forced
– Migration
– Change of Occupation
• How to make these more pro active rather than reactive :
• through vulnerable area based education, skill, rural technology
development and human health programmes.
• Rural –urban interface
• Local Adaptation with global implication : mitigation need, sharing of good
practice, technology, policy, approach
Background
• GCP-JU 2001, JU-SYLFF 2003
• Targeted research: In house, GOVT, NGO
• Dissemination: Teaching programmes, books,
mentoring, awareness programmes
• Programme, Teaching module development
• Training and Capacity building : for govt., executives
• Outreach: community based action programmes for
technology transfer
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